THE CURSE OF THE LAW
“Nailed to the Cross” (Colossians 2:14)
Compiled by Rachel Cory-Kuehl, March 28, 2014
Most recently edited: November 20, 2025
Scripture is quoted from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.
Galatians 3:13 “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us:”
Galatians 3:13 “The Messiah redeemed us from the curse pronounced in the Torah, by becoming cursed on our behalf;” Complete Jewish Bible
What was “the law?”
What was “the curse of the law?”
THE LAW
Exodus 31:18 “And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”
Exodus 32:16 “Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.”
At the foot of the mountain, Moses threw down the first set of tablets, smashing them to pieces, in his absolute disgust and anger at the Children of Israel, for breaking the covenant they had sworn to only 40 days earlier (Exodus 32:19). Moses was then instructed to make a second set of stone tablets, and to carry them up on Mount Sinai (Deut 34:1-4). Into the stone of the second set of tablets, Yehovah Himself again inscribed the commands of the covenant. Those Tablets were later placed inside the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:16, Exodus 40:18-20).
Exodus 34:28 “So he [Moses] was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He [God] wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.”
In addition to the stone tablets with the Ten Commands written by Yehovah, Moses was instructed to write in a scroll “all the words of the LORD” (Exo 19:7, Exo 24:3, 4, 8, Exo 34:27, Exo 35:1, Deut 28:58, Deut 31:24, Josh 8:34).
Deuteronomy 31:24-26 “So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying: Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there as a witness against you;”
Deuteronomy Chapter 31 describes events near the end of Moses life. The “Book of the Law,” spoken of in this passage, contained all of the commands from Yehovah, and the history of Israel (all the way back to creation) and up to the final camp at the River Jordan.
The SCROLLS containing all the writings of Moses, were placed beside the Ark, in the Most Holy Place of the wilderness Tabernacle (later the Temple).
The Covenant, or “Testimony” was written on two stone tablets, by Yehovah Himself. All other revelation, commands and history, were written down by Moses in the “Book of the Law.” The writings of Moses were divided into five “books” - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, collectively called “The Torah.”
The Hebrew word for “law” is Torah.
WHAT WAS “THE CURSE?”
To understand “the curse of the law,” one must understand “blood covenant.”
In the Ancient Middle East, blood covenant as well known. To make a covenant was called to “cut a covenant” because the ceremony involved a sacrifice. Both parties to a “blood covenant” were sprinkled with the blood. Alternatively, the sacrifice was cut into pieces and the parties to the covenant then walked between the pieces (Gen. 15). If any party to a “blood covenant” thereafter violated the terms, he would forfeit his blood - his life. He would be “under the curse” of that covenant.
The curse of a blood covenant, was death.
The Sinai Covenant was a blood covenant. Every Israelite understood this. Moses sprinkled the Book of the law and all the people with blood (Hebrews 9:19, Exodus 24:6-8). He made it very clear that henceforth they must choose between life or death (Deut. 30:19).
“The Blood Covenant” by H. Clay Trumbull, is a very good resource.
BLESSING or CURSE
The Covenant of Mount Sinai contained BOTH promises of blessing and “the curse” - (which promised death).
Here I’m going to quote passages, each one of which addresses the Sinai Covenant (the Law or Torah), and either blessings or “the curse.” Faithfulness to the Covenant would allow Yehovah’s blessing. Disobedience would bring “the curse,” most often because Yehovah cannot protect or bless those who despise Him.
Deuteronomy 11:26 [Moses speaking] “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.”
NOTE: In the King James and other English Translations, the word “LORD”- printed all in caps, is a substitute for the ancient four letter Hebrew abbreviation for the name of God, as revealed to Moses. Traditionally expressed as Yahweh, more recent scholarship has made a strong case for “Yehovah.” See Nehemia Gordon’s teachings on the name of God, at nehemiaswall.com.
Deuteronomy 27:26 [Moses] “Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’”
Deuteronomy 28:15 [Moses] “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:”
Deuteronomy 28:20 [Moses] “The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.”
Deuteronomy 29:20-21 [Moses] “The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven. And the LORD would separate him from all the tribes of Israel for adversity, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law ...”
NOTE: Yehovah said that He would “separate” the one who broke His covenant (without repentance) from “the tribes of Israel.” This parallels the words “cut off” and “broken off”
in other passages. To be “cut off” in the wilderness without the protection of the tribes, and without access to the manna provided by the LORD - this was considered a death sentence. The names of persons so regarded, as “under the curse” of God, were blotted out of Tabernacle (later Temple) records of descent and inheritance.
