High Priest

[Peterlag]

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life. But the Bible clearly teaches that everyone was under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ was made available to us who believe. God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, but there was just no other way at the time to cover up for the nature of human sin.

But now in the new covenant, we are not just covered up, but we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into the holy of holies, the glorious presence of God’s heart once and for all. Jesus Christ in being the ultimate sacrificial lamb had only to fulfill God’s specifications for the Passover.

The High Priest was the head of the priesthood, functioning as the head of the Temple, and the official representative between God and Israel. To carry out such a responsibility he was forbidden any impure contact that might defile him. Only he could enter once a year in the innermost part of the sanctuary of the Temple, known as the holy of holies where the sacred Ark of the Covenant was kept, to proclaim divine revelations, having the exclusive privilege of consulting God directly. Appeal to him could be made in any matter because he exercised supreme authority over the worship and the Temple, as the mediator between God and Israel.

Jesus Christ is the perfect High Priest, who took upon himself the sins of the entire world, and is the mediator of the new covenant between God and us. The Temple was a temporary place where one would go for divine blessing in building form, but now it is in Christ, who is a permanent place, where one needs to go for divine blessing because of the new covenant God has with Christ.

In the new covenant, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into heaven itself to appear in the holy of holies, the sacred chamber of the heart of God’s glorious presence for us. Jesus Christ is the promised seed and faithful High Priest, who fulfilled all the law, and is set between God and us—because he is connected to both sides, and thereby he is able to work with God and with us. My mind boggles over God’s heart of love, His compassion, and the tenderness to have Jesus Christ, who is the greatest food of all time, the bread of life, to establish a true and vital spiritual relationship between God and us.

 

[cuz]

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life. But the Bible clearly teaches that everyone was under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ was made available to us who believe. God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, but there was just no other way at the time to cover up for the nature of human sin.

Heb 10:8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law.
it was not the animal life .it was giving up your best
knowing the pain in Gods heart for what he had lost

blessings

 

[cuz]

But now in the new covenant, we are not just covered up, but we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into the holy of holies, the glorious presence of God’s heart once and for all. Jesus Christ in being the ultimate sacrificial lamb had only to fulfill God’s specifications for the Passover.

what was lost is now restored (Gods children )

 

[cuz]

The High Priest was the head of the priesthood, functioning as the head of the Temple, and the official representative between God and Israel. To carry out such a responsibility he was forbidden any impure contact that might defile him. Only he could enter once a year in the innermost part of the sanctuary of the Temple, known as the holy of holies where the sacred Ark of the Covenant was kept, to proclaim divine revelations, having the exclusive privilege of consulting God directly. Appeal to him could be made in any matter because he exercised supreme authority over the worship and the Temple, as the mediator between God and Israel.

Hebrews 7:11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. 13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

(1st showed how we were apart from God)
(2nd is how we live joined back to God by the cross)

Hebrews 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

 

[garee]

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life. But the Bible clearly teaches that everyone was under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ was made available to us who believe. God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, but there was just no other way at the time to cover up for the nature of human sin.

But now in the new covenant, we are not just covered up, but we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into the holy of holies, the glorious presence of God’s heart once and for all. Jesus Christ in being the ultimate sacrificial lamb had only to fulfill God’s specifications for the Passover.

The High Priest was the head of the priesthood, functioning as the head of the Temple, and the official representative between God and Israel. To carry out such a responsibility he was forbidden any impure contact that might defile him. Only he could enter once a year in the innermost part of the sanctuary of the Temple, known as the holy of holies where the sacred Ark of the Covenant was kept, to proclaim divine revelations, having the exclusive privilege of consulting God directly. Appeal to him could be made in any matter because he exercised supreme authority over the worship and the Temple, as the mediator between God and Israel.

Jesus Christ is the perfect High Priest, who took upon himself the sins of the entire world, and is the mediator of the new covenant between God and us. The Temple was a temporary place where one would go for divine blessing in building form, but now it is in Christ, who is a permanent place, where one needs to go for divine blessing because of the new covenant God has with Christ.

