The two-primary reasons Messiah Jesus left the Eternal Realm and entered the temporary Realm of Time…

First and foremost,

Messiah Jesus entered Time “to destroy the works of the devil” via a battle strategy known as The Gospel, a Gospel of grace, faith, initiated by Elohim’s selfless love demonstrated at Golgotha, a battle strategy that was ordained “before Time began” (1 John 3:8b; 2 Timothy 1:8-10).

Second,

In order for Messiah’s mission “to destroy the works of the Devil” to be successful, Jesus came to fulfill the law…every moral law that prevents humanity from entering the Kingdom due the Adamic curse (Romans 5:12; Matthew 5:17) thereby offering humanity the opportunity to attain victory over the Devil via imputed righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus fulfilled the law, all law, in perfection as mandated (James 2:10; Galatians 3:10) if one is to attain righteousness through law-keeping; in other words, Jesus did for us what we could not do for ourselves…Jesus walked in sinless perfection before the Father and the one who “believes” with a sincere heart that Jesus is Messiah who died for them will receive the sinless perfection of Jesus gifted-imputed over their life in exchange for their sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) and the Father agrees by covenant promise to declare that person “not guilty,” forever (Hebrews 8:12); this, as the Holy Spirit is gifted the redeemed as the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14).

Torah Law and the New Covenant,

Torah’s relevance, its purposes, in the Realm of Time have come and gone as Torah Law, Sinai, was given as a tool of sanctification for the Hebrew Tribes, a bulwark against moral compromise with paganism; Torah was also a divine roadmap showing the Way to life in Messiah but Torah was NEVER the destination (Galatians 3:24; 2:16).

The New Covenant offers a radically different application of law through the Spirit, the spiritual law written upon the heart arbitrated by the Spirit via the redeemed conscience (Romans 7:6); the “law of the Spirit of life” in the New Covenant is vastly and eternally superior to the “law of sin and death” (Torah).

It is the spiritual law in the New Covenant working through the redeemed conscience arbitrated by the indwelling Holy Spirit via daily sanctification that is infinitely superior to a written code mandating perfect compliance from the old sin-nature that could never comply in mandated perfection (Romans 8:1-11; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10; Romans 7:6).

It was said in a religious forum that “Holiness is not legalism; Doing what you want is not grace” and “YHVH has a standard. Yeshua died for that standard being transgressed. Those standards still apply.”

Okay, but how does humanity meet Yahweh’s “standard?”

The only human beings that will attain the righteous “standard” of Elohim; that is, perfection in word, thought and deed, is the one who believes-trusts in Yeshua as Messiah who died for them to provide sinless blood atonement for their sin and by believing in Yeshua, the redeemed by faith receive the imputed and GIFTED righteousness of Yeshua over their life in exchange for their sin (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21) and they are subsequently declared “not guilty” by the Father via New Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12).

Elohim expects perfection (James 2:10) and cursed is anyone who seeks that perfection via the flesh (Galatians 3:10); this, due the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 8; Romans 5:12); therefore, there is no attainable righteousness by humanity that qualifies for Elohim’s forgiveness of sin other than the sinless perfection of Yeshua imputed into and over the life of the one who believes that Yeshua is Messiah; this, first being demonstrated by Elohim in Genesis 3:21 and fulfilled by Messiah at Golgotha with the words “It is finished” (John 19:30).

Subsequent establishing covenant relationship with the Father by grace through faith in Yeshua, the Father gifts the faithful the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14); it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who employs the redeemed conscience of the faithful (2 Corinthians 5:17) and methodically applies the spiritual law written upon the heart of humanity at conception (Romans 2:14-15); it is the Holy Spirit who methodically guides the redeemed via the spiritual law and the redeemed conscience to obey all that the Father commands; this, performed by the indwelling Holy Spirit as He produces “fruits of righteousness” against which there is no Law (Galatians 5).

Torah Law is only a definer of iniquity, an accuser of the brethren; therefore, Torah Law only provides condemnation void hope or atonement (Romans 8; Romans 3:20); whereas, the spiritual law (Romans 2:14-15) and the redeemed conscience employed by the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant are anointed and made applicable to address every moral decision, every aspect of discernment, in the daily life of the redeemed where there is peace with Elohim, forever; this, due the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua (Romans 5:1; Galatians 5:16; Colossians 1:19-20).

It is possible to strive after Torah Law an entire lifetime and die in Hell if one neglects and rejects the imputed righteousness of Yeshua available only by faith in Yeshua as Messiah (Galatians 2:16).

Christianity v. Christian Cults and Religion,

Water baptism is an act of obedience that follows salvation but water is not causative…water does not save, water does not wash away sin and if you advocate water baptism as an element of salvation you’re a cult not a Christian.

Religious cults, Christian cults, advocate for human intervention in the salvation process by adding water baptism; Sabbath observance; Commandment-keeping; the Mass; the Sacraments; communion; indulgences; dietary restrictions; tongues; traditions of men, as supplementary to the sole-sufficiency of Jesus Christ to save by faith, alone.

Religion and Cults are identified as Jesus + something = salvation.

Christian cults can also be identified by their rejection of Messiah Jesus’ Deity as Elohim, our Creator.

Christianity – Salvation is identified by Repentance-Faith in Jesus as Messiah = salvation.

Only faith in Messiah Jesus through “belief” in Him as Messiah engenders covenant with the Father (John 6:29). Water does not wash away sin, faith in Jesus as our blood atonement washes away sin…

“17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” 1 Peter 1 (NASB)

Legalism Deceives: Those who entered baptismal waters believing that water baptism is an essential element of salvation should reassess the validity of their New Covenant relationship with the Father!

I am astounded by the number of deceived men and women who are living the lie of legalism and worshiping a false Jesus as Messiah. If you have entered baptismal waters believing that water baptism is necessary to initiate New Covenant relationship with the Father in addition to repentance and faith in Jesus; if you entered baptismal waters believing that baptismal water is necessary to supplement the sinless blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of sin, you are deceived and your covenant with the Father is in question as you have believed in a non-Biblical Jesus.

Anyone who denies the sole-sufficiency of Jesus Christ to fully redeem by faith is not in covenant with the Father. Anyone who has entered baptismal waters for salvation has blasphemed the divine work of Messiah Jesus at Golgotha and should therefore reevaluate not only their warped theological understanding concerning Jesus and His all sufficient work at Golgotha but they should seriously consider seeking the Father anew and repenting of their religious, cult, fervor and sincerely “believe” and “trust” solely in Jesus of Nazareth who is Elohim, our Creator and our “I AM” and our Messiah whose sinless blood is eternally sufficient to save and redeem via the simplicity of faith apart from any intervention of sinful humanity.

If you have entered baptismal waters believing that your actions supplement the sinless blood of Jesus for your salvation from death in Hell, you are a member of a religious cult…NOT a Christian. Water baptism is commanded for those who are redeemed by faith; water baptism is not commanded as an element of salvation.