Perfect Agreement with The LAW+ of TRUTH

ADVENT MEDITATIONS # 3

2016

JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+

The Law Incarnate

... versus …

[ "Now I'm saved; I can sin all I want to." ]

GOD FORBID!

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But the hour cometh,

( is bringing itself about )

and now is,

when the true worshippers

shall worship The FATHER

in SPIRIT and in TRUTH+:

for The FATHER seeketh such

to worship HIM+.

The Words of Our LORD

John 4:23

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These Words of Life were spoken by Our LORD to the woman at the well in Samaria. These Words were not given in the FORM of a law, but they are a LAW of GOD , nonetheless.

How do we KNOW

that John 4:23

is a LAW of GOD ?

We know and are assured that John 4:23 is a Divine Law ... because the LAWS of GOD cannot be broken.   That is, the person who goes against that law will be broken instead, for the Divine Law STANDS; it is not able to be diminished.  

That person will be the person onto whom the Divine Rock of Truth crushes and grinds to powder ... unless he repents and applies The TRUTH+ to his own heart. 

JESUS /Y'SHU+ saith unto them,

Did ye never read in the scriptures,

The STONE+

which the builders rejected,

the SAME+

is become

the Head of the corner:

this is the LORD'S doing,

and it is marvellous in our eyes ?

Therefore say I+ unto you,

The Kingdom of GOD

shall be taken from you,

and given to a nation

bringing forth the fruits thereof..

And

whosoever shall fall

on This STONE+

shall be broken:

but on whomsoever

IT+ ( The STONE+ ) shall fall,

IT+ will grind him

to powder.

The Words of Our LORD,

Matthew 21:42-44

Every single person is held to a truly DIVINE LAW, regardless of status, understanding, or even agreement with it.  A " Law of GOD" applies without exception to every person on this earth.

Thus, true worshippers MUST INDEED worship a certain way:  in SPIRIT and in TRUTH+.  No other way will be accepted … and that is a Divine Law of The ELOHIM of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

No excuses are accepted. Nothing else works. That is when we KNOW we have encountered an ACTUAL Law of GOD and not a law of man. 

DIVINE Laws are immutable --- i.e., unchangeable ---  as well as applicable to every single person. HE requires worship in SPIRIT and in TRUTH+.

THAT IS HIS LAW.

The TRUTH+ is given in JESUS / Y'SHU+. John 1:17

JESUS / Y'SHU+ saith unto him,

I+ am The WAY,

The TRUTH+,

and the LIFE:

no man

cometh unto The FATHER,

but by ME+.

The Words of Our LORD,

John 14;6.

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Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly FATHER,

Hallowed be Thy Name, O HOLY FATHER, and the Name of Thy HOLY SON+ , The LORD JESUS / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+. 

O Righteous Law-Giver, I confess as sin the times and areas in my life I have pushed away Thy Truth+. I know that THOU dost require TRUTH+ in the inner man.

Help me not to grieve Thy HOLY SPIRIT with guile, thinking that THOU would be satisfied with my half-hearted obediences. Forgive me for my reluctance to obey THEE, for not being quick-of-ear to hear Thy Words of correction to me. 

Make me as pure of heart as Thy SON+... and then I shall see GOD.

This I pray in the Name of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+, the Law INCARNATE+. Amen.

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In the Name of The FATHER,

Who created us;

And HIS HOLY SON+ JESUS / Y'SHU+ ,

Who+ saves us;

And The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT / RUACH ha KADOSH,

Who sanctifies us. 

NOT to Destroy But to FULFILL ...

ADVENT MEDITATIONS # 2

2016

JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+

The Law Incarnate

… versus …

[ "Now I'm saved; I can sin all I want to." ]

GOD FORBID!

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Think not that I+ am come

to destroy The Law, 

or the Prophets:

I+ am not come 

to destroy,

BUT TO FULFILL.

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Words of Our LORD 

Matthew 5:17

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Our LORD JESUS / Y'SHU+ spoke clearly and plainly about His+ Mission. After His+ great trial of temptation by the devil in chapter 4 of Matthew, HE+ emerged victoriously to establish the Kingdom of GOD on earth.

Leaving Nazareth, HE+ moved beside the Sea of Galilee, to Capernaum in the districts of Zebulan and Naphtali ( Mt. 4:13-17), thus FULFILLING Isaiah 9:1-2.

Nevertheless

the dimness shall not be 

such as was in her vexation,

when at the first 

HE lightly afflicted

the land of Zebulun 

and the land of Naphtali,

and afterward 

did more grievously afflict her

by the way of the sea,

beyond Jordan, 

in Galilee of the nations.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a Great LIGHT+:

they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

upon them hath The LIGHT+ shined.

Isaiah 9: 1-2

The LORD JESUS / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ preached repentance and called His+ first disciples to Him+ . 

HE+ healed the sick and great crowds from the surrounding areas flocked to HIM+.  HE began teaching them in the Sermon on the Mount, chapter 5.

Think not 

that I+ am come

to destroy The Law, 

or the Prophets:

I+ am not come 

to destroy,

BUT TO FULFILL.

Mt. 5:17

The LORD honored The LAW. 

HE+ spoke often of its abuses and mis-applications by men, but The Law itself HE+ honored. It revealed His+ own Divine Character and the character of His+ Heavenly FATHER. HE+ was in agreement with it.

In fact,

The LORD JESUS / 

Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+

 expanded   

The Law !

As the MESSIAH / M'SHIKHA, HE+ explained how the keeping of The Law was to GO DEEPER than the Jews' observance of it.

The Law was to be kept in the MOTIVES and inside the hidden places of the heart, where no-one could see ... except GOD. 