Deuteronomy 30:19 [Moses] “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;”
Daniel 9:11 [From the prayer of Daniel] “Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him.”
The Hebrew word “cherem”(#02764) is translated as “cursed.” The word means “devoted to destruction,” or “doomed to destruction.” The animal to be sacrificed as a “sin offering” was termed “cherem” after the sins of an Israelite were ceremonially transferred to the animal. This was an acted prophecy of Messiah to come. The sins of the world were laid upon Yeshua - the One true sacrifice, who became cursed for our sake, so that we might be set free from the curse for our sins. This is Galatians 3:13. “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become cursed for us . . .” This is Isaiah 53:6 “The LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” See our study: “Cursed.”
Here I should mention a study I did years ago, titled “The Wrath of God - A Different View.” I do not believe that our God directly punishes people, except in special circumstances. He withdraws. Without His special blessing and protection, the rebellious law breaker experiences both the spiritual attacks of Satan (or his minions) and the natural consequences that flow from poor choices.
Obedience to Covenant Blessings
Disobedience Curse of Death
BLESSINGS PROMISED
Exodus 19:5 [Yehovah speaking] “Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.”
Deuteronomy 7:12-15 [Moses] “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD [Yehovah] your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
“And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. 15 And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.”
That last sentence is worth noticing. The LORD will lay the terrible plagues and diseases of Egypt, “on all those who hate you.” Certainly makes one want to avoid hating Israel.
Deuteronomy 11:26-27 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; 28 "and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.”
Deuteronomy Chapter 28 is entirely devoted to the blessings promised if Israel would “obey the voice of the LORD.”
Proverbs 3:33 “The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the just.”
Matthew 19:17 [Yeshua speaking] “. . . Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” ESV
If we throw out the Law, we are throwing out the promised blessings, not just the curse of death.
BUT I’M NOT A HEBREW!
The curse of the Covenant of Mount Sinai does not apply to me. Or does it?
The “curse” was known, and is repeated in Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. After Adam sinned, Yehovah pronounced a curse upon the serpent, the ground, and upon the woman. The Serpent’s head would be crushed. The ground would bring forth thorns, and would produce food only after much toil (Gen 3:17). The woman would be ruled by her husband, and would give birth in sorrow (Gen 3:16). All this would be the result of disobedience. Today, in our world, we see “thorns” and weeds the world over. Gardening and farming still involve much work and sweat. And women in most cultures are still subservient. They remain vulnerable to abuse.
The Law was not the curse. The Law pronounced a curse of death upon the disobedient (those who refused to repent). This “curse” was not, and is not, confined to the Hebrew people. All mankind, beginning with Adam and Eve in the Garden, have rebelled against the Creator. See our study: “Cursed.”
Psalm 14:2-3 “The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.” (NAS)
Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
NOTE: A more accurate translation of the Hebrew would be “dying you will die.” Death most often, comes slowly. Disobedience of God brings separation from God. It will ultimately result in spirit death, upon permanent separation from God, for those who never returned in repentance.
According to God’s law, a father can bring a curse upon his whole family, just as Adam’s sin brought the curse os death upon his descendants - all mankind. The leader of a nation can bring God’s curse upon himself and upon his nation.
God’s Law has always existed,
just as God Himself has always existed.
It is the basis for life.
It is universal, just as God is universally present.
It was given to Israel in a simplified form, but is no less relevant today.
Sin is “the transgression of the law.” (1Jn 3:4). We cannot define sin, except by the Torah. Satan sinned in Heaven (Ezek 28:14-15). Which means the law of God existed, and was known in Heaven before Adam was even created. Abraham obeyed God’s commandments, statutes and laws centuries before Moses led the Children of Israel out of Egypt, to Mt Sinai (Gen 26:5).
Question: “Moses wrote down many commands in addition to the original Ten. Does God expect non-Hebrews to keep all of those commands too, or risk “the curse?”
Answer: Some of those commands concerned only “the priesthood.” The Letter to the Hebrews says that the priesthood has been “changed” under the New Covenant (Heb 7:12). This eliminates the offering of sacrificed animals or their blood. See our studies: “The Change of the Priesthood,” and “The END of Sacrifices?” Some of the commands were specific to Hebrew Ancient Middle Eastern Culture. Some concerned only Hebrews living within “the land.”
