Who is Pharisee today? - Those who obey the Written Word or those whose future sins are forgiven.
The Holy Spirit was given to help us to OBEY THE WRITTEN WORD, TORAH
===> WAS THE LAW ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS?
For many believers in Jesus as the Messiah, one of their major stumbling blocks
to embracing their Hebraic heritage in Messiah is trying to understand the meaning of the book of Galatians.
***** For many believers in Jesus as the Messiah, GALATIANS IS THE BIBLE.
In other words, what THEY THINK what Paul is saying in Galatians supersedes what is written in the Torah and the Prophets, supersedes what Messiah said in the Gospels and supersedes Paul's testimony in the book of Acts that he himself kept the Torah (Acts 21-26).
===> "works of the law" refer to the "Oral Law" and MAN'S interpretation of how to follow the Torah.
"Works of the law" did NOT mean following the WRITTEN Torah based upon the insights from the dead sea scrolls where this phrase was used.
***** What is the meaning of the phrase: "... the law was added ..."
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made,
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
***** This verse is traditionally interpreted to mean that the "Law"
was given at Mount Sinai until the coming of the Messiah.
After the death of the Messiah on the tree, the "law" loses its purpose. WRONG!
***** Is this really what Paul was trying to explain in Galatians 3:19 ??
Is it possible for the law to be added because of transgressions?
SIN = TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW
IF the LAW was ADDED BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSION then it is NOT possible to sin!
***** You can't ever transgress sin if the law didn't exist prior to Mount Sinai
because sin is the transgression of the law
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
***** Therefore the LAW could NOT have been added BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSION
because the law needs to exist in order to sin which is the transgression of the law
===> THE TORAH IS ETERNAL
Psalm 119:44
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Psalm 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
TORAH = WORD OF YHVH = WRITTEN WORD = JESUS, Living Word
Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light
WORD = LAMP = Psalm 119:105
COMMANDMENT = LAMP = Proverbs 6:23
WORD = LIGHT = Psalm 119:105
LAW = LIGHT = Proverbs 6:23
Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
ZION = JERUSALEM
TORAH = WORD OF YHVH
ABRAHAM KEPT THE TORAH OF YHVH
Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
===> MESSIAH HAS REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree
****** If Messiah redeemed us from the CURSE of the law, what is the curse of the law?
The curse of the law is the PENALTY for DISOBEYING the Torah.
Deuteronomy 27:26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
CURSED = NOT DO THE TORAH
DISOBEDIENCE TO TORAH BRINGS DEATH
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death ...
***** For the wages of sin = transgression of the law (I John 3:4) is death.
===> MESSIAH DIED ON THE TREE TO FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS
***** Messiah died on the tree to pay the penalty for NOT obeying the Torah.
Because Messiah died on the tree to pay for the penalty of our sin, should we continue sinning
(disobeying the Torah) ???
Romans 6:1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans 6:2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
===> WORKS OF THE LAW VS HEARING OF FAITH
Galatians 3:5
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
PHYSICAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = WORKS OF THE LAW
Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.
For they are not all (SPIRITUAL) Israel, which are of (PHYSICAL) Israel..
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the (PHYSICAL) seed of Abraham, are they all children:
but, In Isaac (SPIRITUAL PROMISE) shall thy seed be called.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians 3:9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
What does this mean ??? BEFORE FAITH CAME ?
Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept under the law
***** Christians usually interpret this verse to mean that the law came first and faith came after the law was given.
Is this really what Paul was saying?
If faith didn't come until after the law was given then how could Abraham be justified by faith if faith hadn't come yet?
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
***** So FAITH DIDN'T COME AFTER the law was given since Abraham was justified by faith.
1. THE WORLD WAS CREATED BY FAITH
Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
2. ABEL WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
3. NOAH WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
4. MOSES WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:24
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
***** Is Paul really trying to say that faith didn't come until after the law was given when the world was created by faith, Abel walked by faith, Abraham walked by faith, Noah walked by faith and Abraham walked by faith?