In the new covenant, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into heaven itself to appear in the holy of holies, the sacred chamber of the heart of God’s glorious presence for us. Jesus Christ is the promised seed and faithful High Priest, who fulfilled all the law, and is set between God and us—because he is connected to both sides, and thereby he is able to work with God and with us. My mind boggles over God’s heart of love, His compassion, and the tenderness to have Jesus Christ, who is the greatest food of all time, the bread of life, to establish a true and vital spiritual relationship between God and us.

That could represent the "shadow worshipers". No substance of faith .

We must be careful how we hear what we hear .It must be mixed with faith ( Hebrew 4: 1-4) if we are to receive and rest from our own works .Us yoked with Christ who works in us making the burden lighter.

In the end it is determined by how we view the word faith as to its one source of that one work. (One faith, one work, one God )

“The promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ (the source of Christian faith) was made available to all who believe. Just as with others who also have the power as a work of faith working in them.

Acts 15:8-10 King James Version (KJV) And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices. (Shadows hidden in ceremonial parables.) Some attribute the shadows (shadow worshippers) that spoke beforehand of the work of a sufferings savoir, and the glory that did follow the graves were opened.

The reformation is still here doing its work of giving a living faith to those who have none. Not little zero.

A time and season for all things. Time for the reformation is here working in men for nearly two thousand years.

The Holy Ghost this signifying, (using the temporal things seen as rudiments of this world) that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure (parable) for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

1 Peter 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

In that way ceremonial laws used in parables point to the unseen source of faith. Teaching us how to walk after the unseen will that works in us. They as shadows could never become the actual source. It would destroy the "law of faith" (the power of believing God)

Proper tools needed to rightly divide the parables must be used .Or shadows can take over as lying wonders

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

[reneweddaybyday]

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life.

Not true. The whole point of Galatians 3, and specifically vs 21 (the verse you paraphrase in OP), is that God's promise was not disannulled by the law, which came 430 years after God's promise to Abraham:

Galatians 3:

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

But the Bible clearly teaches that everyone was under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ was made available to us who believe.

Please clarify this statement.

Is it your understanding that OT believers were "under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ"?

In other words, until OT believers came to faith in Messiah, they were "under sin, without God and without hope", just as NT believers are "under sin, without God and without hope" until coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, but there was just no other way at the time to cover up for the nature of human sin.

True, God loves a humble heart and a contrite spirit more than sacrifice and burnt offerings.

Psaalm 51:

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

In the new covenant, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into heaven itself to appear in the holy of holies, the sacred chamber of the heart of God’s glorious presence for us. Jesus Christ is the promised seed and faithful High Priest, who fulfilled all the law, and is set between God and us—because he is connected to both sides, and thereby he is able to work with God and with us.

We also enter in to the holiest by the blood of Jesus, through the new and living way which He consecrated for us:

Hebrews 10:

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

21 And having an high priest over the house of God;

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised; )

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works

My mind boggles over God’s heart of love, His compassion, and the tenderness to have Jesus Christ, who is the greatest food of all time, the bread of life, to establish a true and vital spiritual relationship between God and us.

Yes ... so thankful to God that we are able to enter into the holiest and appear before the throne of grace so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Heb 4:15).

 

[Peterlag]

Not true. The whole point of Galatians 3, and specifically vs 21 (the verse you paraphrase in OP), is that God's promise was not disannulled by the law, which came 430 years after God's promise to Abraham:

Galatians 3:

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.




Please clarify this statement.

Is it your understanding that OT believers were "under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ"?

In other words, until OT believers came to faith in Messiah, they were "under sin, without God and without hope", just as NT believers are "under sin, without God and without hope" until coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.





True, God loves a humble heart and a contrite spirit more than sacrifice and burnt offerings.

Psaalm 51:

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.





We also enter in to the holiest by the blood of Jesus, through the new and living way which He consecrated for us:

Hebrews 10:

19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

21 And having an high priest over the house of God;

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised; )

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works





Yes ... so thankful to God that we are able to enter into the holiest and appear before the throne of grace so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Heb 4:15).