HOW?
HOW DO WE ACCESS HIS BLESSINGS,
AND AVOID THE CURSE?
Answer: Simple. Keep His Law.
Matthew 19:17 [Yeshua] “If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” (NRS)
Matthew 5:48 [Yeshua] “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (NRS)
Not so simple. It is impossible for us - by our own efforts alone, to keep the Law of God. Paul saw this. When he came to see the full meaning and weight of the commandments, he realized this was a death sentence (Rom 7:9). This is Paul’s personal dilemma in Romans Chapter Seven. This is why he calls the Ten Commandments “the ministry of death, written on stones” (2Cor 3:7). If we are cursed when we violate those commandments, and we cannot perfectly keep them, then they are a death sentence. How can we escape?
HOW CAN WE OBTAIN THE BLESSINGS,
WHEN WE CAN’T OBEY HIS LAW?
Answer: He promised to write His Law on our hearts. We can trust Him to fulfill His promise, and then we can obtain the promised blessings.
Now you get it.
The Law - without Christ, pronounces a death curse.
The Law - with Christ to change us, promises life and blessing.
Romans 8:1 “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but (walk) according to the Spirit.”
This verse (in my opinion) is addressing the HOW. Those in Christ Jesus do not “walk according to the flesh.” They do not attempt to walk in the ways of God, by their own strength (“flesh”) alone.
Galatians 3:10 “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.’”
Rachel’s paraphrase:
Anyone who thinks he will escape “the curse” by obeying the law, (without Christ) is just fooling himself. First: No one has ever obeyed the law perfectly (except Yeshua the Son of God). Second: “The blood of bulls and goats” (prescribed in the Torah of Moses) cannot take away sins (Heb 10:4). Those were only symbols, pointing to the One True Sacrifice.
We all know it - that perfect obedience is impossible. And we cannot undo past sins. This should tell us that we need something beyond ourselves, if we are ever to live in harmony with God and with other human beings.
THE LAW COULD NOT JUSTIFY.
IT COULD ONLY INSTRUCT.
Galatians 3:11 “no one is justified by the law in the sight of God”
Hebrews 10:4 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.”
The Law is like a mirror - to show us our sin (James 1:22-23).
A mirror cannot wash your face for you, any more than the law can cleanse your soul.
The Law was our tutor to bring us to Christ - the One who can write His Law on our hearts. (Gal 3:24).
THE NEW COVENANT PROMISE
“All have sinned, and fall short . . .” (Rom 3:23). “The Scripture has confined all under sin . . .” (Gal 3:22). We are all cursed, because we have all sinned against God. We need a “sin offering” - a perfect one, to take our curse. And we need a means by which we can be enabled to keep His law, going forward. Praise God our Father, who sent His only begotten Son to take our curse upon Himself, and to then pour His spirit into the willing.
We CANNOT by any self determination or self will, truly keep God’s law. We are absolutely helpless in this regard! We must receive supernatural strength. That strength - that Spirit, is received only through Christ. Every Gospel writer records the words of John the Baptist, concerning the Savior.
Matthew 3:11 “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”
(Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John 7:33, 39)
Understand! Human beings were created for this indwelling! We were meant for this relationship. For the redeemed, this indwelling - this mind-meld, will be our reality for eternity to come.
This is the promise of the New Covenant.
Hebrews 8:8-10 “. . . Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah-- 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 did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
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.” KJV
By His spirit, those redeemed by His death will one day stop sinning entirely (Jer 31:31, Ezek 36:26-27). This is the promise! When this happens, “there will be no more curse” because there will be no more sin. The Law will remain. No longer written on tables of stone. It will be written on our hearts. His Commandments which today seem impossible, were a promise of what we will one day become.
Philippians 1:6 “He who has begun a good work in you will complete it.”
NOTE: The promise of a “new covenant” was given to Israel. Those who come to God through Yeshua Messiah, are “grafted in” to Israel. They become Israelite, by faith. They are included in the promise. This is Ephesians 2:11-13 and Romans Chapter 11.
See our study: “Who are Israel?”
RELEASED FROM THE LAW
Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.”
The Law that led to death, was (and still is) the Law of God. It leads to death because we cannot keep it. Not without the Spirit of Christ to live within us. Sadly, most reject the only means through Whom we can live in harmony with God and with humanity. The imparted Spirit of God (given through Christ) enables obedience resulting in blessing.
