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Does the Universe have a Purpose? Yes…

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Does the Universe have a purpose? Yes!

The Universe, specifically, this Earth, was created as a temporary repository for the Great Kingdom War initiated by a rebellious, covetous, anointed cherub angel (Luke 10:18; Revelation 12:3-9).

Elohim the Father initiated the creation narrative and delegated authority to Elohim the Son as Creator (Genesis 1; John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1; John 3:35) who took elements from the unseen Spiritual Realm and fashioned those elements into matter, atoms, that can be apprehended by a life-form subject to Time and physics (Hebrews 11:3). It is also interesting to note that Elohim the Holy Spirit is first introduced as the Logistical Overseer of the Creation Narrative in Genesis 1:2.

This is but one reason why Satan, an anointed cherub angel (Ezekiel 28:11-15), is the first creature introduced subsequent Elohim forming Adam from the dust of the ground and Eve from the rib of Adam. This is why a formal declaration of war is proclaimed by Elohim in Genesis 3:15, a war that would involve Satan and an anointed One who would enter Time through the seed of the woman and do battle with Satan, Jesus our Messiah.

Immediately following this proclamation of war in Genesis 3:15, Elohim pictures His battle strategy, the Gospel, by which He would destroy the works of Satan (death-Hell-the grave); the Gospel is first pictured for human kind in Genesis 3:21 with the shedding of innocent blood by Elohim, Himself, to cover Adam and Eve in a gifted, imputed, robe of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21) while Elohim rejected Adam’s self-righteous attempt to cover and conceal his sin with fig leaves of human righteousness (Ephesians 2:8-9); in fact, the primary reason the Son of God, Jesus our Messiah, entered Time was “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b). Jesus fulfilled the prophecy in Genesis 3:15 via the battle strategy pictured in Genesis 3:21 some 4000 years later on a Roman Cross outside of Jerusalem on a mount called “Golgotha.” Jesus, born of the seed of the woman (Not Adam’s seed via Joseph) destroyed the works of Satan via His own shed blood as atonement for sin (Matthew 26:28; 1 Peter 1:18-19) which harkens back to Genesis 3:21 and a Gospel that was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-9).

The entire purpose for this temporary Universe and specifically this temporary Earth and our complex genome is as participants and as a temporary physical repository for an unfathomable Spiritual War that rages on around us, through us, as we choose to be a warrior for Jesus by faith or a warrior for Satan via submission to the lust of the flesh.

Long story short…we’re in an unfathomable spiritual war, we are warriors for one of two parties, Jesus or Satan. This IS the “purpose” for the Universe, a temporary physical repository for war as Elohim restores order, peace, holiness, to His eternal Kingdom, a Holy Kingdom disrupted by a rebellion, a mutiny, initiated by an anointed cherub before Time began.

Innocent substitute. Replaced fig leave of human righteousness.

Why did Jesus repeatedly condemn religious leadership, Old Covenant failures?

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Why did Jesus point out Israel’s failures, the hypocrisy of religious leadership/the Law Covenant, repeatedly, during His ministry?

The focus on the Old Covenant by Jesus was integral with His efforts to incrementally move His ministry, initiated in Law as He was born under the Law, into a ministry of grace that is actuated by faith, alone, in Him as Messiah, alone. A New Covenant where obedience is made possible through the indwelling Holy Spirit and the production of divine fruit as opposed to keeping arduous rules and regulations that the sin-nature was not able to uphold.

Jesus points out the failures of the Old Covenant and its representatives, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the Council members…these represented the worst of what the Law had to offer; that is, through these religious leaders, Jesus demonstrated the perils of law via subjectivity, rationalization, hypocrisy. These are resultants of the Adamic sin-nature seeking righteousness through law keeping.

The sin-nature, integral with the pride and arrogance of man, easily and quiet effectively, rationalizes away, justifies away, obfuscates, what the conscience seeks to arbitrate toward holiness and righteousness. Moral relativism is a huge failure of codified law and spiritual law.

Jesus’ ministry, the New Covenant, the Gospel, is oriented toward a New and LIVING Way to walk in obedience to the Father’s will as we are prepared for service in the New Jerusalem via daily Christian sanctification (Galatians 5:16); that is, in the New Covenant, the focus is upon the indwelling Holy Spirit who is given to the redeemed in Jesus as their personal Guarantor and Seal of New Covenant promise (Ephesians 1:13-14; Hebrews 8:12).

