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How does one please Elohim and glorify Him in this life constrained by Time and physics?
Elohim provides humanity one Way to please Him through obedience. First, comply with His will concerning the Son, Jesus our Messiah, and “believe in the One He has sent” into the World to provide you blood atonement for your sin (John 6:29); then, receive the indwelling Holy Spirit as eternal Guarantor of Covenant with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14) and walk in obedience to the Spirit’s tutelage and anointing (Galatians 5:16) thereby producing “fruit” against which there is no law as the “fruit of the Spirit” fulfills all law (Galatians 5:22-23). This is the only Way to please Elohim in this Life constrained by Time and physics (John 14:6).
Someone said: “Justification is instantaneous. Salvation is a process.” Is this true? What is the “process” of Biblical regeneration (the second birth)?
Discussion,
Subjugation – Procrastination
From the womb, humanity enters a World constrained by Time and physics, a World in subjugation to the god of this World, Satan (2 Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31). Every man, woman, child, begins their Earthly journey subjugated to the Adamic sin-nature and the ruler of this World, Satan (John 12:31); unfortunately, “many” will perish as subjects of Satan due procrastination (Matthew 7:13-14) as the Holy Spirit, the divine “Restrainer” of evil (2 Thessalonians 2:7), methodically works through the human conscience to convict the soul-spirit of humanity concerning their need for forgiveness of sin and righteousness (a right standing) with their Creator; therefore, all of humanity that rejects the call of the Spirit will be “without excuse” as they stand in the Judgement of the Condemned, are adjudicated guilty and perish in the “second death” in Hell; this, as their self-righteousness, their arrogance, their sin, cannot enter the Kingdom of Elohim (Romans 1:20; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:27).
Salvation – Redemption
Salvation from the “second death” in Hell; Redemption – having been purchased with a price – mankind’s sin-debt paid by Jesus via blood atonement at Golgotha are instantaneous divine gifts of grace provided a man or woman at the moment one “believes” that Jesus is Messiah who died for them as they are sealed by the indwelling Holy Spirit who is the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14).
Justification
Justification i.e. to be declared righteous (possessing a right standing with Elohim) is integral with Salvation and concurrent (manifests jointly with salvation) because our Justification comes through faith in Jesus who justifies (imparts righteousness to) the ungodly by faith at salvation; therefore, Salvation and Justification run concurrently (Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
Sanctification
It is sanctification (the setting apart for Elohim’s purposes) that is a daily process in the life of the redeemed in Jesus as the Holy Spirit methodically works through the redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17) via the law written upon the heart to produce divine fruit (Galatians 5:16 -23) that honors Elohim, eternally; the daily process of sanctification continues throughout the life of the redeemed in Jesus while they are constrained by Time and physics. Sanctification is performed by the indwelling Holy Spirit who prepares the redeemed in Jesus for service in the New Jerusalem.
Glorification
Finally, glorification, concerning the redeemed in Jesus, will manifest at the resurrection of the righteous who will receive a “glorified” body likened to the glorified resurrected body of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:21); a glorified body that is freed from the Adamic sin-nature, a resurrected, glorified, body that possesses the capability of true worship with the ability to infinitely discern the holiness and beauty and majesty of our Creator Whom we will serve in the New Jerusalem, forever.
Understanding Matthew 7:21-23: What is Messiah Jesus teaching; a works salvation or salvation by faith? Is the quality of work performed at question or the absence of Covenant relationship with the Father?
Discussion,
Before we begin, for contextual concerns, please note that the divine discourse of Matthew 7:21-23 immediately follows Messiah’s teaching concerning “fruit” as works that identify the motives of the individual performing same, see Matthew 7:15-20.
If one has NOT established New Covenant relationship with the Father by faith in the Son, Jesus Christ, their works, their efforts, their prayers, are interpreted as a “filthy garment” (literally: bloody menstrual cloth) in the nose of Elohim (Isaiah 64:6); therefore, anything done by humanity with the motive of “earning righteousness” (a right standing with the Father) through human effort is lawlessness and putrid from Elohim’s perspective. Elohim first demonstrated this for you in Genesis 3:21 immediately subsequent Adam’s disobedience as Elohim, Himself, shed innocent blood and clothed Adam in a robe of imputed-gifted righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21) while rejecting Adam’s self-righteous attempts to cover and conceal his own shame with fig leaves (Ephesians 2:8-9).
