Most of the 4 Gospels are part of the Old Testament

just-me · Jul 27, 2013

Most of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) are not records of Biblical history of the New Covenant Jesus fulfilled until He said, “It is finished.” They were recorded within the New Testament, which were Jesus’ miracles, and teachings which were from what we consider the Old Testament.
So at this precise time in Biblical history, the beginning of the finalization of God’s plan starts:

Galatians 4:4-5 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
[SUP]5 [/SUP]To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Comparisons of High Priesthood are as follows in these four scripture references………

Exodus 4:30 (KJV)
[SUP]30 [/SUP]And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

Matthew 4:23 (KJV)
[SUP]23 [/SUP]And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Leviticus 16:6 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
John 19:30 (KJV) [SUP]30 [/SUP]When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John 18:37 (KJV)
[SUP]37 [/SUP]Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

The entire ministry of Jesus was under the Mosaic Law, defining the truth to the individual, when at Mount Sinai, the law was given to the nation of Israel. The New Testament took effect with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

Hebrews 9:16-17 (KJV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

RedTent · Jul 27, 2013

How the Old and New Testament is related has been a problem for the elect since the day the women found that Christ was gone from the grave! Almost every disagreement we have on cc is related to it! The book of Acts is full of it. The book of Galatians has Paul reporting that God is outraged about something connected with it. As for me, personally, I have cried in frustration and spent months devoted to finding the answer.

Now, each of us look at the word "fulfill" and say it means different things. We look at the word "law" and every one of us has a bit different understanding of what that word means. Most are not seeking, but standing firmly on the idea that they are right in how they see it.

Here is what I did when I found that my pat answer of "just read Galatians" wasn't working, because all scripture is of God, all scripture is truth, and Galatians says we are not under law and the 119th psalm says we are.

After many months spending many hours a day at it, here is what I found. God taught the Hebrews, using a lot of what they did day to day physically to illustrate spiritual truths. They didn't just dedicate their homes to God, they nailed those words on the doorposts. They didn't just keep themselves apart from unbelievers, they ate differently and their food illustrated being pure in thought, word and deed. They didn't use the blood of Christ for salvation, they used a symbol of that blood. Often they didn't understand the spiritual of what they were doing. How could they, for instance, know about the blood of Christ when Christ hadn't illustrated it to them, yet. It was only done in eternal time, not our time. They needed to understand the spiritual meaning of what they did, not just the physical part.

Christ fulfilled all of that, Christ ushered in the gift of the Holy Spirit to everyone, Christ made the spiritual part clear to us.

For centuries the Jews had accepted converts, but always the converts accepted how Jews lived, too. Now Paul was saying God said that wasn't a requirement. There were fireworks. The gentile Christians began a sort of war with those "awful Jews". They weren't and aren't content with looking at rituals as God sees them but they wanted a sort of war over them.

When God said we are under grace, and offered us Christ to take care of sin instead, we decided to throw out law. I think that is carrying what God is telling us so far it is against what God says.

When we say that the gospels fulfill and think that means they did away with the principles of God OT teaches us, I think it is going too far.

I think God wants us to know that He gave us a complete book with 66 chapters, each chapter part of the whole.

just-me · Jul 27, 2013

Some people may say that Jesus endorses a new law when He was preaching. They will say that the Old Testament law changed and no longer applies. When Jesus said He has the confirmation from His Father who gave the law to Moses, then how could he ever be right without that confirmation? He even goes as far as to say without that confirmation His words are not true. So if Jesus changed what God said, How could what He said have any confirmation for God Himself says: “ For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” Malachi 3:6 (KJV)

John 5:30-32 (KJV)
[SUP]30 [/SUP]I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

So to carry on, How does our Father in heaven want us to see the truth and what is right, making comparisons between the Mosaic Law and the words of Jesus for as we see in the previous verses, Jesus spoke nothing, and did nothing without His Father’s approval.

Matthew 5:38-40 (KJV)
[SUP]38 [/SUP]Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
[SUP]39 [/SUP]But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
[SUP]40 [/SUP]And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

Verse 38 endorses the principle of equity from the beginning. Smiting a person on the cheek was a backhanded move. Turning the other cheek compelled the person to slap the other with an open hand. The back of the hand was a demeaning move to the person being hit, according to Jewish tradition. Slapping a person with the open hand showed the onlookers that the slapper, and the slappe were on the same level. Now relating to verse 40 of Matthew 5, compare that with this scripture.