It is through the Spirit’s work in daily Christian sanctification where He anoints the redeemed in Jesus with a new and enlivened/sensitive conscience, the “new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17), it is the new man that is made exponentially aware of the Father’s will and that will is expressed and satiated through the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) and it is this fruit that wonderfully and successfully fulfills all law; both, codified and spiritual (Galatians 5:23); this divine fruit of the Spirit actually pleases the Father and proves one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8). This divine fruit will also stand the test of authenticity at the BEMA Judgment of Messiah.

If you study Messiah’s ministry carefully, you will see a subtle, incremental, steady, transition from “keep my commandments” (John 14:15) to “produce much fruit” (John 15:8) and Jesus also teaches that it is “fruit” that differentiates between teachers of divine truth and wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:16).

This subtle move in Jesus’ ministry is further expounded upon by Jesus’ minister of the Gospel to the Gentiles, Paul…who teaches that the redeemed are no longer under letters of condemnation weakened by the sin nature (Romans 8), but the redeemed are led by the Spirit to produce divine fruit (Romans 7:6).

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: What was it; What is it?

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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, what was it, what is it? (Matthew 12:22-32)

Blasphemy against the Spirit, a condemnation to the Pharisees who had suggested that Jesus exorcised demons by the power of the chief of the demonic; namely, Beelzebul, is a divine condemnation that cannot be repeated subsequent this unique scenario, why?

The reason Jesus condemned the Pharisees to Hell without hope of a pardon is due the fact that they had been eyewitnesses to the miracles of Jesus which were performed by the power of the Holy Spirit who indwelt Jesus during His Earthly ministry. For this reason, their blasphemy would never be forgiven in this age (Law) or the age to come (Grace).

Today, subsequent Messiah’s ascension, this particular form of “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” is not possible though there is one form of blasphemy of the Spirit that remains relevant; that is, a rejection of the Holy Spirit’s call upon one’s life to repent and believe the Gospel. If one dies in an unredeemed state having rejected Jesus as their Messiah, there remains only Judgment, there is no hope of eternal life, forgiveness of sin, for that individual (Hebrews 9:27).

Obedience in the New Covenant: Torah or Divine Fruit?

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If one seeks to honor Torah, they must first trust, believe, in Jesus as Messiah who died for them to pay a sin-debt they cannot pay them self, receive the Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant relationship and allow the Spirit’s anointing to produce divine fruit through them, divine fruit that fulfills all that Torah commands concerning morality, divine fruit that fulfills the elements of all moral law (spiritual and codified) while simultaneously pleasing the Father and proving one to be a disciple of Jesus (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 6:14; Galatians 5:16-23; John 15:8; Romans 7:6).

Christian, you are not under Torah Law (Romans 6:14), you are under grace through faith in Jesus (Romans 6:14). You attain obedience in the New Covenant subsequent salvation by faith in Jesus, obedience that pleases the Father, through the anointing of the Holy Spirit who works through you to produce divine “fruit” (Galatians 5:16-23) that will stand the test of authenticity relevant to the BEMA Judgment of Messiah and this fruit will honor the Father’s will for your life and testify to this lost, defiled, World, that you are a true disciple of Jesus (John 15:8).

Jesus is God – Elohim the Son (Genesis 1:1)

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Messiah is our Mediator, our Intercessor, our Savior, within the Realm of Time. Jesus is Elohim our Creator, I AM (Exodus 3:14).

–The Father proclaims Jesus as Creator of the World in Hebrews 1:2.

–The Father commands that the angels worship the Son, Jesus our Messiah, in Hebrews 1:6.

–The Father calls Jesus Deity, “God,” in Hebrews 1:8.

–In Hebrews 1:10, the Father proclaims Jesus as “Lord” having laid the foundations of the Earth in “the beginning.”

–In John 1, the Holy Spirit declares that Jesus is the living Word of Elohim and that Jesus is our divine Creator and that Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us beginning in John1:1-14.

–In Colossians 1, beginning with v.15, the Holy Spirit declares that Jesus is the exact image of the invisible God. In v.16, the Holy Spirit declares that Jesus is the Creator of ALL things visible and invisible.

–In John 8:24, and in John 8:58, Jesus declares that He is “I AM” and Jesus uses the deific terminology of egō eimi which harkens back to Exodus 3:14 where Elohim declares He is “I AM.”