Romans 7:6 “We [believers] have been released from the law that once bound us.”
The law that “once bound us,” was “the law of sin” - the law that decrees death because we have sinned. Believers are no longer bound by this law, because the Son of God took our curse upon Himself. He is now High Priest over the House of God. He has poured the Spirit into our hearts. The same God who decreed death for sin, has promised eternal life and healing.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Our relationship to The Law (blessed or cursed), is determined by our acceptance or rejection of Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives.
When?
Every believer will admit that he or she, still falls short. We slip up. We miss the mark. Even the Apostle Paul wrote, “Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me” (Phi 3:12 NET). I used to struggle with this - the seeming failure of the new covenant promise. Then an old evangelist said to me, “Rach, read the context.” When I did, a massive weight was lifted from my shoulders. I saw that the New Covenant promise of complete healing from sin and from sinning, for all of those redeemed through Christ, would not be realized in this life, while we are yet in these weak mortal bodies. In this life, we only begin the long process of rehabilitation.
Ezekiel 36:23 [Yehovah God speaking to Israel in Babylonian captivity] “‘And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.’”
This prophecy points to a time after Israel redeemed has been returned to “the land” of promise, under Messiah as King. The recent return of Jews to the land area currently occupied by the State of Israel, is (in my opinion) not the final “return” described by Ezekiel. The future “return” will include all of the redeemed, not just faithful biological descendants of Jacob. It will include all those “grafted in” through Christ. It will include all of the resurrected - Joseph and Ezra and Ezekiel himself. Please see our study “The 8th Day - Messiah Reigns.”
My point here, is that the redeemed of mankind (all of the redeemed) will not be fully and finally rehabilitated until the Kingdom is restored on the earth under King Messiah. This does not happen (I believe) until the 8th millennium. Believers today can and do, experience wonderful changes of their characters and their lives, but they are not “perfected.” Not in this life. Not yet. They have begun a process.
Frankly, I am content to leave my “perfection” to Christ. I am no longer worried about it. It’s a sure thing, because He promised. Sure, I pray for strength to endure, and wisdom to choose the right, but mainly I concentrate on the relationship.
NO MORE CURSE
Matthew 25:41 [At the Judgment] “Then He [Yeshua Messiah] will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:’”
After all evil has been destroyed - at the very end of Revelation, we find “no more curse.” Why? Because those who enter the New Jerusalem “do His commandments” (Rev 22:14). The disobedient are gone, and with them “the curse.” The obedient are blessed, and they will inherit the earth forever.
Revelation 22:3 “And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.”
Psalm 37:22 “Those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by Him shall be cut off.”
IN THE KINGDOM OF MESSIAH’S REIGN
Micah 4:1-2 “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it. Many nations shall come and say, ‘Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.’
For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Part Two
False Doctrines
#1. The entire Law was nailed to the cross.
Is this good doctrine? Answer: No. The curse was nailed to the cross, carried in the person of Yeshua Messiah. Not the Commandments! All through the New Testament, we see Yeshua, and the Apostles urging believers to keep the Ten Commandments. God promised great blessings for obedience to His Covenant Law. That promise still holds. We don’t want to get rid of the blessings! See our study: “The Ten Commandments in the New Testament.”
Matthew 5:17 [Yeshua speaking] “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” NRS
Paul still loved the Law!
Romans 7:12 “Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.”
Romans 7:14 “. . . the law is spiritual”
Romans 7:16 “I agree with the law that it is good.”
Romans 7:22 “For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.”
Romans 3:31 “Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not!
On the contrary, we establish the law.”
How do we establish the law? In what way do we establish it?
Answer: Through faith in Yeshua Messiah. We believe. We open our hearts. We give Him permission to change us. Then He begins to write His Law on our hearts. The Law of God is established in us. As Paul said, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27).
I hope you can see that this is a partnership. We are yoked with Christ (Matt 11:29-30). Of course His strength pulls most of the weight. But He won’t just pull us along, without our cooperation. In my experience, I must try with all my strength, to do what is right. Then (and only then) the Lord supplies the strength needed to succeed. Many times, I fail. I think the Lord wants me to know for certain, that I cannot take the credit. The greater glory always goes to Him.
After Sinai, the Law without the Spirit became a burden, which lead to rebellion - which brought the curse of death. After the resurrection and Pentecost, the Law with the Spirit brings blessing and life.
