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A
problem I see again and again is that the whole of Jewry is lumped together and
a blanket statement is made and thrust upon the whole. Stop doing that. There
are elements within the Israelite camp, within Jewry, and within Christianity
who have failed. Has either three groups failed completely? No. I have not
forgotten the "If" and the "Then" as you accuse; I am painfully aware of
them I chose not to detract from the main point as I am now
doing.
To
accuse Korach of not knowing God's way is a ruthless argument based on
falsehood. He knew God's way... he tried exploiting it for his own selfish
gain.
Also,
it's your OPINION that the priesthood was nailed to the cross... and certainly
not my belief. I will agree that Yeshua is King [of kings], but he is HIGH
priest and prophet. To say "priesthood" is nailed to the cross, you must also
nail "prophet" there as well in order to continue your logical
fallacy.
Now
you said, "the
Church He is building is to be the nation prophesied in Exodus 19:5,6 with the
same conditions." however, I don't think you realize that this was spoken to the nation
of Israel and all that, apparently, was "nailed to the cross" as well? After
all, have you said, "we will do everything the LORD has said (Exodus 19:8)?" If
so, I'm sure you keep Biblically kosher, follow all cleanliness laws of the
ordinary individual, keep the festival calendar dates, etc. If not, then none of
this applies to you and you stand outside this
promise.
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slade
Good Morning Slade:
Thank you for posting these passages, because there
are some very important lessons for us here. Yes, God did speak of a
nation of kings and priests in Exodus 19:5,6 but your paraphrase
does what certain other fellows on TT have been doing which is to
omit the "IF, AND, 7 BUT" (Cause and effect was around way before
the 'enlightenment') and here God says "IF
you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, THEN
you shall be a special treasure to me above all people.. AND you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a
holy nation" Obviously Israel were
not there yet because first of all they did not know as yet what His
voice and His covenant would involve and in spite of the fact that they
obeyed His voice through Moses in cleansing themselves by washings and
abstaining from some things only Moses was permitted to ascend Mount
Sinai and approach God's presence (Exodus 19:18). He went there
alone.
In murmuring against and accusing Moses and Aaron
Korah and his friends were inciting rebellion against God's authority through
his chosen vessel. They did not know God's ways; He made known His ways
to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel Psalm 103:7. So Korah
and his friends accused Moses of making himself a prince over them and trying
to kill them in the wilderness (Numbers 16:13) - Moses did what was his
custom when challenged, he got on his face before the Lord reminding the
Lord that he hadn't hurt any of them or taken anything from them (Vs.15)
God wanted to kill all of them (V.21) so Moses and Aaron intercede for the
people (V.22); After Moses told the people that God would do a new thing
they were warned to get away from the tents of Korah and his cohorts
and in (Vs.32) the ground opens and these men, their families, and their goods
descend alive to the pit. After which judgment by fire from the Lord
descends and kills the 250 men who were standing with Korah in the
rebellion and in (Vs.38) we see that these men sinned against their own
souls. But apparently this was not enough, the insurrection had spread
to the rest of the ppl and they began to murmur against Moses and Aaron
accusing them of killing God's people until judgment came on them also in the
form of a plague (Vs.41-45). Aaron had to make atonement and intercede
until the plague was stopped but still they lost 14,700 people along with
Korah, his family and the other three families and the 250 that were judged by
fire; a total of probably 15,000 people.
It was after the above incident that God instructed
Moses to take a rod for each tribe to the tabernacle and He caused Aaron's rod
to bud for the house of Levi and under the old covenant these were the
priests. This priesthood was nailed to the cross. Now Jesus is
prophet, priest, and king; the Church He is building is to be the nation
prophesied in Exodus 19:5,6 with the same conditions.
IF YOU WILL INDEED OBEY MY VOICE AND KEEP MY
COVENANT.....
Hebrews 3:10 tells us of the fate of Israel
"Therefore I was angry with that generation and said 'They always go astray in
their heart and they have not known My ways, so I swore in My wrath,
they shall not enter My rest.' Beware brethren lest there be in any of
you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God, but exhort one
another daily, while it is called "today" lest any of you be hardened through
the deceitfulness of sin [......] "Today if you will hear His voice, do not
harden your hearts as in the rebellion"
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