Gustave Dore, The Gleaners
The ‘law’ of God, though understood in its originality as the first five books of the Holy Bible, as written by Moses, can righty be understood as the ordinances and commandments of God, and separate from the Righteousness of God, which we believe upon because we have been gifted the faith of God, (faith being a work, and none can deliver their own soul, nor quicken their dead spirit into a living spirit, save except the Lord do the work). So, whereas the ‘law’ of God, entered through Moses, ‘grace and truth’ entered through Jesus, whom is the Sun of God, his Light, which affords us the knowledge of God, and not the law only, but what the law points to, and that is, through faith and not the ordinance of the laws of God are we saved and live eternally as citizens of a better country, which is called Holy and New Jerusalem; Jerusalem from above. The Word of God, therefore, does not make the Sun of God, but the Word of the Oath does; yea, the power of the Oath is the Truth and the Righteous Holy Spirit of God the Father, whom has given us His Word and Spirit, even through his Word, has he given us his neverchanging oath, that the Lord does not lie, and He is Holy, True, and the Everlasting Spirit, with peace, love, joy, goodness, grace, thanksgiving, mercy, gentleness, and uprightness of heart, able to save unto the utmost, of which we can see the pattern in the example of Jesus, that none may enter into the kingdom, lest they do so having the Holy One of God in them; Christ Jesus, whom being first, made himself last, and whom being last, is first among all, having the preeminence as the only son of God the Father of Light, who has said there is none other name that we can call upon, except the name of Christ Jesus.
“Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made, He saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.”
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians 3:16–18
So they that are Jews inwardly, are they whom are diligent readers of the law of God, and not only the ordinances and commandments, but with faith in the promises of God; faith in his everlasting strength; faith in his power to keep us alive, soul and Spirit; faith in his Sun, Jesus, who was like unto Moses; the people complaining and murmuring agains him, even ready to stone and kill him though God performed marvelous and great acts and miracles through Moses. Yea, Jesus was a Jew, and was of the heritage of the Jews, but he is the Son of the promises made unto Abraham, and the fulfilling of the Righteous Holy Spirit of God, whom the Word prophesied that He would give mercy to the people of the world; calling many, and being merciful with all whom in faith answer the Lord with meek hearts, ready to serve the Lord according to the gracious Spirit of His Word, which is not the law only, but that that brings us knowledge of a better hope beyond the tediousness of following scripture dogmatically without heart, and without Spirit; God having provided something better than a life of ordinances; he set love and joy, peace, and gentleheartedness, and faith in us from Him, that we may live again alive unto God, yet dead unto the covetousness and desolation of their world. That we be lights in this world according to his Spirit as we learn of it in His Word; as the people of God, being holy, and with all wisdom and understanding of the Christ mind, that our life resonate correctly the manner of God, and in hearing of our faith, through our quiet example, because of God’s work in setting Christ in us, others shall consider, even those whom have also been called, but now being reassured of the right pattern of Jesus in the holy brethren, whom prove they are holy indeed, according to the Word and Spirit of God, and not the ways of this world, which is of the devil, whom kept not his station with the Lord, and whom seeks to devour the life and integrity of the children of God, whom have the Christ seed of the promises of God.
That seed, being the Holy Spirit of God; the kingdom of Heaven in us ‘as the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ,’ which has the power of the faith of God to strengthen us unto godliness, even the godliness of the Almighty Lord, Creator of Heaven and Earth; being a seed set in us, faith having entered into us and divine wisdom and understanding having begun its work in us, the beginning of peace and joy is first perceived, because now we have a faith in God, and that gives us hope, and hope is power to believe that we are worthy of God, and that he has had mercy on us, and that power gives us patience, and that divine patience, which is longsuffering, brings us to the reading of the Words of God, which proclaims the manner of the Spirit of God, whom we start to understand, is with us. We begin to perceive that we know him, and that we are known of him; and that he is very much with us. And then we perceive closeness to God, even his very great and very present love and care for us. Then we begin to see God as very real and the doing of his commandments according to his gracious Spirit, as very practical unto us; we even learn the wisdom of behaving perfectly before him, and of praising him through a perfect life pleasing and acceptable unto him; for we shall understand that we are precious unto him, and so, we are always in his presence, and he has made us holy ambassadors and his treasure.
So, having all this, we become thankful that we have entered into a great peace, having attained immortality and peace with God, we become thankful, and a ‘new song’ becomes our life, a song of praise unto God, through good works, according to the works God would have us work unto him, of which we learn of in his Word, which speaks of his Spirit, and of the oath of his Spirit, and of the manifestation of that Word and Spirit as one, even Jesus our Lord.
Should we not then water that seed in us; that fervent Holy Spirit with diligence in reading and doing the righteous and faithful Word of God, according to the knowledge of the Spirit? Yea, and we shall do it with ease and zeal with hearts that do not grow weary. God saying as much unto us in Psalm 1, ‘night and day’ we are to consider, and meditate on him, that we may be wise with understanding, that we be faithful sons and daughters of his; keep our integrity, even our ‘salt,’ not being busybody’s, not beguiling our own selves with the vanity of commendation, but looking unto Jesus, from Moses to John, being lowly and meek, and ready to serve and do; that through the diligence of reading the wisdom and understanding of God, we might behave ourselves in a perfect way, lowly of heart and mind, and not after the covetousness of the world, which leads to desolate hearts and a seared conscious without feeling, without mercy, without love for others, and without the hope of a continuing, immortal life. The parable of the granular mustard seed being an allegory of that kingdom of God set in us then, — how shall you and I do, that Christ be fully formed in us? Let us begin by having faith in God that that which he began, he shall surely finish (Paul to the Philippians 1:6).