Deuteronomy 24:12-13 (KJV)
[SUP]12 [/SUP]And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

Having another persons cloke was against the Mosaic Law for this garment was also used to sleep with as bed and covering to stay warm at night. By obeying the words of Jesus, the one suing would be compelled to give back your garments and drop the charges altogether for fear of being guilty of breaking the law. Jesus ministered obedience to principles of equity written in the law on a personal level.

Least · Jul 27, 2013

Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

cfultz3 · Jul 27, 2013

All three of you have brought out an interesting fact. Namely, Jesus did not come to destroy the Law (though, He did fulfill certain aspects of it).

In fact, He says the Law is fulfilled by love (agape = love of esteem (love from the spiritual heart)). If we are loving, then we are fulfilling the Law which was not destroyed, but fulfilled by God's loving act of sending His Son to show how much He loved us. What greatest fulfillment of the Law could there have been.

P.S. What I mean by the Law is those things which remained after Jesus fulfilled certain aspects of the Law: the percepts, statues, proverbs, and 10 commandments which spoke of God's essence.

just-me · Jul 27, 2013

cfultz3 said:

just-me said:

This verse clarifies the timing. I take it by faith that it was defiantly foreordained. Yes oh yes, Fulfilling. I see Jesus Christ in every sacrifice recorded in the Levitical ordinances. To think about all That Jesus has completed!!! WOW Thank you for your input. I'll complete what I have tomorrow.

just-me · Jul 28, 2013

1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV)
[SUP]22[/SUP] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

We now are compelled to understand that the concept Jesus gave to Nicodemus of being born again, and even led by the Spirit, was endorsed while still under the Old Testament Covenant.

John 3:1-3 (KJV)
[SUP]1[/SUP] There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
[SUP]2[/SUP] The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
[SUP]3[/SUP] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:7-8 (KJV)
[SUP]7[/SUP] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
[SUP]8[/SUP] The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

This conversation with Nicodemus clarifies that Jesus is the mediator between the two Covenants. (There are four major covenants in the Old Testament. They are Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David, making up the Old Testament Covenant.)

Jeremiah 31:31-32 (KJV)
[SUP]31[/SUP] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
[SUP]32[/SUP] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

God knew that He was going to have a conversation with the Pharisee named Nicodemus during, and before Jeremiah's life time. This proves that the plan of salvation was completely outlined from before the creation of the heavens and the earth. We can clearly understand now, that being born again was God’s will through Christ Jesus from the very beginning of His divine plan.

Hebrews 8:6-9 (KJV)
[SUP]6[/SUP] But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[SUP]7[/SUP] For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
[SUP]8[/SUP] For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
[SUP]9[/SUP] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 9:15-17 (KJV)
[SUP]15[/SUP] And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
[SUP]16[/SUP] For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
[SUP]17[/SUP] For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Our Father and Lord, Creator of all, is omniscient, meaning “having infinite knowledge”. There is nothing He cannot know. His foreknowledge for all mankind is impeccable.

Bookends · Jul 28, 2013

RedTent said:

How the Old and New Testament is related has been a problem for the elect since the day the women found that Christ was gone from the grave! Almost every disagreement we have on cc is related to it! The book of Acts is full of it. The book of Galatians has Paul reporting that God is outraged about something connected with it. As for me, personally, I have cried in frustration and spent months devoted to finding the answer.

Now, each of us look at the word "fulfill" and say it means different things. We look at the word "law" and every one of us has a bit different understanding of what that word means. Most are not seeking, but standing firmly on the idea that they are right in how they see it.

Here is what I did when I found that my pat answer of "just read Galatians" wasn't working, because all scripture is of God, all scripture is truth, and Galatians says we are not under law and the 119th psalm says we are.

After many months spending many hours a day at it, here is what I found. God taught the Hebrews, using a lot of what they did day to day physically to illustrate spiritual truths. They didn't just dedicate their homes to God, they nailed those words on the doorposts. They didn't just keep themselves apart from unbelievers, they ate differently and their food illustrated being pure in thought, word and deed. They didn't use the blood of Christ for salvation, they used a symbol of that blood. Often they didn't understand the spiritual of what they were doing. How could they, for instance, know about the blood of Christ when Christ hadn't illustrated it to them, yet. It was only done in eternal time, not our time. They needed to understand the spiritual meaning of what they did, not just the physical part.