HE+ explained this when teaching about lusting after another was ALREADY an act of adultery in the eyes of GOD.

GOD'S standard of right vs wrong did not CHANGE at the advent of CHRIST / the M'SHIKHA+. 

The LORD JESUS 

/ Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ 

came

to restore GOD'S Law

... in Spirit, this time,  

and in Truth.

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Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly FATHER,

Hallowed be Thy Name, O HOLY FATHER, and the Name of Thy HOLY SON+ , The LORD JESUS / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+. 

I thank THEE+ for Thy Law, for giving forth the Divine Standard of Right, for teaching me what is wrong, and that Thy Standard does not change.

I confess , O LORD, that I am ashamed for the times I have hid sins in my heart, thinking no-one could see me. 

Please forgive me and cleanse me by the BLOOD of Thy Precious SON+. Make me pure through-out. Amen. 

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In the Name of 

The FATHER,

Who created us;

And HIS HOLY SON+

JESUS / Y'SHU+ ,

Who+ saves us;

And The 

Blessed HOLY SPIRIT 

/ RUACH ha KADOSH,

Who sanctifies us. 

+  +  +

We LOVE Thy LAW+ , O GOD !

ADVENT MEDITATIONS # 1

2016

JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+

The Law Incarnate
...versus... 

"Now I'm saved; I can sin all I want to."  

GOD FORBID !

The Law of The LORD is good, for it reveals the character of The ELOHIM (GOD: The FATHER, HIS SON+, JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+, and the blessed HOLY SPIRIT / RUACH ha KADOSH) . 
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The Law does so in concrete terms --- itemized and in minute detail oftentimes --- so that no-one can mistake the Character or  Will of GOD, the ELOHIM. The Law also reveals the great compassion and loving-kindness of GOD, The ELOHIM, for mankind.
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Thus, for example, we see the Law of Moses detailing the continued care of a widow who had no son to raise up the name of her dead husband. 
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Gleaners were instructed NOT to re-harvest every missed shock of grain or bough of olives in order to provide sustenance for the poor who were allowed to pick up the left-overs. 
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We see GOD's concern for the animals when treading out the corn... they are not to be muzzled and kept from taking a nip of the sweet-smelling grain. 
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The LORD shows His concern for the lowly beasts of burden when pulling a cart or plow; they are not to be un-equally yoked so that none does more than its share of the workload.
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HE even hears the lowing of the cow for her calf; thus, we are admonished NOT to boil a baby in the milk of its own mother. In other words, we do not feed a "baby" to the parent animal.   We recall we are not to thresh soft grains with hard grains, nor to sow a field with mingled seed.  
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Such loving care of man and animal and plant does The ELOHIM include for the ordering of how man is to live , an order that reveals HIS will and HIS good heart towards ALL HIS creation. 
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The Law also detailed the animal sacrifices --- what they were, how they were to be sacrificed, and when. 
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The Law reveals WHY the sacrificial system was established in the first place... perhaps as early as the first slaying of animals ... to provide a Covering for sinful Adam and Eve. 
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[ Keep in mind that the Hebrew word used for "atonement " is  "Kippor" and KIPPOR and its various forms are somehow always translated as "atonement."  
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Unfortunately, "atonement" indicates a propitious sacrifice of appeasement  which is needed to appease an angry GOD. 
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However, KIPPOR  tells us The ELOHIM provided man a COVERING for sin out of HIS love and pity for mankind, who is helpless to deliver himself from the bondage of sin. It has NOTHING to do with “atonement” or appeasing an “angry god.”  That is what the pagans did !  
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We can thank Augustine of  Hippo,  John Calvin, and Martin Luther for planting the doctrine  of appeasement in their translations and promoting the confusion.  ]
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Hence, in no way is The Law seen as un-necessary to a serious-minded Follower of JESUS / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA . The Law reveals the Wisdom of The ELOHIM and GOD'S love for mankind. 
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 IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND the First Advent of Our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+, we will see His+ relationship to us through The Law.  How does it all fit together ? 
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HE+ was born in the likeness of sinful flesh. HE+ was born under the Law. HE+ was dedicated to GOD under the Law and an offering for HIM+ was made following the tenets of The Law.  
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His parents were humble, righteous doers of the Law and did all things according to the Law.  He grew up under the Law and lived under the Law.  And HE+ died under the Law, becoming a curse for us. 
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The LORD JESUS CHRIST / Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA+ was born to FULFILL the LAW. 
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HE+ became

The LAW INCARNATE

for us.
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Thus, we obey HIM+ with all the vigor  with which we obeyed The Old Law … for now, HE+ is THE LAW+ … a Living LAW+ that we can love as well as obey.
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We shall see how this happened , in these Advent Meditations during this season of preparation, the REMEMBRANCE of HIS+ first Coming to planet earth. 
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Let us pray:

O HOLY FATHER, we bless THEE and Thy Only-Begotten SON+ JESUS CHRIST / Y’SHU+ the M’SHIKHA, through The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT … for giving us The Old Law and now, THE Living LAW+ . 
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We LOVE Thy LAW+, O LORD. Help us not to grieve THEE+ with our disobedience to THEE+, O CHRIST / M’SHIKHA+. 
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We thank THEE+ for making a Way+ through Thy Sacrifice for us to come to The HOLY FATHER clean and full of love now for HIM and THEE+ … for now we see more clearly and love The ELOHIM more dearly. 
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In the Name of The FATHER,

Who created us;

And HIS HOLY SON+ JESUS / Y'SHU+

Who+ saves us;

And The Blessed HOLY SPIRIT / RUACH ha KADOSH,

Who sanctifies us.