You say it's not true. I did not write
Galatians 3:21
... for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

 

[dcontroversal]

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life. But the Bible clearly teaches that everyone was under sin, without God and without hope, until “the promise” that came by the faith of Jesus Christ was made available to us who believe. God never really had any pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, but there was just no other way at the time to cover up for the nature of human sin.

But now in the new covenant, we are not just covered up, but we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into the holy of holies, the glorious presence of God’s heart once and for all. Jesus Christ in being the ultimate sacrificial lamb had only to fulfill God’s specifications for the Passover.

The High Priest was the head of the priesthood, functioning as the head of the Temple, and the official representative between God and Israel. To carry out such a responsibility he was forbidden any impure contact that might defile him. Only he could enter once a year in the innermost part of the sanctuary of the Temple, known as the holy of holies where the sacred Ark of the Covenant was kept, to proclaim divine revelations, having the exclusive privilege of consulting God directly. Appeal to him could be made in any matter because he exercised supreme authority over the worship and the Temple, as the mediator between God and Israel.

Jesus Christ is the perfect High Priest, who took upon himself the sins of the entire world, and is the mediator of the new covenant between God and us. The Temple was a temporary place where one would go for divine blessing in building form, but now it is in Christ, who is a permanent place, where one needs to go for divine blessing because of the new covenant God has with Christ.

In the new covenant, we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, who entered into heaven itself to appear in the holy of holies, the sacred chamber of the heart of God’s glorious presence for us. Jesus Christ is the promised seed and faithful High Priest, who fulfilled all the law, and is set between God and us—because he is connected to both sides, and thereby he is able to work with God and with us. My mind boggles over God’s heart of love, His compassion, and the tenderness to have Jesus Christ, who is the greatest food of all time, the bread of life, to establish a true and vital spiritual relationship between God and us.

God in man, reconciling men unto himself!

 

[reneweddaybyday]

You say it's not true. I did not write
Galatians 3:21
... for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Right. However, what you wrote was "Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law" and that is not what the verse states.

What the verse states is that

if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law​

In other words, there is no law which could give life.

That is why it is wholly by promise ... God's promise

We are beneficiaries of the promise through faith ... not by the works of the law.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness (Gal 3:6), the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (Gal 3:14).

The promise to Abraham was received by Abraham through faith, and the same blessing to all believers (Jew and gentile) is received through faith.

Again, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul [ the promise ], that it should make the promise of none effect (Gal 3:17).


Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

 

[Peterlag]

Right. However, what you wrote was "Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law" and that is not what the verse states.

What the verse states is that

if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law​

In other words, there is no law which could give life.

That is why it is wholly by promise ... God's promise

We are beneficiaries of the promise through faith ... not by the works of the law.

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness (Gal 3:6), the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (Gal 3:14).

The promise to Abraham was received by Abraham through faith, and the same blessing to all believers (Jew and gentile) is received through faith.

Again, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul [ the promise ], that it should make the promise of none effect (Gal 3:17).


Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

You're taking it out of context again. if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But there was not a law given. I'm saying the same thing the verse is saying.

 

[Peterlag]

You say it's not true. I did not write
Galatians 3:21
... for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

You say it's not true. I did not write
Galatians 3:21
... for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

We are not under the Law.

 

[reneweddaybyday]

You're taking it out of context again.

Nope ... you completely miss the context of Gal 3. The context is the promise of God ... and how mankind attains to the promise. Clearly, the promise is received by faith and not through the keeping of the law.

if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But there was not a law given. I'm saying the same thing the verse is saying.

You are missing the whole point of what is written in Galatians 3. The point is not the law. The point is the hearing of faith. God made promise to Abraham. The law does not disannul the promise. The promise still stands, even though the law was given. The law was given 430 years after the promise. Did the law make the promise of none effect?

Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.


So why did God give the law?

Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.


