NOTICE TO CHRISTIANS: the book of Revelation is not the only book that shapes prophecy! As you have noticed I agree with the whole entire "bible". There is not a single verse or commandment that has been changed or altered because of the sacrifice of the Messiah.
Matthew 5
17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18For 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. 19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Many good hearted people break commandments and say it's ok for others to do so, this is not the teaching of the Messiah. You are the least in the Kingdom, babies.
Nothing passes from the Law until all is done. Those of us who study Torah know that much of the Law has not been fulfilled yet! For starters there is a second song of Moses! Plus, there are prophecies all throughout the Law that we have yet to see. This is paramount to understanding what is, and what will be.
It's also important to know who was given the Law.
D'varim(Deut.) 29
14Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 15But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day
The Law was given to those who were there and those who were not there. That includes everyone who ever lived! Sha'ul (Paul) Says the same thing:
1 Corinthians 10
1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
All of us are to see ourselves at the foot of the mountain. The Law is the Messiah and the Messiah is the Law. You cannot separate the two.
What is our attitude toward the Law?
Acts 21
20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law
When you believed were you zealous for the Law, or were you lead astray?
Judge for yourselves are the following witnesses accusations, in this text, truthful or are their words false about Stephen?
Acts 6
11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Do you believe the Messiah came to change the customs of Moses? If so, then you agree with what the "bible" calls false witnesses.
Malachi 4 says is this way:
4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Before Messiah comes we must see two things: One a return to Moses, and two, Elijah the prophet (one of the two witnesses). And that's just the start. Let's back up to Malachi 3:6
"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed"
He doesn't change and Israel doesn't go away these are two pillars of truth!
Here's my favorite lesson: He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Within the text Law: no one will argue that sacrifices were not ordered and carried out according to YHWH. The prophet Zechariah in end of chapter 14 says :
18And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
You see in the Future we will be keeping the law and sacrificing. In the past we sacrificed, in the future we will sacrifice, today we should sacrifice. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. "For I am the LORD, I change not".
Need more proof of sacrificing in the future? The Temple described by the prophet Ezekiel has yet to be built! Look what will be happening:
Ezekiel 43
18And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
Ezekiel 44
11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
You see,"They shall slay..." in the future temple. There were sacrifices and offerings in the past and in the future clearly outlined in the text of the Hebrew Scripture. Hopefully, this will set a starter foundation for those wishing to understand this age and the one to come.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
If the Law is no more, which commandment should He repent for?
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Shalom
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