search

sjanhunen / dokimazo

Bible study, papers, and presentations
1 stars 1 forks source link

The Husband Dies #7

Closed sjanhunen closed 5 years ago

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Think of all of the ramifications:

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Romans chapter 7 is an excellent exposition on this. We need to clearly understand the major players in this analogy:

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Also, see the ramifications of this more in Matthew 27:50-54. What is the significance of the veil being torn in light of the Old Covenant?

Need to consider the glory that was departing from the Temple and city gradually through the end of the Old Testament. The veil was ripped at the death of Christ. Finally the whole temple was destroyed.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

The Old Covenant was inaugurated with thunder, lightning, and an earthquake (Exo 19:16). How fitting that some of these same signs were present at the death of Jehovah (Mat 27).

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Both the unalterable will and the law contract were from Jehovah. This goes back to Abraham and Moses. What happens to these when Jehovah dies?

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Consider the words of Jesus in Luke:

[Luk 16:16-17 KJV] 16 The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

The preaching of the Law & Prophets continued until John. The Good News of the kingdom started with John. We also see how the law is still in effect (and has definitely not passed away). And referring back to Mathew, we see that Christ came to fulfill the law:

[Mat 5:17-18 KJV] 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

This passage is taken from the Sermon on the Mount. Christ is preaching the New Covenant on a mountain much like Moses did in Exodus with the Old Covenant.

An excellent question here is what is the meaning of "till all be fulfilled"?

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

When the King dies, the kingdom is in jeopardy without a successor. But in this case the successor is the risen Christ!

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Seeing that the King is Jehovah and that the Law is an extension of and relationship with the King is an important context to Romans. Because the word “King” isn’t found in Romans.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

A kingdom requires King and Law.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

[Isa 44:6 NKJV] 6 "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I [am] the First and I [am] the Last; Besides Me [there is] no God.

The LORD Jehovah is the one speaking here. The title on the cross was perhaps written with insincere motives, but it still spoke the truth.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

On the diagram that illustrates King, Priest & Kingdom, explain specifically what the death of Jehovah means.