The law was a tutor. Here is what Thayer's says about the schoolmaster:

The name carries with it an idea of severity (as of a stern censor and enforcer of morals) ... in Galatians 3:24f where the Mosaic law is likened to a tutor because it arouses the consciousness of sin, and is called παιδαγωγός εἰς Χριστόν, i. e. preparing the soul for Christ, because those who have learned by experience with the law that they are not and cannot be commended to God by their works, welcome the more eagerly the hope of salvation offered them through the death and resurrection of Christ, the Son of God.​

the law was never designed to bring mankind to salvation. Salvation has always been by grace through faith.

 

[reneweddaybyday]

We are not under the Law.

Even those who were "under the law" were saved by grace through faith.

 

[Peterlag]

Even those who were "under the law" were saved by grace through faith.

There was no grace under the law.

 

[reneweddaybyday]

I'm saying the same thing the verse is saying.

Peterlag,

Here is what your stated in your OP:

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life.​

Here is what is written in Scripture:

Galatians 3:21 ... if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.​

Scripture says: if there had been a law given which could give life

You say: if there had been a law given that would have given life

Could and would are related, but they mean different things. Could expresses ​

possibility, while would expresses certainty and intent.​

​

https://writingexplained.org/could-vs-would-difference​

Scripture says: righteousness should have been by the law

You say: righteousness could have come by the Old Testament law

What is the difference between Should and Could?​

​

• The modal verb should is normally used in the sense of ‘have to’.​

​

• The modal verb could is used in sentences that make a request or a suggestion.​

​

https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-should-and-vs-could/​

Now, you may say (and have said) that there is no difference between what you say concerning Gal 3:21 and what Scripture says. However, there is a difference and we need to be aware of differences so that we do not stray from the truth of Scripture.

When Eve made a "slight adjustment" to what God said, it was detrimental to all of mankind. When you make a "slight adjustment" to what God says, it is detrimental to you, as well as those you teach (I believe you said in another thread that you teach students.)

 

[Peterlag]

Peterlag,

Here is what your stated in your OP:

Righteousness could have come by the Old Testament Law if there had been a law given that would have given life.​

Here is what is written in Scripture:

Galatians 3:21 ... if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.​

Scripture says: if there had been a law given which could give life

You say: if there had been a law given that would have given life

Could and would are related, but they mean different things. Could expresses ​

possibility, while would expresses certainty and intent.​

​

https://writingexplained.org/could-vs-would-difference​

Scripture says: righteousness should have been by the law

You say: righteousness could have come by the Old Testament law

What is the difference between Should and Could?​

​

• The modal verb should is normally used in the sense of ‘have to’.​

​

• The modal verb could is used in sentences that make a request or a suggestion.​

​

https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-should-and-vs-could/​

Now, you may say (and have said) that there is no difference between what you say concerning Gal 3:21 and what Scripture says. However, there is a difference and we need to be aware of differences so that we do not stray from the truth of Scripture.

When Eve made a "slight adjustment" to what God said, it was detrimental to all of mankind. When you make a "slight adjustment" to what God says, it is detrimental to you, as well as those you teach (I believe you said in another thread that you teach students.)

I'm saying the same thing Scripture is saying. I'm just saying it another way. I feel bad you cannot see that.

 

[reneweddaybyday]

There was no grace under the law.

The law was a tutor to bring believers to the Lord Jesus Christ in Whom all blessings are found.

I'm saying the same thing Scripture is saying. I'm just saying it another way. I feel bad you cannot see that.

I feel bad you do not recognize you follow in the steps of Eve.

 

[Prycejosh1987]

Jesus Christ is the perfect High Priest, who took upon himself the sins of the entire world, and is the mediator of the new covenant between God and us. The Temple was a temporary place where one would go for divine blessing in building form, but now it is in Christ, who is a permanent place, where one needs to go for divine blessing because of the new covenant God has with Christ.

I believe this, Jesus is the high priest and mediator. We need him to satisfy our spiritual lives, because it all comes through him. Its like i said before if Christ didnt come into the world, we would get to heaven by some other way and wonder who Jesus was, God gave him importance in his and the spirits work and makes Jesus the son known to us.