The New In The New Covenant

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Jer 31:31-34 . . Behold, the days are coming, declares The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares The Lord.

. . . But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares The Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying "know The Lord" for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares The Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

The original covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God under oath contains a number of curses for non compliance. They're on display at Ex 34:6-7, Lev 26:3-38, Deut 27:15-26, and Deut 28:1-69.

Those curses are covenanted, i.e. they're contractual; which means that when the Jews, as a people, fail to comply with the covenant, God is obligated to slam them with any number of misfortunes including throwing them to the wolves, e.g. Nebuchadnezzar, Titus, and Hitler.

The new covenant contains no curses of a contractual nature; viz: God isn't obligated to slam its participants for non compliance.
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ONLY CHRISTIANS IF? ONLY LOVED IF? IF IS A CONDITION

Heb 3:5-6
5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are IF we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
Eph 4:21
21 IF indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
John 6:29
29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
Matt 11:27
27 "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
1 Pet 4:17-18
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and IF it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 Now "IF the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
Heb 3:14
14 For we have become partakers of Christ IF we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
I Jn 1:8-10
8 IF we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 IF we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
2 Cor 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
I Jn 2:4-5
4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
John 15:10
10 "IF you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
John 15:14
14 "You are My friends IF you do whatever I command you.
I Jn 2:3
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, IF we keep His commandments.
Matt 6:14-15
14 "For IF you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 "But IF you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
I Jn 5:3-4
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world-- our faith.
Rev 22:18-19
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: IF anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19 and IF anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Matt 28:20
20 "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
(NKJ)Col 1:23
23 IF indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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xxx The IF's in the Word of God are conditions of love. There is no such thing as unconditional love. God says He will(not is) but will be a Father to us. If has always been one of the biggest conditions for love in God. God will love you IF.



2 Cor 6:14-18
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
17 Therefore "Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you."
18 "I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
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2 Pet 1:5-10
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
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Gal 3:29
29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Gal 5:24-25
24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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John 15:7
7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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John 14:15
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments.
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John 15:10
10 "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
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Heb 8:6-7
6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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John 6:65
65 And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father."
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Luke 13:3
3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
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Luke 13:5
5 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
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Another thing different in the new covenant (very different) is the nature of its high priesthood.

NOTE: A biblical high priesthood doesn't consist of a guild of priests, i.e. it's an office held by only one man at a time; typically to his death.

The new covenant's high priesthood is patterned after a man in the Old Testament named Melchizedek (Gen 14:18-20). Mel isn't a precise rendition of the new covenant's high priesthood; he's only what's known as a "type" i.e. an analogy.

In my opinion, the one thing about Mel that really stands out is his superiority over Aaron's high priesthood. In other words: Mel's high priesthood trumps Aaron's; viz: in situations where Aaron's law and Melchizedek's law conflict, Mel's law is the rule. (Heb 7:4-10)

A very important thing about Mel is the era in which he lived. Mel was contemporary with Abraham, which was something like 400+ years prior to the institution of the old covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

That's a tremendous advantage because biblical law isn't retroactive viz: it doesn't have ex post facto jurisdiction (Deut 5:2-4, Gal 3:17); which means that none of the old covenant's curses for non compliance applied to either Mel or to his constituents; which, at the time, included Abraham. Good thing too because Abe married his half sister; a death offense within the jurisdiction of the old covenant. (Lev 20:17)

Christ is the new covenant's high priest and his office is patterned after Melchizedek's (Ps 110:4, Heb 5:4-6) which means of course that, like as Mel's, Christ's constituents are in no danger of the old covenant's curses.

Christ will always be the new covenant's high priest because unlike Aaron, Christ is immortal (Rom 6:9). Ergo: Christ's constituents will never, ever, be in danger of the old covenant's curses; from now on till time without end.
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How about "hell"?

Hell is temporary.

