In religious contexts, a covenant is an unbreakable agreement between an individual or community and a deity.

There is a tremendous amount of debate and confusion over the matters of Eschatology, that is, the Study of the End of Times. Two of the most prevalent school of thoughts are Covenant Theology and Dispensational Eschatology.

Covenant Theology claims that God deals with mankind through several Covenants. Most Covenant Theology theologians hold to a Covenant of Works in the Old Testament between God and Adam. The New Testament is the Covenant of Grace.

Dispensationalism is a method of biblical interpretation that teaches that Scripture is “unfolding” in a series of Dispensations beginning with Adam, changing with Noah, and so on as history progresses. Dispensationalists claim support for their interpretation through “literal” interpretation of scripture, but in fact a literal interpretation of scripture is that no “new” covenant can eliminate the original covenant of dominion over the kingdom of God.

Continue reading “155) God’s Covenants Are Eternal = They Change Not!”

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that 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 that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake…(Jeremiah 31)

We need to put this breaking of the covenant in context. Back up two chapters:

“Thus shalt thou [Jeremiah] also speak to Shemaiah… Because thou has sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and…all the priests, saying The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison…[so] why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth?… Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah…because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.” (Jeremiah 29:24-32) 

This was executed in one way when “after the destruction of the Temple in 586 BCE, the priests were no longer able to perform their functions. The authority of the rabbis – laymen – based in the synagogues of every town, like Christian churches in our time, began to grow.

Continue reading “156) Breaking God’s Covenant Doesn’t End It”

A covenant remains intact even if one of the parties breaches it. We simply can’t understand the terms of the new covenant without tracking it back to the original.. Every reference to a “new” covenant is a new condition to the original covenant upholding the original covenant by the stronger party of the covenant despite the failure of the weaker party.

God’s foundational covenant with humanity is the transfer of his power and authority to humanity.

“Let us make man in our image and let them have dominion”. (Genesis 1:26)

This is the Singularity enforcing a new reality, exactly as stated in “Let…” throughout Creation and thereafter. The circumstances are out of our control.

Clearly, the only way this could possibly work is for humanity to draw on the source of power and authority of the Singularity over Creation. We get into trouble when we disconnect from God. That is sin / self-destruction – rejecting God’s authority and power in our lives.

“And the LORD God commanded the man / made a law, saying…of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:

In other words – do not break away to independence! Follow God’s determination of what is good and what is evil.

for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die [become separated from the Source of life].” (Genesis 2:16-17)

Continue reading “157) The New Covenant Is The Old Story”

Did you know that although Moses is depicted inside the Supreme Court…he is…merely one of many “great lawgivers of history”, i.e. Sacred Kings, on the South and North walls?

Moses (holding two tablets) is standing among other allegedly historical lawgivers such as Menes (holding an Egyptian ankh), Hammurabi (who allegedly received his laws from the Babylonian Sun God), Solomon (who was wise enough [not!] to manage 700 wives and 300 concubines), Solon, the legendary Lycurgus (the central figure, who consulted the Oracle at Delphi), Draco, Confucius, Octavian, Justinian, Muhammad… Charlemagne, King John, the Crusader Louis IX (“Saint Louis”), Hugo Grotius, Sir William Blackstone, John Marshall, and Napoleon, as well as allegorical or mythical lawgivers such as the Greek goddess “Fame,” the Egyptian goddess “Authority,” the “Light of Wisdom” goddess, “Equity,” “Philosophy” and “History.”

These lawgivers defined culturally-defined, changing with the times, based on social strata regulated human relationships with each other, and in some cases, with a myriad of competing gods, to guard against abuse and exploitation, and ways and means of obtaining supernatural benefits.

Only Moses’ laws defined permanent, consistently-applied across social strata and cultures regulated human relationships with and other and one Singularity Creator God. And humans don’t get to make or change them.

They were given to humanity through Moses.

Leading inexorably to the conclusion that Moses – not Jesus Christ – is God’s primary messenger to humanity for our post-Flood era.

Shocking.

Yeah. It was to me too.

Continue reading “158) A Sacral King Like Moses”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

John 3:16 has been called “The Gospel in a nutshell” because it provides a stunningly succinct summary of the doctrine of the Christian faith.”

Whoa Nellie! This verse provides a stunningly succinct summary of the doctrine of faith in God’s plan for all humanity from the beginning of time! 

This verse highlights the exclusivity and significance of Jesus’ sonship – the one and only Son in a unique sense.

In John 1:1-2 , it is stated, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” This passage affirms that Jesus, as the Word, existed eternally with God and was Himself divine, setting Him apart from all other beings.

And that’s where the pagan dogma of the Trinity is overlaid upon the clear explanation in scripture. John 1:1-2 clearly repeats Genesis 1 where the Word is the sound energy emanating from the Infinite Singularity God. Details in the relevant post.

We must interpret all scripture by remaining consistent with previous scripture.

The phrase “only begotten” is not exclusive to John 3:16.

“By faith Abraham…offered up his only begotten son, Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him / the Promised Christ Seed Of The Woman Savior from death in a figure.” (Hebrews 11:17-19)

As explained the post on “Begotten”, this word does not define physical procreation but the choice by the father to make someone his heir.

And as exemplified in Abram’s two heirs, “only” is not in the numerical sense of “singular” but in the conceptual sense of special.

Continue reading “159) “Only Begotten” Still Means “Unique Chosen Heir””

The Bible is written in simple language so that humans can understand unfamiliar concepts and even gain insight into completely unknowable hyper dimensions. Using concrete expressions to convey abstract ideas is not only a common teaching strategy, it is how we communicate in basic language. “Now I see / understand!” “Dream / imagine” “Conceive / bring into being in your thoughts”

Take being born…again. If we’re going to understand what Jesus is saying, we have to scrap the ethereal experience presented in most churches.

“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a [hu]man be born again, he cannot see / perceive the [spirit] kingdom of God…Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:3-6)

The reality of birth, as anyone who has experienced it can tell you, is that it takes blood, sweat and tears –  hard labor on the part of the birthers, and trauma on the newborns struggling against being forced out of their comfort zones. It is not easy changing from one world to another.

Continue reading “161) The New Birth”

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Eph 2:8-9) 

“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.” (Ro 4:2-8)

However! If we keep on reading we find far too many other scriptures balancing what has become an “easy believism” religion of fire insurance after death with no evidence of spiritual regeneration changing one’s daily routine fulfilling the desires of the flesh. The concept that membership in the Kingdom of God is simply a “get out of jail free” card is absolutely antithetical to what scripture teaches. 

“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

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There is a casual attitude about sin among people who trust that the New Testament letters teaching that “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8) has exempted us from being held responsible for our actions.

This is a gross misunderstanding of what it means to be “saved from sin”. Keep reading the passage in scripture.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10)

“the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” (Titus 2:11-14)

Continue reading “162) Saved From Damnation Is Saved From Domination”