— Ἐγώ εἰμι, Egō Eimi (“I Am”)

–Matt. 14:27: “But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘Take courage, it is I [egō eimi, ‘I am’]; do not be afraid’” (NASB et seq.).

–Mark 6:50: Same Greek phrase as in Matt. 14:27: ἐγώ εἰμι, μὴ φοβεῖσθε, egō eimi, mē phobeisthe (lit. “I am, do not be afraid”).

–John 6:20: Same Greek phrase as in Matt. 14:27 and Mark 6:50.

–John 8:24: “…for unless you believe that I am [egō eimi], you will die in your sins.”

–John 8:28: “So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am [egō eimi]. . . .”

–John 8:58: “Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am [egō eimi].”

–John 13:19: “From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He [egō eimi].”

During His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the religious leaders commanded Jesus to tell the people present stop worshiping Jesus as LORD, God, Jesus replied that if they did not worship, the stones would worship Him in their place.

Luke 19,

36As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road. 37And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

38“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, 👉“Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

👉40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

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No one “invents” the Trinity. The Holy Spirit proclaims that Elohim (Genesis 1:1) has introduced Himself as One-Elohim in three distinct personalities possessing individual will and authority over specific aspects of everything eschatological.

Elohim the Father = Administrator

Elohim the Son = Creator, Warrior, Messiah, Judge

Elohim the Holy Spirit = Logistics, the “dunamis” of the Godhead.

JESUS IS GOD, ELOHIM THE SON (GENESIS 1:1). Those who deny the deity of Jesus are NOT redeemed, they belong to Satan.

Mocking the Trinity: A Defense of Elohim

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Mocking the Trinity: “Dear Christians: The Christ You Have Created”

Brevity is wisdom, I’ll do my best. I can only “assume” that those of you who deny the Trinity of Elohim (Genesis 1:1) are not redeemed by faith as you are obviously absent the Holy Spirit of Truth and Wisdom (Ephesians 1:13-14; John 14:17). Christianity did not “invent” the Trinity but Christianity simply proclaims what the Scriptures proclaim in a clear and unambiguous fashion; that is, there is a clear proclamation by the Holy Spirit, the Author of Scripture, that Elohim, Genesis 1:1, a plural noun accompanied by a singular verb, has introduced Himself in THREE DISTINCT PERSONS POSSESSING EQUAL DEIFIC ATTRIBUTES YET POSSESSING INDIVIUDAL WILL AND PERSONALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING ALL THINGS CREATED AND ESCHATOLOGICAL IN NATURE.

When one carefully examines the Scriptures, accompanied by the Holy Spirit as their Tutor, it would be a lie, self-deception, abject ignorance through denial, to reject the obvious, the undeniable, Elohim the Father; Elohim the Son; Elohim the Holy Spirit. Personally, I wish, for the sake of simplicity and understanding, that the agreed upon delineation of authority in the divine God-Head was not so, that there were no distinct differences in how our Creator has introduced Himself to His creation, but to deny the Trinity is to deny what the Holy Spirit teaches; to deny the Trinity is to turn a blind eye to what is before me in the Canon of Scripture. I simply refuse to deny what the Holy Spirit has made so very obvious to me!

I humbly and regretfully admit that my three-pound brain lacks the cognitive acuity to explain the Trinity, but I confess that if my three-pound brain could accurately explain our omnipotent Creator, He would not be Deity. Those of you who deny the Trinity are blatantly blind and willfully stupid or you’re simply prejudiced liars and deceivers and your motive is servitude to Satan, himself, an objective of infusing confusion and doubt concerning the reality of Elohim.

As one who loves Elohim, the Father and the Son and the precious Holy Spirit (my true Friend), I grow so weary of your existence in Time and your ever-present willful ignorance of what is before you in Scripture and the demonically rooted doubt that you place in the soul of those eagerly, desperately, searching for hope in Elohim.

Elohim the Father = Administrator
Elohim the Son = Creator-Warrior-Messiah-Judge
Elohim the Holy Spirit = Logistics (the Divine “Dunamis” of the Canon of Scripture)

“Born Again” What did Jesus mean?

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Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 (ESV)

What does it mean to be “born again” (John 3:3)?