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
PHYSICAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = WORKS OF THE LAW
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = CHILDREN OF PROMISE
WORKS OF THE LAW (MAN'S interpretation of the law / Oral Law) = CURSE OF THE LAW
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
What does this mean ??? THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH?
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
***** Did Paul really mean that the LAW is not of faith?
i.e. Works of the law = Not of faith
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the WORKS of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
FAITH = BELIEVING THE WORD / TORAH OF YHVH
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
===> THE PROMISE WAS MADE IN THE TORAH
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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.
===> MOUNT SINAI CAN'T ANNUL THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH MADE WITH ABRAHAM
Galatians 3:17
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.
THE PROMSE = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH THROUGH THE MESSIAH
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
INHERITANCE = PROMISE = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH THROUGH MESSIAH
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.
THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH WAS MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND
THE MESSIAH THAT THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
BY FAITH JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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.
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the
promise was made ...
===> SO WHAT WAS ADDED?
***** As mentioned earlier, the LAW was NOT ADDED BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSIONS
because the law has to exist in order to sin / transgress, Sin = Transgression of the law
***** What is the TRANSGRESSION that CAUSED something to be ADDED that didn't exist in the time of Abraham?
WHAT IS THE TRANSGRESSION? It was the sin of the golden calf.
WHAT GOT ADDED AS A RESULT OF THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF? The Levitical priesthood.
Exodus 32:19
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Exodus 32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
WHAT SERVES THE LAW?
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? Law = Levitical Priesthood
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions ...
***** The Levitical priesthood was added because of the sin of the golden calf.
THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO MESSIAH
Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The law = Levitical Priesthood which was added because of the transgression of the golden calf
===> MESSIAH IS A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHEZEDEK
Hebrews 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12
For the priesthood being changed ...
Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
===> THE NEW COVENANT IS THE TORAH WRITTEN UPON OUR HEARTS
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
===> THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO HELP US TO OBEY THE TORAH
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
===> SUMMARY
***** In the book of Galations chapter 3, Paul is comparing and contrasting being justified by "works of the law"
(understood from the dead sea scrolls to mean MAN'S INTERPRETATION of the Torah = Oral Law
versus being justified by faith.
- ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- WORKS OF THE LAW = CURSE OF THE LAW = NOT OF FAITH
- THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH WAS MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND
- THE MESSIAH THAT THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
- BY FAITH JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- MOUNT SINAI CAN'T ANNUL THE PROMISE
- IN THE TORAH MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND MESSIAH
- THAT THE SPIRITUAL SEED OF ABRAHAM ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- JUST LIKE HOW ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF
- THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF
- THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO MESSIAH
- MESSIAH IS A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHEZEDEK
- THE NEW COVENANT IS THE TORAH WRITTEN UPON OUR HEARTS
- THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO HELP US TO OBEY THE TORAH
===> SO, SHOULD BELIEVERS IN THE MESSIAH FOLLOW TORAH?
**** Therefore was Paul teaching in Galatians 3 that once Messiah came that we are no longer to keep the Word of YHVH / Torah? NO, NO AND NO !!
Paul was teaching in Galatians 3 FROM THE TORAH that Abraham was justified by faith just as all believers in the Messiah and that the Levitical priesthood was added because of the sin of the golden calf
to be our tutor to bring us to the Messiah so that we no longer would follow and trust
in the "works of the law" = MAN'S INTERPRETATION of the Torah, Oral Law.
(By Eddie C.)
My conclusion: Mans interpretation of Torah is today all False Gospels - just like oral law before. These are the pharisees today.
===> WAS THE LAW ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS?
For many believers in Jesus as the Messiah, one of their major stumbling blocks
to embracing their Hebraic heritage in Messiah is trying to understand the meaning of the book of Galatians.