Christ fulfilled all of that, Christ ushered in the gift of the Holy Spirit to everyone, Christ made the spiritual part clear to us.

For centuries the Jews had accepted converts, but always the converts accepted how Jews lived, too. Now Paul was saying God said that wasn't a requirement. There were fireworks. The gentile Christians began a sort of war with those "awful Jews". They weren't and aren't content with looking at rituals as God sees them but they wanted a sort of war over them.

When God said we are under grace, and offered us Christ to take care of sin instead, we decided to throw out law. I think that is carrying what God is telling us so far it is against what God says.

When we say that the gospels fulfill and think that means they did away with the principles of God OT teaches us, I think it is going too far.

I think God wants us to know that He gave us a complete book with 66 chapters, each chapter part of the whole.

Salvation is a matter of the heart, and this is illuminated in both OT and NT teachings.

Bookends · Jul 28, 2013

cfultz3 said:

I would called this the moral law, which God put in man's heart/mind from the beginning. God created us with a conscience. Would you agree?

cfultz3 · Jul 28, 2013

Bookends said:

Most certainly, and a lot less words to explain myself

just-me · Jul 28, 2013

Originally Posted by cfultz3

P.S. What I mean by the Law is those things which remained after Jesus fulfilled certain aspects of the Law: the percepts, statues, proverbs, and 10 commandments which spoke of God's essence.

Bookends said:

Absolutely my friends. Levitical law fulfilled in Christ, exhorting us to observe the law, presented to us in the moral law, and the judgmental law which belongs to God, and exhorts us to exact them as a nation for peace and prosperity. Seems like the number three keeps popping up in the Bible time after time.

cfultz3 · Jul 28, 2013

Just-me,

I like this study of how God has had His plan of restoring what was lost even before the beginning of time. I particularly like how you are pointing out that omniscience and how Jesus is the Keystone of what God's foreordained plan is building up to: a return to Paradise lost.

Keep up the good work.

just-me · Jul 28, 2013

cfultz3 said:

Brother, those are such comforting words of affirmation. What I'm trying to point out and trying to lay the foundation for, is for people to understand that there is NO part of the Word of God that is obsolete or done away with, just because Jesus finalized the whole. I am tired of people insinuating (even though they know the English language - or should), that fulfill means to throw away anything previous to that fulfillment. The last part of this study I will put up, probably tomorrow morning, because I want to keep this on the first page.

cfultz3 · Jul 28, 2013

For edification!!!!!

Mat 5:17You* should not be accustomed (follow as a custom) that I came to have dissolved (disunite, overthrow) the Law and the prophets. I have NOT (abs. neg.) come to have dissolved, but rather, to have fulfilled (satisfied, carried out).

In this one statement made by our very Lord, we are given the two polarizing words which have caused many misunderstandings concerning the Law and its place with the Christian.

If we would look diligently upon the words "dissolve" and "fulfill" with an opened heart, we would see that the Law is still in place until, as our Lord said in the next verse, "all things have brought itself to pass".

This is the same language used in Revelation concerning the End Times. And to further relate to His audience that the Law is here to stay until all things having been foreordained by God have come to pass, Jesus said that not even one iota or tittle will at all (double negative = not even the possibility) have passed away UNTIL Heaven and the Earth would have passed away.

In further studying of this verse, we see that Jesus spoke in the absolute negative when He said, "I have not come to have dissolved". Of which, we can conclude that He absolutely did not dissolve the Law and prophet, but that He, in having came, did satisfy the Law's requirement of sacrifice and priesthood and Redeemer.

Yet, if we look once again at that verse, we will see Him saying, "You should not be accustomed". What He is saying is that we should not have, "He came to have dissolved the Law and prophets" (and its variants) used as a tradition among us. But, instead, He gave us a glimpse into His future Kingdom as concerning those teaching for or against the Laws of God:

Do you teach against God's Laws?

just-me · Jul 28, 2013

Even during the times that Jesus had disputes with the scribes, and Pharisees, He was endorsing the Mosaic Law in its proper form, ministering the truth thereof, and revealing the lies and deception of a distorted religion.