"The sea gave up the dead who were in it and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works." (Revelation 20:13)
 

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The new covenant's participants are in no danger of either of the New Testament's two hells primarily because they're gospel punishments rather than new covenant punishments.
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Do you know you can fall short of salvation, you can be disqualified, and you can fall from grace.

Luke 4:9-11 . .The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. If you are the Son of God; he said, throw yourself down from here. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Was the Devil right? Is it written? Yes. (Ps 91:9-12)

But the Devil misinterpreted the scriptures; and when people like you come along, tripped up by faulty interpretations, I see the very same thing going on.
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Luke 4:9-11 . .The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. If you are the Son of God; he said, throw yourself down from here. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Was the Devil right? Is it written? Yes. (Ps 91:9-12)

But the Devil misinterpreted the scriptures; and when people like you come along, tripped up by faulty interpretations, I see the very same thing going on.
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GRACE (FALL FROM))( DISQUALIFIED) (FALL SHORT)
Heb 6:10
10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Luke 1:50
50 And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
2 Cor 5:5
5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Rom 8:27
27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
2 Cor 10:4-5
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
1 Cor 11:31
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
John 5:22-23
22 "For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 "that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
II Jn 1:9-11
9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.
Rev 22:18-19
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Acts 4:12
12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Eph 4:4-6
4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Eph 4:11-14
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
Col 2:8
8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
Heb 10:28-29
28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
Heb 8:13
13 In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Gal 5:1-4
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Heb 2:1
1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
2 Cor 13:5
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-- unless indeed you are disqualified.
Rom 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Heb 12:15
15 looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
Heb 6:10
10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Rev 3:15-16
15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
16 "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
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xxThere are so many ways that one can be disqualified, and disciples dont know it. A disciple is a student or beginner in Christianity. Now because someone who has fallen from grace or fallen short or been disqualifed doesnt know it them selves. It is easy for them to lead a disciple down the wrong path. When God has turned a person over to a reprobate mind, the person doesnt have the spiritual knowledge to discern it, and they become the blind leading the blind. Also a hypocrite doesnt know he is a hypocrite. The only evidence of any of this is having less verses now than you had a year ago. Because a christians growth, is in their growing in the Spirit, or in the idea that their still teaching the same thing today that they taught a year ago, if their on the same message. Where is their growth? This is the way to check yourself.


Rev 2:5
5 "Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-- unless you repent.
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Luke 13:2-5
2 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
4 "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
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Heb 10:38-39
38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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Jude 1:1-7

1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:
2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Rom 11:19-22
19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in."
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
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Heb 2:1-3

1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
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I received it in one of the revelations of Jesus Christ.

(chuckle) Of course you "received it" that's what they all say. But surely you know by now that not everyone quoting the Bible knows what they're doing. I rather suspect that the Devil quoted the Bible to Jesus deceitfully, but I think that most people are sincerely unaware they're going about it all wrong.

It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
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The covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy contains an extensive sacrificial system. The most important ritual is Yom Kippur's annual procedure, a.k.a. the great day of atonement.

One of Yom Kippur's purposes is to remind the people that their sins are still on the books; even sins for which they offered regular sacrifices all during the year.

The problem is: the covenant's sacrifices obtain pardons and forgiveness and cleansing for the people, but the sacrifices aren't sufficient to obtain innocence for them nor to get their records wiped clean. In other words; Yom Kippur may obtain forgiveness, pardon, and cleansing for dishonesty; but on the books the offender will still be listed as a liar.

And on top of that, the very moment the ritual ends, people begin accumulating new sins towards the next Yom Kippur so there's never really a moment when the people are guiltless.

BTW: Never, ever, ever wish Jews a pleasant Yom Kippur because it's supposed to be a national day of self-affliction. (Lev 16:29-31)

So then, Yom Kippurs are endless; one is never enough because the ritual is always for the past, never for the future. In other words; Yom Kippurs are always catching up with the people's sins instead of getting out ahead of them.

