Susan Petersen wrote:
If the Levitical Priesthood is no longer relevant than===================================================
why do we need Jesus as our High Priest? And if we are
no longer supposed to do the feasts why are we going
to be doing them in the Millenial Kingdom? Also, if we
consider ourselves adopted sons and daughters of
Christ why don't we have to follow the House rules?
Following the Law is not a thing that we do to earn our salvation! We follow God's Law because we love him and want to obey him. John 14:15- If you love Me, you will obey my commandments. Jesus quotes the Law all the time. Also, John 15: 9-11- Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you ; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commands and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
Knowing and believing Moses and the Prophets is a must. Luke 16: 27-31: When the rich man asked to have someone warn his brothers to believe, Jesus told him that they had Moses and the Prophets and that his brother should hear them. v. 31- But he said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.
John 5:46-47- For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
Matthew 5:17-20 tells exactly what Jesus came to do in reference to the Law. "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."
I John 2:3-6 explains how we know that we have come to know Christ. "By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His Word, in Him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
Suzy
Mornin' Suzy. We need a high priest because all believers are now priests, and the high priest sets the standard for us. The veil in the temple is no longer there. We priests can go directly to God without a human intermediary because Jesus is there interceding for us.
If you have a mortgage that charges ten percent interest over thirty years and you refinance at five percent over fifteen years, you no longer pay ten percent. You go by the terms of the new contract. That is pretty much how it is with covenants, with one exception. With a contract, both parties agree to the terms. With a covenant, the stronger party sets the terms and the weaker party has to abide by them.
God decreed a new covenant, making the old covenant null and void. That was His plan from the beginning. He told Abraham, "Through you, all nations will be blessed". ( Not by becoming Jews or keeping the Mosaic covenant, but by becoming believers, followers of Christ. ) Leviticus 27:34 makes it plain that the Mosaic covenant was only for the Jews, where the new covenant is for "whosoever will", Jew or Gentile. The offer is to everyone, and everyone is equal in God's sight. It is not that God loves Slade less, it is that now He loves me just as much. At one time, Gentiles were outside the covenant. Now they are included.
We are not under the old laws, and it is just as well, because Peter and Paul both made it clear that no Jew was able to keep them all, and when you broke one, you failed as surely as if you had broken them all. We are under a new covenant, just two laws. Love God with everything you have in you, and love others as yourself. At one time, it was acceptable for King David to hate his enemy. We do not have that option. At one time, the brook Kidron ran red with the blood of thousands of lambs on every passover. That is no longer necessary. The blood of Jesus changed everything.
You probably won't be able to see this any better than my brother Slade can, but it is the truth, and it is there if you look, not my word, but God's. Not my plan, but God's. Please feel free to maintain any tradition that you think may be pleasing to the Lord, but please do not try to place that yoke on the neck of other believers. It won't fit.
Blessings,
Terry
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