What are the “works” articulated in Matthew 7:21-23?
1) “did we not prophesy in your name?” Prophesy is not a lawless work if it is performed through the indwelling Holy Spirit who is given to all who believe (Ephesians 1:13-14).
2) did we not “cast out demons in your name?” Casting out demons is NOT a lawless work if it is performed in the Name of Jesus via the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit given to all who believe in Jesus as Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14).
3) did we not “do many mighty works in your name?” Working and dedicating oneself to the ministry of Elohim in the divine Name of Jesus is NOT a lawless work if it is done with a pure motive via FAITH through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Therefore, we must logically conclude that the works of these rejected by Jesus in Matthew 7:21-23 were not lawless on their face but lawless because they were done void the Holy Spirit and were therefore done in the flesh under girded by self-righteous motives apart from FAITH.
Jesus confirmed the self-righteous nature of the works performed by clearly telling those who were rejected that “I never knew you, depart from me you workers of lawlessness.”Therefore, it is COVENANT RELATIONSHIP, the ABSENCE of same, that is the focal point of Messiah’s teaching and NOT quality of work done!
If one desires to enter the Kingdom of Elohim, they must FIRST comply with the Father’s will; that is, “believe in the One He has sent into the World” to provide you blood atonement for your sin (John 6:29); then, the works of obedience performed SUBSEQUENT salvation by faith in Jesus, alone, must be done through the indwelling Holy Spirit via the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:22-23) in order that those works be divinely motivated and acceptable to the Father and actually pass the test for authenticity at the BEMA Judgment.
Therefore, we must conclude that Jesus, in Matthew 7:21-23, is teaching the eternal mandate of Covenant Relationship by grace through faith as a divine PRIORITY if one’s works performed subsequent salvation by faith are to be considered honorable and pleasing to the Father, Son and Spirit in that Day (John 15:8).
1) God said, I will teach you to obey My Laws. Be ye
perfect because the Father is perfect.
2) God’s Laws stands fast for ever.
3) Obey that, grace will stop. Obedience to God’s law will save us. Sinners can’t inherent the kingdom of God.
Discussion,
The legalistic statement above is the perfect example of the Devil’s subtle deception in Judaism and religion in general as divine Truth is commingled with demonic deception that deceives the soul into Hell via self-righteousness via works.
First of all,
If perfection were attainable in the flesh, Jesus would not have needed to suffer and die in our place as blood atonement for sin (Galatians 2:21); therefore, Jesus entered Time via the virgin seed circumventing the Adamic sin-nature and walked blamelessly before the Father as the Spotless Lamb who takes away the sins of the World (John 1; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 John 2:1-2).
The only “perfection” humanity can attain in this life constrained by Time, physics, flesh, is the perfection of Jesus imputed-gifted into the life of the one who believes in Him as Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21). This was first demonstrated for you in Genesis 3:21 but so few listen and see and find life in what the Holy Spirit proclaims.
Second,
Elohim’s eternal law is the Spiritual Law or the “law of the Spirit of life” (Romans 8:2; 2:14-15) that has been extant as an arbiter of free will subsequent the creation of the angels and infused within the human genome on Day-6 of Creation as Human Kind was created in the spiritual image of Elohim possessing certain divine communicable attributes of Elohim; this, for eschatological purposes going forward (Genesis 1:26-28).
Third, Grace is eternally relevant…
Grace will never be nullified as the very existence of humanity and redemption from sin hinges upon grace (unmerited favor) from the Father; this, both as an element of salvation and during daily sanctification. Grace will be eternally relevant as free will remains eternally necessary, essential, as foundational to authentic love and intimacy with our Creator.
Finally, Concerning Sinai-Torah-Moses,
Sinai-Torah-Moses are but mere, incomplete, fragments of codification relevant to the eternal Spiritual Law and Sinai and Torah and Moses are wholly incomplete, insufficient, inadequate, as instruments of righteousness (a right standing) with the Father (Romans 3:20); Sinai-Torah-Moses were given as elements of sanctification-eschatology concerning Elohim’s efforts to thwart Israel’s compromise with Baal and Molech, pagan compromise that nullified the Adamic and Noahic generations as progenitors of the Messiah, the Gospel message, the Great Commission; these, being essential eschatological elements concerning the “destruction of the Devil’s works” via the Messiah (1 John 3:8b) via the Gospel that was ordained as a divine battle strategy “before Time began“ (2 Timothy 1:8-10).