The new covenant doesn't have an extensive sacrificial system, nor does it have an endless parade of annual rituals like Yom Kippur. It had but one sacrifice; just one, and it's good for all time. In other words: the new covenant's sacrifice isn't only for past sins, but also for sins of the future that people haven't even committed yet.

Plus, the new covenant's sacrifice is sufficient to get the people off their perpetual guilt trip because it not only obtains pardons and forgiveness and cleansing, but also an acquittal and a complete wipe; something nobody gets from Yom Kippur.
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The "Covenant" was made with Israel, at Sinai, under Moses.
So, the "new Covenant" is unconditional... God will simply forgive Israel at his coming. (see Romans 11:27).
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall (simply) take away their sins.
 

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Jer 31:31-34 . . Behold, the days are coming, declares The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares The Lord.

. . . But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares The Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying "know The Lord" for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares The Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

The original covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God under oath contains a number of curses for non compliance. They're on display at Ex 34:6-7, Lev 26:3-38, Deut 27:15-26, and Deut 28:1-69.

Those curses are covenanted, i.e. they're contractual; which means that when the Jews, as a people, fail to comply with the covenant, God is obligated to slam them with any number of misfortunes including throwing them to the wolves, e.g. Nebuchadnezzar, Titus, and Hitler.

The new covenant contains no curses of a contractual nature; viz: God isn't obligated to slam its participants for non compliance.
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Today is Shlishli, the Third Month, the Eighth Day, Evening and Morning, Night and Day.

Please consider your words and do not speak against God or the Jewish People. I am a Jew, Jewish. I belong to Israel. God wants good things for His People, and for those who desire to keep His Commandments. Believe in Yeshua as the Messiah. Join with Israel. Turn to God from among the Gentiles.
 

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Matt 5:18 . .Verily, I say unto you: Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Christ's statement reveals that the Jews can't just walk away from the covenant that their ancestors agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy without first fulfilling this one particular curse:

Deut 27:26 . . Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.

The apostle Paul posted a reminder of that curse in one of his epistles.

Gal 3:10 . . Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.

Note the grammatical tense of the curse; it's present tense rather than future, indicating that curses for non compliance are instant; no delay and no waiting period-- "cursed be" is right now. For example:

Lev 19:11 . . You shall not deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Every time a Jew breaks that law they incur a curse upon themselves; and those curses have a way of piling up. Let's say a Jew racks up 100 counts of dishonesty during their lifetime. Well; that's 100 curses that they need to clear off the books before they can be freed to sign on with the new covenant.

Seeing as how there has been neither a Temple nor a fully functioning priesthood on duty in Jerusalem since Titus destroyed the place in 70ad, then every dishonest Jew since then has had no way to get their accrued curses mitigated in a covenanted manner.

In God's judicious estimation, the only satisfactory alternative, in lieu of slamming the offender, is to lay the blame on a suitable substitute.

Isa 53:6 . . All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

NOTE: The substitute had to be willing of course or the whole business would've been a ritual murder.

FAQ: According to Ezek 18:20, people have to pay for their own sins; i.e. another cannot take their blame nor die nor in their place. How then was Christ's sacrifice a legitimate stand-in for the sins of the entire world?

A: The secret is in the timing.

According to 1Pet 1:20, Rev 13:8, and Rev 17:8, Jesus Christ was put on track to satisfy justice for the sins of the world prior to the creation of the cosmos.

According to Deut 5:2-4 and Gal 3:17, biblical law isn't retroactive viz: it doesn't have ex post facto jurisdiction.

So then, seeing as how Jesus Christ was tagged to pay for the sins of the world many, many years prior to Ezekiel's proclamation . . .