The law is the same. The Spirit makes the difference.
And the Spirit is received only through Yeshua Messiah (Jesus the Christ).
The grace of God is given for obedience. And obedience brings blessing.
Romans 1:5 “Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name . . .”
#2. All we need is forgiveness.
Is this good doctrine? No! Why? Answer: It is incomplete. This doctrine denies the power of God to actually cleanse our mind from selfishness and rebellion (without using manipulation or mind control).
We are justified the moment we believe (Titus 3:7, 1Cor 6:11, Rom 5:1, Acts 13:39). The blood of Christ has covered every past sin (Rom 3:25). We stand justified before God. Now we must learn to “walk by the Spirit.” This is a process. I believe the healing and rehabilitation will take many many years, even beyond this life.
Colossians 2:6 “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.”
When we become “partakers of the divine nature” (2Pet 1:4) we become channels for God’s love in the world. No longer “slaves” of Satan or our own sinful desires, we have “power to become sons of God” (Gal 4:7, Gal 5:17, Rom 6:16, John 1:12).
1Thessalonians 5:23 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly . . .”
“He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”
TRUE GRACE |
COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL |
Gives power to keep the Law of God. “I can do all things through Christ” (Phil. 4:13). Real power to change. |
Says no change of behavior is necessary. Just keep saying “I’m sorry.” Confession without repentance. |
Saves you from sinning, not just from sins past. I am cleansed from the inside out. Real change of the life. He writes His law on my heart. |
Jesus just covers me with his righteousness, but I stay the same on the inside. |
The “divine nature” does NOT overpower or manipulate the human mind or will. Not now. Not ever. We must strive. Then with His imparted strength, we overcome. |
He will miraculously change me when I get to Heaven, without me having to change anything now. |
Those who continue to practice the works of the flesh will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God” (Gal. 5:21). |
Jesus loves me too much to ever let me be lost - no matter what I do. Presumption is the counterfeit of faith. |
Salvation is not heaven. That’s just the home of the saved. Salvation is freedom from the power and the presence of sin - in my own life, and in the home of God’s children forever. |
Salvation is going to heaven and living forever - and avoiding the “lake of fire.” |
#3. The remedy for sin is still to be found through the Levitical Aaronic priesthood.
Is this good doctrine? No.
After the death of Yeshua, the priesthood was “changed” (Hebrews 7:12). Which means that a portion of the Law was also changed (not abolished). The priesthood was changed BACK to “the firstborn” - the original inheritance ordained of God. Yeshua is “the firstborn over all creation” (Colossians 1:19), therefore He is now High Priest over the House of God. The “change” of the priesthood is the ONLY specific “change of the law” I have ever found in the scriptures.
See our study: “The Change of the Priesthood.”
Believers are “firstborn” in Christ. This explains the prophecy of Revelation 20:6. All those raised by Christ at His glorious return will become “priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
#4. Christ will do it all - for us.
Is this good doctrine? No! This is manipulation.
It’s always a partnership!
The LORD has never used His divine power to manipulate human minds. If He was going to use this “easy button,” He should have used it before Eve ate the fruit - and skipped all this painful mess. The long struggle tells us that He will not cross that line. Instead He patiently draws and pleads, and teaches. We learn from our mistakes, and we learn from history - that His way is better. Yes, we are justified in a moment. Our past sins are forgiven. Then we begin the slow process of rehabilitation. Personally, I do not believe the process of recovery will be complete for the entire family of God, until we are finally returned to the earth made new. Look at the context of Ezekiel 36.
Why not make it easy? (Now - this is Rachel’s opinion.) I think that Jesus wants us to experience the pain that comes with sin. He wants us to experience the power of sin. He wants us to fear sin. He wants us to be so tired of sin - and the resulting pain, that we will NEVER be tempted to rebel against Him - ever again, for all eternity. This is the only way He can leave our free will intact, and still guarantee (short of mind control) that sin will never again raise its ugly head.
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CONCLUSION
The Torah of Yehovah was not a curse. It pronounced curses, for disobedience. True. But it also promised blessings. I hope I have convinced you. “The curse” (for our sins) was nailed to the cross. Not God’s Law.
Psalm 19:7 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:”
Psalm 19:8 “The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.”
Psalm 119:165 “Great peace have those who love Your law.”
We pray this study will prove a blessing.
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