In closing,
The codified Law you worship, Sinai-Torah-Moses, were both temporary and incomplete and are of no consequence concerning righteousness with the Father or life in the New Jerusalem; Sinai-Torah-Moses were simply eschatological roadmaps pointing to the need for Messiah Jesus by faith (Galatians 3:24); therefore, it is high time that you leave the bygone Covenant of Law (Hebrews 8:7) and find life in the New Covenant of Grace through faith Jesus as your Messiah and the indwelling Holy Spirit as your obedience to the Father’s will via the production of divine fruit (2 Corinthians 3; Galatians 5:16-23; Matthew 7:15-20).
Jesus preached obedience to Commandments; Paul preached obedience to the Holy Spirit. Why the confusion; why the disconnect?
Jesus said,
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-19 (ESV)
Paul, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said,
“16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.” Galatians 2:16 (ESV)
“20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.” Romans 3:20-22 (ESV)
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Discussion – Explanation,
First of all, Jesus, who is Elohim (Genesis 1:1) in flesh via the hypostatic union, kept the righteous mandates of Torah Law for us as He is the only One qualified to keep the Law as Jesus was absent the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 5:12) through the virgin birth (Philippians 2:5-11). Jesus’ fulfillment of Torah Law was essential for our redemption from sin as His sinless perfection was mandated in order that He be our “Spotless Lamb” who takes away the sins of the World via blood atonement (1 Peter 1:18-19; John 1:29-32; 1 John 2:1-2); this, as per the mandates of Leviticus 17:11.
Second,
Jesus came to a people group, Jacob’s children specifically, who were under the Law (Matthew 15:24) as Jesus was under the Law (Galatians 4:4) and Sinai was their ICON concerning relationship with the Father via a conditional Covenant (Deuteronomy 28) but things were changing in accordance with the Father’s eschatological plan and Jesus preached Grace-Faith-Intimacy and Jesus promised the Spirit (John 14:16) as per New Covenant promise (Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 36) to implement these divine elements of eternal life which would be actuated through blood atonement (Hebrews 10) and Jesus ordained His minister of the Gospel, Saul of Tarsus AKA Paul the Apostle (Galatians 1:11; Acts 9:15-16), to articulate the particulars of this New Covenant’s Gospel established in Messiah’s blood (Matthew 26:28); therefore, those born again by faith in Jesus as Messiah, possessing the indwelling Holy Spirit by Covenant promise (Ephesians 1:13-14: Ezekiel 36:27), are NOT under the Law – Sinai – Moses – Torah (Romans 6:14); that is, their New Covenant relationship with the Father is not predicated upon law-keeping but upon faith (Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:21).
Those in the New Covenant by faith in Messiah have been granted “grace” through “faith” and the indwelling Holy Spirit is their Arbiter of a Law written upon the human heart as per New Covenant promise (Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 36; Hebrews 8:10) and this Spiritual Law (Romans 8:2; Romans 2:14-15) is comprehensive and vastly, eternally, superior to Sinai – Moses – Torah as the Spiritual Law addresses every moral decision encountered by the redeemed in Jesus, daily, and the Spiritual Law is NOT subject to obfuscation, rationalization, interpretation, by the Adamic sin-nature but the Spiritual Law is methodically applied in the life of the redeemed in Jesus through a redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17 “the new creation”) via the Holy Spirit’s anointing (Galatians 5:16; 1 John 2:27) and this divine anointing is realized through the production of divine “fruit” (Galatians 5:22-23) against which there is NO LAW as the “fruit of the Spirit” fulfills all righteous mandates of all moral Law (Galatians 5:22-23); therefore, there is a stark, eternal, differentiation between the application of law in the Covenant of Law AKA “the Law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2) compared to the application of the “Law of the Spirit of Life” (Romans 8:2) in the New Covenant of Grace; a New Covenant Spiritual Law that is made relevant, applicable, through faith in Messiah Jesus and the Arbiter of the New Covenant Law, the indwelling Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16; Romans 7:6).