BTW: Were Ezek 18:20 to successfully rule out Jesus, it would also rule out the man spoken of in Isa 53:6 whoever he might be.
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_ Gentiles And The New Covenant_

"The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ" (Gal 3:24)

The koiné Greek word for "schoolmaster" is paidagogos (pahee-dag-o-gos') which defines not a headmaster, nor a teacher, nor a tutor. It essentially defines a servant whose responsibility it was to get their master's children to school. In other words: a sort of chaperone who made sure the kids got there; even if the servant had to take them by the hand to do it.

The "law" to which the writer refers is the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Although Gentiles per se aren't covenanted with God to comply with that law, it's useful for revealing God's feelings about certain kinds of behavior.

Rom 3:20 . . For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

When informed Gentiles ignore the law after being told what it is; then they become deliberate sinners, i.e. scofflaws; and that has serious consequences.

Num 15:30-31 . .The person, be he citizen or stranger, who acts defiantly reviles the Lord; that person shall be cut off from among his people. Because he has spurned the word of the Lord and violated His commandment, that person shall be cut off-- he bears his guilt.

Take for example David's acts of premeditated murder and adultery in the matter of Uriah and his wife Bathsheba. Those were deliberated sins; and in accordance with Num 15:30-31 there is neither pardon nor forgiveness available for them; in point of fact, there are no sacrifices for them either.

Ps 51:16 . .You would not be pleased with sacrifices, or I would bring them. If I brought you a burnt offering, you would not accept it.

Heb 10:26 . . If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left

Most Gentiles will never commit the sins of premeditated murder and adultery, but there is a sin that I'd be willing to bet every Gentile commits sooner or later at some time in their life; maybe even multiple times.

Lev 19:11 . . You shall not deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Once a Gentile is made aware that their maker frowns upon dishonesty, henceforth they get cut off in accordance with Num 15:30-31 when they disobey Lev 19:11.

So; what might "cut off" amount to? Well; for one: no dishonesty will be allowed in the holy city foretold in the book of Revelation.

Rev 21:27 . . No one who practices lying shall ever come into it

Rev 22:14-15 . . Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are whoever loves and practices a lie.

The schoolmaster's task then; is to instill fear in dishonesty, and make Gentiles aware that if they opt to take their chances, and stand before God to be judged on their own merits; that they haven't the slightest, slimmest possibility of coming away unscathed. It's a 110% forgone conclusion that they will come away dead.

Rev 21:8 . . All liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

So; why does the schoolmaster bring Gentiles to Christ?

Well; his sacrifice is effective for deliberate sins. In other words: Christ is the one and only safety net for willful dishonesty.

Acts 13:39 . .Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

The Greek word translated "justified" is dikaioo (dik-ah-yo'-o) which essentially means to declare someone innocent, i.e. exonerated.

How does God exonerate people when they're 110% guilty as charged without committing a miscarriage of justice? Well; that just goes to show how effective Christ's crucifixion really is. It not only adequately satisfies justice for people's sins, but also defends God from allegations of judicial misconduct. (Rom 3:25)
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Jer 31:33 . . I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.

I'm pretty sure that verse should be interpreted by this one:

Ezek 36:26-27 . . I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

What we're looking at in those passages is not so much memorization, but a miraculous transformation in the core of one's being. In other words; law written on tables of stone is a code of rules and regulations to live by, while law written in the mind and on the heart speaks of intuition, predilections, and proclivities to live by.

In a nutshell: Everybody comes into the world living in accordance human nature. The new covenant promises to remove human nature from its beneficiaries and replace it with the nature of God which enables people to think, feel, act, and speak in ways that satisfy Him without their even thinking about it. (Col 2:11-13)

The divine nature isn't a pipe dream. Peter wrote about it.

2Pet 1:3-4 . . His divine power has given us everything we need for life and piety through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Somebody is probably wondering why in tarnation didn't God just create Adam with divine nature to begin with?! Well; I haven't a clue what God was thinking but it sure seems to my human mind that the world would've been a whole lots better off had He done so.

"Who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God." (1Cor 2:11)
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