Jesus used the term to be “born again” in John 3 to indicate that the one who trusts in Jesus as Messiah, receives the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant promise (Ephesians 1:13-14), this redeemed man or woman becomes a “new creation” in Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17); that is, they become a new man or new woman spiritually and their conscience is enlivened by the indwelling Holy Spirit, there is a “new” outlook on life, the old person struggling with the flesh died, the new has been born with a new desire to honor our Creator through obedience to our Creator’s will; that is, the Holy Spirit anoints the redeemed in Jesus with a desire to produce divine “fruit” (Galatians 5:16-23) and this divine fruit fulfills all law (codified and spiritual), this divine fruit actually pleases the Father, this divine fruit proves one to be a legitimate disciple of Jesus (John 15:8). The faithful in Jesus enter into a new life, new outlook, new hope, new joy and peace and assurance that the old person, who was enslaved to the flesh and the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 5:12) could not imagine.

Jesus, the Cross, purpose and prophecy…

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Jesus, the Cross, purpose and prophecy…

Jesus endured the Cross primarily “to destroy the works of Satan” e.g., death, Hell, the grave; this, for eschatological concerns (1 John 3:8b). Humanity is a recipient of Jesus’ victory at Golgotha by grace through faith in Jesus as Messiah (John 3:16).

Jesus’ war with Satan is first prophesied in Genesis 3:15 and the Gospel, the shedding of innocent blood for redemption via an imputed robe of righteousness, is first prophesied in Genesis 3:21 (2 Corinthians 5:21). The death of Jesus and His Gospel message were foreordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-9; Revelation 13:8).

Jesus’ Ministry: Torah to Fruit – attainable obedience…

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Jesus’ ministry: a methodical transition from Torah Law to Holy Spirit obedience…

Though Jesus was born under the Law Covenant and Jesus fulfilled that Law in perfection for our redemption, Jesus incrementally moved His ministry from one of Law/Torah to one of the production of divine “fruit” via the Holy Spirit by which all law is fulfilled; this is something that Torah could not accomplish.

Jesus condensed the 613 Mosaic laws down to two-greatest commandments (Matthew 22:37-40) and Jesus’ ministry methodically progressed toward the initiation of the New Covenant established in His blood (Luke 22:20); Messiah strategically moved from “keep my Commandments” (John 14:15) to “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” (John 15:8)

Finally, Jesus taught how one should discern authentic teachers of the word from false teachers and in doing so, Jesus provided the impetus or sign by which honorable teachers would be identified contrasted with false teachers: “So then, you will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:20) Again, another reference by Jesus to divine fruit and its applicability in the New Covenant.

We see that Messiah’s ministry, having begun under the Law Covenant, slowly and methodically transitioned into a ministry that emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit dwelling within Him and the strategic method of producing obedience in His disciples, then and now, through the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23) via the anointing of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14) who is a promised Guarantor of redemption in the New Covenant established in the blood of Jesus (Ephesians 1:13-14; Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 36:27; Hebrews 8:10).

The Subtle Dangers of Torah Worship in the New Covenant

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The subtle dangers of Torah worship in the New Covenant,

Law will never be “abolished” as law is present to define the behavior of evil men (1 Timothy 1:9) and law; both codified and spiritual, provide a context for divine and secular responses to same which mandates due process for order and peace. Law will be relevant in the “New Jerusalem” as free will there is extant by necessity.

Where you err, Ben, is your inordinate obsession’s with Torah and Hebrew Roots fanaticism not understanding that grace and faith have replaced Torah’s letters in the New Covenant.

You cling to the old hoping to receive the benefits of the NEW and my concern is that you’re trusting in Law + Faith to redeem you from sin and ingratiate yourself with Elohim in righteousness. Problem is, Ben, if you’re depending on Torah to supplement faith in Jesus, you ultimately lose both in heresy and your religion is foul and defined as a cult. Please be careful.

If you’re celebrating law in Torah because you are a traditionalist and love the order and pomp of Torah, the days, feasts, celebrations, celebrated in the Law Covenant, that’s OK…just understand that eternal life is not something that is earned through your work and obedience to Torah, but that life with Jesus is manifest solely by trusting, believing, in Jesus as your Messiah acknowledging that Jesus has done the work for you and you’re receiving the gift of forgiveness and eternal life solely by grace (unmerited favor). You have told me prior that you understand grace and faith as priority but your obsessive posts concerning Torah, the Old Covenant, keeping laws and commandments, belays your testimony of trust, belief, in Yeshua as essential.