If you worship at Sinai, you will die in Hell in your sin (Galatians 2:16); If you worship at Golgotha, you will live eternally by grace through faith in Jesus as Messiah via New Covenant promise (John 3; 2 Corinthians 3).
Islam’s “Allah” is Satan masquerading as an angel of light via the Arabic moon god. Islam was founded by a 7th-Century nomadic demon possessed pedophile murdering thief named Muhammad who plagiarized the Torah to construct the Quran. Islam is a demonic cult of death.
Islam’s root is the act of adultery between Abraham and Hagar producing the “wild ass” of a man named Ishmael, the father of the Islmaelites who are the progenitor of Muhammad. Islam is Satan’s presence within the Realm of Time.
Hebrew Roots – Judaism – SDA – Islam – Catholicism i.e. “religion” are works cults that deceive the soul into Hell,
Sabbaths, days, diets, are part of a bygone covenant, they have ZERO relevance in the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:7; 2 Corinthians 3). The New Covenant is not comprised of things “to do” but in Whom we believe by faith (John 3; Romans 3:1; Hebrews 11:6). The New Covenant is a Covenant of intimate relationship established by faith in Messiah Jesus and a daily walk in sanctification via the indwelling Holy Spirit where there is peace with the Father, eternally (John 3; Galatians 5; Romans 5:1).
If you worship at Sinai you will perish in your sin; If you worship at Golgotha, you will live, eternally.
The Sinai Decalogue is beautiful though it’s simply a fragmented, segmented, portion of Elohim’s eternal Spiritual Law written upon the heart; Sinai portrays via codification Elohim’s righteousness and His desires for Israel’s sanctification and holiness as Jacob’s children are a people group through whom Elohim endeavored to bring forth His Messiah via Judah and the Gospel ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10); this, solely for eschatological purposes concerning Messiah’s primary purpose of “destroying the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8b). Sinai is not to be worshiped nor is Sinai the path to eternal life with Elohim but Sinai is an eschatological roadmap relevant to sanctification for Israel pointing them to their need for Messiah by faith (Galatians 3:24).
All Law is summarized by the two-greatest Commandments (Matthew 22:36-40); Jesus articulated the greatest Commandments to those under the Law Covenant as Jesus came to those under Law to proselytize them in the Gospel of Grace via a New Covenant (Matthew 15:24; Galatians 4:4). A Gospel of Grace that was expounded upon by Messiah’s chosen Minister of the Gospel, Saul of Tarsus AKA Paul the Apostle (Galatians 1:11-17).
Fulfilling the Law in the New Covenant,
In the New Covenant of Grace, the “fruit of the Spirit” is the fulfillment of all Law, not letters or days or diets (Galatians 5:22-23). In the New Covenant, Christians serve through a redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17) that is arbitrated by the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14; Galatians 5:16) via a Spiritual Law written upon the heart (Romans 2:14-15; Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 36) and divine fruit is produced by the Spirit through the faithful in Jesus (Galatians 5:22-23); therefore, Christians don’t worship Sinai or Moses as their purposes have passed (2 Corinthians 3; Hebrews 8:7).
Conclusion,
The Covenant of Law was given solely to Jacob’s children and those seeking refuge in that theocracy and it is an incomplete Covenant as it only defines one’s sin and culpability void atonement (Romans 3:20; Hebrews 8:7; Galatians 2:16)). If you worship exclusively at Sinai, you will die in your sin (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16); If you worship at Golgotha by faith, you will live (John 14:6).
Commingling Law – Grace – Faith. Which Covenant makes this possible concerning “obedience” that honors Elohim?
Discussion,
What people don’t understand is the differentiation in application of law and the form of law that exists between the Law Covenant and the Covenant of Grace.