***** For many believers in Jesus as the Messiah, GALATIANS IS THE BIBLE.
In other words, what THEY THINK what Paul is saying in Galatians supersedes what is written in the Torah and the Prophets, supersedes what Messiah said in the Gospels and supersedes Paul's testimony in the book of Acts that he himself kept the Torah (Acts 21-26).
===> "works of the law" refer to the "Oral Law" and MAN'S interpretation of how to follow the Torah.
"Works of the law" did NOT mean following the WRITTEN Torah based upon the insights from the dead sea scrolls where this phrase was used.
***** What is the meaning of the phrase: "... the law was added ..."
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made,
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
***** This verse is traditionally interpreted to mean that the "Law"
was given at Mount Sinai until the coming of the Messiah.
After the death of the Messiah on the tree, the "law" loses its purpose. WRONG!
***** Is this really what Paul was trying to explain in Galatians 3:19 ??
Is it possible for the law to be added because of transgressions?
SIN = TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW
IF the LAW was ADDED BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSION then it is NOT possible to sin!
***** You can't ever transgress sin if the law didn't exist prior to Mount Sinai
because sin is the transgression of the law
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
***** Therefore the LAW could NOT have been added BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSION
because the law needs to exist in order to sin which is the transgression of the law
===> THE TORAH IS ETERNAL
Psalm 119:44
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Psalm 119:160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
TORAH = WORD OF YHVH = WRITTEN WORD = JESUS, Living Word
Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light
WORD = LAMP = Psalm 119:105
COMMANDMENT = LAMP = Proverbs 6:23
WORD = LIGHT = Psalm 119:105
LAW = LIGHT = Proverbs 6:23
Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
ZION = JERUSALEM
TORAH = WORD OF YHVH
ABRAHAM KEPT THE TORAH OF YHVH
Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
===> MESSIAH HAS REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree
****** If Messiah redeemed us from the CURSE of the law, what is the curse of the law?
The curse of the law is the PENALTY for DISOBEYING the Torah.
Deuteronomy 27:26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
CURSED = NOT DO THE TORAH
DISOBEDIENCE TO TORAH BRINGS DEATH
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death ...
***** For the wages of sin = transgression of the law (I John 3:4) is death.
===> MESSIAH DIED ON THE TREE TO FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS
***** Messiah died on the tree to pay the penalty for NOT obeying the Torah.
Because Messiah died on the tree to pay for the penalty of our sin, should we continue sinning
(disobeying the Torah) ???
Romans 6:1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans 6:2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
===> WORKS OF THE LAW VS HEARING OF FAITH
Galatians 3:5
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
PHYSICAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = WORKS OF THE LAW
Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.
For they are not all (SPIRITUAL) Israel, which are of (PHYSICAL) Israel..
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the (PHYSICAL) seed of Abraham, are they all children:
but, In Isaac (SPIRITUAL PROMISE) shall thy seed be called.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians 3:9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
What does this mean ??? BEFORE FAITH CAME ?
Galatians 3:23
But before faith came, we were kept under the law
***** Christians usually interpret this verse to mean that the law came first and faith came after the law was given.
Is this really what Paul was saying?
If faith didn't come until after the law was given then how could Abraham be justified by faith if faith hadn't come yet?
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
***** So FAITH DIDN'T COME AFTER the law was given since Abraham was justified by faith.
1. THE WORLD WAS CREATED BY FAITH
Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
2. ABEL WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
3. NOAH WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
4. MOSES WALKED IN FAITH
Hebrews 11:24
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
***** Is Paul really trying to say that faith didn't come until after the law was given when the world was created by faith, Abel walked by faith, Abraham walked by faith, Noah walked by faith and Abraham walked by faith?
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
PHYSICAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = WORKS OF THE LAW
SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = CHILDREN OF PROMISE
WORKS OF THE LAW (MAN'S interpretation of the law / Oral Law) = CURSE OF THE LAW
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
What does this mean ??? THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH?
