Please allow me to back up a bit to something I said yesterday it being; To
get a clearer understanding lets look at Hebrews where Paul is
speaking to those who have turned from their Jewish roots and
forsaken the external religion, to the obedience in Christ and have
tasted of the good things in Christ, that is to say the abundance of
His Life in them. Here's the thought all of mans external religion has in effect compartmentalized the spirit world and thereby reduces Malachi's question;
Malachi 2:5
"'My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear (to dread, to stand in terror of) wherewith he feared (to reverence) Me, and was afraid before My name.'"
The fear of God has been reduced to one of no value, no respect for Him and especially in the western churches. For they have unknowingly followed the same course as Israel by adopting its religious forms and styles. For example a friend had a missionary visiting from North Africa, who asked me, if I would be willing to come and teach in his native land. To which I said yes, the Lord willing. Then he asked, how I would deal with and handle evil spirits as they have great power in his land. I said that, that posed no concern to me because the greater One lives in me. In other words through Christ's ontological essence restored, I have the same authority man was given as found in Genesis 1:26-28. Most western missionaries don't know how to handle such events as they've been hoodwinked into not believing in the supernatural by being told that all has passed away long ago. Not so! Nature itself suffers violence because of mans lack of knowledge through that falseness of western theology and the religare of the Spirit within man by that religion. The warning of Paul as we've been explaining here. By the taking of the elements unworthily.
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together (the style or custom learned by continual practice in Judaism), as the manner (or habit, by custom, rite or usage in the compartmentalizing) of some is; but exhorting one another (to stand strong in the faith of Christ by way of comforting and instruction): and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin willfully (we cannot crucify the Lord again to ourselves) after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries (those who oppose themselves in the practice of external ritualism). He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, 'Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.' And again, 'The Lord shall judge his people.' It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Here's
Malachi's question now being answered, and why is this so, look above
to verses 3 through 10 to find out:
“But in those sacrifices (under the rituals and common practices, the literal and religious) there is a remembrance (Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 9:8; Matthew 26:28) again made of sins every year (this is the same practice of the churches of anti-Christ of this day). For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when He came into the world, He said, 'Sacrifice and offering You would not, but a body have You prepared Me (Genesis 3:15, 1:26-28, 2:7): In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have had no pleasure.' Then said I, 'Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do Your will, O God.' Above when he said, 'Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin You would not, neither have pleasure therein; which are offered by the law'; Then said he, 'Lo, I come to do Your will, O God.' He toke away the first, that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Then
in Galatians Paul tells us this:
Galatians
4:2-7“But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world (as found in nature itself, sins control, the system of religion, the Law and all man made custom, rites and rituals in ceremonies of religious activities which serve to bind and restrict us): But when the fulness of the time was come (the end, the last days, the for ever one, for ever or other such related titles of Christ), God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law (Genesis 1:28, 3:15) , To redeem them that were under the law Genesis 2:16-17) , that we might receive the adoption of sons (Genesis 3:15). And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ (Psalm 2:8).”
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