Sinai – Moses: Wholly insufficient as instruments of righteousness,
Sinai – Moses are codified fragments of the eternal Spiritual Law and are therefore wholly insufficient as instruments of righteousness with Elohim. Sinai – Moses were given Israel for sanctification and eschatological purposes concerning Elohim’s efforts to thwart Israel’s compromise with Baal and Molech so that Messiah, the Gospel, the Great Commission, would manifest in Time with the sole intent of “destroying the works of the Devil” (1 John 3:8b; Genesis 3:15) via the Gospel, a battle strategy ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10) and the “Great Commission” as the vessel through which Satan’s defeat and eternal life by grace through faith in the Messiah would be proclaimed to all the Earth in preparation for the Tribulation, the Millennial Kingdom, the Judgment, the destruction of the Earth by fire, the placement and realization of the New Jerusalem.
Sinai and Moses – temporary for eschatological purposes,
Sinai and Moses are a fragmented codification of the eternal Spiritual Law and they were never intended to be elements of Salvation or a Key-Path to eternal covenant with Elohim as these codified laws pointed Israel’s children to their need for a Messiah by faith (Galatians 3:24); Sinai and Moses demanded perfection (James 2:10) from a sin-nature (Romans 5:12) that could never comply; therefore Sinai and Moses only defined culpability (Romans 3:20) void atonement (Galatians 2:16); therefore, Sinai and Moses only curse the one who seeks righteousness (a right standing) with the Father through them apart from or as a supplement to faith, alone (Galatians 3:10).
The New Covenant Law,
Elohim, via New Covenant promise (Ezekiel 36; Hebrews 8; Jeremiah 31), employs the eternal Spiritual Law (Romans 2:14-15; Romans 8:2) written upon the heart of humanity on Day-6 and through the Gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14), Elohim enlivens, makes applicable, that Spiritual Law in the heart of the redeemed in Jesus by faith (John 3). It is through the redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17) that the Holy Spirit produces fruits of righteousness (Galatians 5) and thereby guides the faithful in Jesus to fulfill all Law as there is NO LAW against the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-24); after all, Jesus did say “You will know them by their fruit” (Matthew 7:15-20).
Conclusion of the matter,
Therefore, Sinai – Moses have very little relevance in the New Covenant concerning Law and obedience to same. Christians are not obligated to Sinai, Moses, Days, Diets (Romans 6:14; Colossians 2:16). If one desires an applicable understanding concerning the commingling of Law and Grace and Faith, they must look to the work of Jesus at Golgotha, Messiah’s shed blood as atonement for sin and His imputed – gifted righteousness only available by faith in Jesus as Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Question was asked: Why is Elohim waiting to judge Satan…”Why not NOW???? When is enough, enough?”
Christian response,
Human pride and a desire for self-worth and relevance clouds, is a stumbling block, to understanding Elohim’s eschatological objectives for the temporary Realm of Time, a physical realm constrained by physics. Human Kind does not possess the cognitive capacity to comprehend the love, intimacy, cherished relationship, that exists between Elohim and His beautiful angelic creation.
Human Kind is an entity of relevance concerning Elohim’s restoration of holiness and order and peace to His eternal Kingdom that was disrupted by a rebellious cherub angel, the Great Kingdom War that is causation for the Genesis creation narrative, the construction and Triune collaboration concerning the creation of the complex human genome.
Human Kind places a distant second in Elohim’s eschatological priorities but Elohim has chosen to provide compassion and grace and mercy to those through whom He is currently employing as instruments of an unfathomable eschatological plan that is centered, acutely focused, upon maintaining volitional love and intimacy with His cherished angelic creation, those faithful angels that did not follow Satan in the rebellion.
Eschatology must be fulfilled,
Elohim’s eschatological will must come to pass as the coming Tribulation Era will set the stage for the Millennial Kingdom of Messiah Jesus. The comprehensive peace that is realized during the Millennial Kingdom, an all-encompassing peace due Satan’s confinement apart from humanity for 1000-years (Revelation 20:2), will provide an irrefutable example, a comparison/contrast, for the faithful angelic creation, those angels that did not follow Lucifer in the rebellion, of why obedience to the Father’s will is vastly superior to rebellion, covetousness and defilement and self-righteousness.
The Millennial Kingdom’s universal peace will provide a stark comparison/contrast to the previous 6000-years of human horror, war, pestilence, death, suffering, unconscionable savagery, all led by, initiated by and rooted in the deception of Satan (John 8:44; Ephesians 6). This comparison/contrast will also act as a bulwark against future rebellion in the Kingdom.