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
***** Did Paul really mean that the LAW is not of faith?
i.e. Works of the law = Not of faith
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the WORKS of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
FAITH = BELIEVING THE WORD / TORAH OF YHVH
Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
===> THE PROMISE WAS MADE IN THE TORAH
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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.
===> MOUNT SINAI CAN'T ANNUL THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH MADE WITH ABRAHAM
Galatians 3:17
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.
THE PROMSE = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH THROUGH THE MESSIAH
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
INHERITANCE = PROMISE = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH THROUGH MESSIAH
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.
THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH WAS MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND
THE MESSIAH THAT THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
BY FAITH JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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.
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the
promise was made ...
===> SO WHAT WAS ADDED?
***** As mentioned earlier, the LAW was NOT ADDED BECAUSE of TRANSGRESSIONS
because the law has to exist in order to sin / transgress, Sin = Transgression of the law
***** What is the TRANSGRESSION that CAUSED something to be ADDED that didn't exist in the time of Abraham?
WHAT IS THE TRANSGRESSION? It was the sin of the golden calf.
WHAT GOT ADDED AS A RESULT OF THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF? The Levitical priesthood.
Exodus 32:19
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Exodus 32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
WHAT SERVES THE LAW?
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? Law = Levitical Priesthood
Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions ...
***** The Levitical priesthood was added because of the sin of the golden calf.
THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO MESSIAH
Galatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The law = Levitical Priesthood which was added because of the transgression of the golden calf
===> MESSIAH IS A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHEZEDEK
Hebrews 7:11
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12
For the priesthood being changed ...
Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
===> THE NEW COVENANT IS THE TORAH WRITTEN UPON OUR HEARTS
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
===> THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO HELP US TO OBEY THE TORAH
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
===> SUMMARY
***** In the book of Galations chapter 3, Paul is comparing and contrasting being justified by "works of the law"
(understood from the dead sea scrolls to mean MAN'S INTERPRETATION of the Torah = Oral Law
versus being justified by faith.
- ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM = JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- WORKS OF THE LAW = CURSE OF THE LAW = NOT OF FAITH
- THE PROMISE IN THE TORAH WAS MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND
- THE MESSIAH THAT THE SEED OF ABRAHAM WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
- BY FAITH JUST AS ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- MOUNT SINAI CAN'T ANNUL THE PROMISE
- IN THE TORAH MADE WITH ABRAHAM AND MESSIAH
- THAT THE SPIRITUAL SEED OF ABRAHAM ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- JUST LIKE HOW ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
- THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF
- THE SIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF
- THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD WAS OUR TUTOR TO BRING US TO MESSIAH
- MESSIAH IS A PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHEZEDEK
- THE NEW COVENANT IS THE TORAH WRITTEN UPON OUR HEARTS
- THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS GIVEN TO HELP US TO OBEY THE TORAH
===> SO, SHOULD BELIEVERS IN THE MESSIAH FOLLOW TORAH?
**** Therefore was Paul teaching in Galatians 3 that once Messiah came that we are no longer to keep the Word of YHVH / Torah? NO, NO AND NO !!
Paul was teaching in Galatians 3 FROM THE TORAH that Abraham was justified by faith just as all believers in the Messiah and that the Levitical priesthood was added because of the sin of the golden calf
to be our tutor to bring us to the Messiah so that we no longer would follow and trust
in the "works of the law" = MAN'S INTERPRETATION of the Torah, Oral Law.
(By Eddie C.)
My conclusion: Mans interpretation of Torah is today all False Gospels - just like oral law before. These are the pharisees today.
Mans interpretation of Torah is today all False Gospels. These are the pharisees today.
50 Characteristics of a Pharisee
BibelSvar: TOP 50 DOCTRINES OF DEMONS
50 Characteristics of a Pharisee
BibelSvar: TOP 50 DOCTRINES OF DEMONS
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