John 5:44-47 (KJV)
[SUP]44 [/SUP]How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
[SUP]45 [/SUP]Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
[SUP]46 [/SUP]For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
[SUP]47 [/SUP]But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

The disciples were instructed, and correctly so, that the fulfilling of the law and the prophets was only complete after the resurrection of Christ. Jesus had told them before His death, and reminded them after His resurrection. They understood perfectly that before the crucifixion all things were taking place under the covenant of the Old Testament.

Luke 24:44 (KJV)
[SUP]44 [/SUP]And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

Paul ministers that until the resurrection of Christ, the Old Testament Covenant was in effect.

1 Corinthians 15:19-21 (KJV)
[SUP]19 [/SUP]If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

With all this said, those of us who say we only abide by the teachings of Jesus rather than the teachings of the Old Covenant law, have now been educated that our Savior’s teachings were also under the Old Covenant law until His death, burial, and resurrection, and defined in their proper order and application.

Hebrews 9:15-15 (KJV)
[SUP]16[/SUP] For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
[SUP]17[/SUP] For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

That's the end of my study. Hope more people join in

just-me · Jul 29, 2013

Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Compare with

Isaiah 66:2 (KJV)
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Matthew 5:4 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Isaiah 61:1-2 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
[SUP]2 [/SUP]To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

It's amazing how different scriptures all fit together with each other.

Luke 4:17-19 (KJV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
[SUP]18 [/SUP]The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
[SUP]19 [/SUP]To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Least · Jul 29, 2013

This is an awesome thread. It really is amazing to see how the entire bible testifies of itself.

I was studying out "leaven," not too long ago, and it took me into a search on the words, "purge" and "cleanse".

This is also contained throughout the written word.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2 Timothy 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Psalms 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalms 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Isaiah 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Isaiah 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2 Peter 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Zachariah 3 goes right into this:

Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Zechariah 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Zechariah 3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
Zechariah 3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
Zechariah 3:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
Zechariah 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

There is so much more in the bible, from Gen to Rev on these things...

just-me · Jul 29, 2013

Dear Least,
I was going to quote some scriptures the you brought forth, but the Word of God is so elegant when endorsed from a believer in Christ Jesus, so that's why I didn't. I particularly enjoyed the comparison between Zechariah and 2 Peter! While reading your post, I thought of something I had learned some time back of how the name "Jesus" is "Yeshua", and "Yeshua" is actually "Joshua."

Zechariah 6 Commentary - Joshua, the high priest, crowned as a type of Christ. - BibleGateway.com

It then is amazing that "Jesus the son of Joseph" is actually "Yeshua bar Yosef" in Hebrew. To add to your comments I present.............

Joshua 1:1-2 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

Joshua 22:4 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

The place that our Lord and Savior has brought us to stand and possess, has been foreordained for each one us who have received His promise. Stand firm and rest in His promises! But that doesn't mean to be apathetic!

Hebrews 4:1 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Hebrews 4:9-10 (KJV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP]There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

HeRoseFromTheDead · Jul 29, 2013

Jesus' commandments that fulfill the old law:

Believe in Christ

[The people] said to [Jesus], 'What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?' Jesus answered and said to them, 'This is the work of God, that you believe into him whom he has sent.' John 6:28-29

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord [by faith], so walk in him [by faith]. Colossians 2:6

Love your neighbor as yourself

A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another. As I have loved you, also you love one another. John 13:34

This is [GOD's] commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us. 1 John 3:23-24

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does not commit evil against a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:9-10

Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12

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What are the great commandments of Moses' law?

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:36-40

What does it mean to love GOD with all the heart, soul, and mind?

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 1 John 5:3
If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21

And what are GOD's commandments?

This is [GOD's] commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 1 John 3:23

Least · Jul 29, 2013

just-me said:

"Joshua the high priest, crowned as a type of Christ." That really is amazing, and there's so many other examples as well. In reading through the first five chapters of the bible, foreshadows from the wilderness tabernacle to Aaron and his sons. There's a picture of Jesus/Yeshua in all of it.

Joshua 21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Joshua 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

That really speaks to me! It's something that I was actually praying about. God is good!

Most of the 4 Gospels are part of the Old Testament

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