Post Millennial Kingdom,Judgment…
Then, at the culmination of the 1000-year reign of Messiah, Satan will be released from confinement and will immediately proceed to deceive the Nations once again and the Nations will turn against Elohim and desire to engage in war but at this juncture Elohim will destroy His enemies by fire and immediately subsequent this final conflict (Revelation 20:7-9) the Judgment of Satan will manifest (Rev 20:10); then, the Judgment of the Condemned (Rev 20:11-15); then, the Earth and the Heavens will be destroyed by fire (a physical Hell for the rebellious of humanity 2 Peter 3:10), the old Earth will be purified, remolded, restructured, and a New Earth and New Heaven will manifest which will be the resting place, the eternal abode, of the New Jerusalem where the redeemed in Jesus will serve our resurrected Lord in resurrected bodies fashioned after His glorious body, eternally (Revelation 20-22; Philippians 3:21).
In conclusion,
Our entire existence within the temporary Realm of Time, constrained by physics, has manifest in response to the Great Kingdom War that was initiated by a rebellious cherub angel (Ezekiel 28:11+; Revelation 12:7-9; Luke 10:18) and our genome, the creation narrative, this Earth, Time, physics, are a temporary repository for that Kingdom War, a spiritual war partially constrained by physics; this, as the defilement within the Kingdom could not be allowed to continue as “nothing impure” is permitted therein (Rev 21:27).
This is why the major player and causation concerning the Kingdom War, a rebellious cherub angel, is first introduced in Genesis 3 possessing the attributes of a “serpent” and the declaration of war is declared in Genesis 3:15 and the battle strategy to destroy the works of Satan via the Messiah (1 John 3:8b), the Gospel, is first pictured in Genesis 3:21, a battle strategy, the Gospel, that was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10).
To those who worship at Sinai, not Golgotha; To those who worship the Law to the exclusion of or in addition to the Messiah; To those perishing in Hell in self-righteousness through law-keeping…
Discussion,
Sinai is but a fragmented, codified, version of the comprehensive Spiritual Law; the Spiritual Law that Elohim has employed as an arbiter of free will subsequent the creation of the angels. Sinai is beautiful and partially expresses Elohim’s holiness and divine expectations; much can be learned from Sinai, but Sinai is incomplete as it simply addresses Elohim’s concerns for Jacob’s children and their inevitable compromise with demonic paganism; specifically, the vile worship of Baal and Molech as demonstrated by the pagan tribes surrounding Jacob’s children that relentlessly sought Israel’s compromise.
Sinai was given the Hebrew Tribes for eschatological protection via sanctification; this, to Jacob’s children, exclusively; this, as Elohim was concerned that Israel’s children would be disqualified as progenitors of the Messiah like those of the Adamic and Noahic generations who sold their soul to Satan and his demonic angels resulting in the annihilation of human kind save eight (Genesis 6; Romans 1:18-32).
Are Christians seeking to replace Sinai?
No one is seeking to replace Sinai but Sinai is not Elohim’s eschatological destination; Sinai, Moses, Torah, were roadmaps pointing to Elohim’s objective (Galatians 3:24-25); that is, the “destruction of Satan’s works” via the coming Messiah (1 John 3:8b; Genesis 3:15) via a battle strategy introduced as the “Gospel” which was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10; Genesis 3:21).
Worshiping at Sinai to the exclusion of Golgotha,
You represent those who will perish at the foot of Mount Sinai, who serve the golden calf (works – idolatry) as opposed to the Messiah as you seek your own righteousness via self-righteousness via a Law that only defines your sin void atonement (Romans 3:20; Romans 9); a Law that demands absolute perfection (James 2:10) from your sin-nature, the Adamic sin-nature that can never adequately comply (Romans 3:23; 5:12) and a Law that “curses” you as you perish in your sin in unbelief (Galatians 3:10; John 8:24).
Your only Hope,
Your only Hope of escaping the “second death” in Hell due to your sin is through repentance and sincere faith-belief-trust in Jesus Christ as the One, the Messiah, who kept the Law for you in perfection, shed His innocent blood to atone for your sin and offers you His righteousness in exchange for your sin by faith in Him as Messiah and receive forgiveness via New Covenant promise (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 8:12).