Today is the day to enter into the peace of God, that the mind begin to return to soundness, and the soul be watered, and your bones receive the fatness of the love of the Spirit of God, which is found in the diligence of meekness to God’s way, whom will sit and sup with you; and whom is always knocking on the door of your heart; whereas, we were ignorant of the mind of God before, and we would not turn unto his paths, and we would not allow mercy to ourselves, that we might be at peace and strength to joy. But now has God shown mercy to the world, and has gone to the utmost to prove his love, even allowing the crucifixion of his Son, that we might believe that he has the power to keep all his promises, because he raised him back to life, proving his divine power as triumphant over death and hell.
The Jew then, should look upon Jesus and consider his Spirit, according to the reading of the old and new testament, that they might study him in comparison to the holy manner of all the prophets, his good works speaking of his Holy Spirit, and his Jewish earthly lineage speaking of his earnestness in the God of Moses and the prophets. Jesus, whom was of the Jews, proceeded that eventual next sequential step of God in his purpose and will: God, being majestic, gracious and merciful, would undoubtedly show mercy to those whom are not of the Jews; the Holy Spirit speaking in the scripture of his Spirit; not the faithless, monotonous obedience of doing of ordinances of the law as the singular converting power that quickens the dead spirit of a person, but the Holy Spirit of God, of which the Word points to: Jesus, whom we learn, shall have all things set under his feet; all power and dominion, then sets all things under God, that ‘God’ be glorified.
God then, through the setting in us of his Sun of Righteousness, the Bridegroom and Shepard of our soul, makes us inward Jews; the royal seed which has the work of God’s faith in them, having power to believe the promise of God unto Abraham. That is to say, God gave Abraham his word; his promise, that he would have a son in whom the holy heritage of faith unto God would continue and be as a multitude greater than the sand of the sea. But we learn that the promise was made speaking of a seed, a people of God, that would have the Holy Spirit, and not simply any earth born of the house of Abraham, for he had Ishmael with the woman, Hagar, whom became a great nation, even all those whom are not of the royal seed. But he then had Isaac, whom God assured Abraham, in Issac shall the seed be ‘called.’ Issac had/ has the Holy Spirit of God, and so he had/ has favor with God; and his son, Jacob, whom is also of the holy inheritance of God, was/ is of God, according to the promise, but the first son of Isaac, Esau, was not of God.
And who is ‘called,’ even all those whom the Lord predestined to be the people of God, before the world was established. And who shall answer, even all those whom God will establish his Holy Spirit upon. Therefore, they that are of God in this life, are family with they whom are memorialized in the scriptures, and we are not estranged from each other on account of our ethnicity, or our speech, our the color of our skin, but are as one people whom are of a pure language, and whose life proclaims God according to the Spirit of His Word.
Then it is, I speak to the Jew, not all who are Jews are of the Jews, and not all who are Christians are of Christ, but those who understand and prove unto God and themselves that Jesus is the brightness of the glory of God, have the Holy Spirit of God, and that spirit being not of following ordinances and rules, and traditions, but of faith and love, and joy, and gentleness, and goodness, being all proven through a life of works of thanksgiving, which is praise unto God, according to his Word.
And who is of God, if it is not those who love God and do good works with joy and solemness, yet without weariness, and whom is not of God, yet born of the early lineages of those people of God? I speak of the Jews and of the Jews and all others who became Christians:
Cain slew his brother, and asked if he was supposed to be his ‘brother’s keeper;’ Moses departed from the life of the palace of Pharaoh seeking something better with God, Joshua listened and did all that the Lord put in his heart to do and told him to do, even dutifully serving Moses, and after, as the commander of Israel, behaving himself in a perfect way in all the things God had him do; Deborah Under The Palm Tree was steadfast and without guile, and she governed Israel; her heart was prepared to listen with understanding unto God; Ruth clinged to Naomi; Boaz was gracious, and had compassion with goodness unto Ruth, proving himself faithful, and as of the house of God, for he was holy in Spirit. David was / is as a bright and morning star, a picture of Jesus, who is the Sun set in David, who was valiant, loving, just, and meek unto God, praising the Lord and decreeing that music and singing praise the Lord, and that all things unto God be done in a perfect manner; and God made him as the light of God unto Israel from his youth to old age.
Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, and Hezekiah, and Josiah, and all the prophets; these all had heart; these all had faith in God, and they were upright and gracious, having the manner of the love of the Holy Spirit of God, of whom the world was not worthy.
Jesus was/ is holy, and the natural progression of God’s mercy on the world; though not all that are called will turn to God, that the dross of their heart be melted away, and their countenances may shine with boldness of faith, after the pattern of God, who often showed the hard-heartedness of the people unto Moses, and these murmurers, complainers, revilers, and ungodly sort receiving their inheritance in this life only, and not the life that is everlasting, proving themselves to be of the house of Ishmael and Esau, and whose people are of the dead spirit of ancient Babylon and ancient Egypt; knowing God is God, yet forsaking to honor him, proving they are not of the royal seed which is the seed of the promise, and not earthly lineage. If such thing would be so, that the holy people are all those whom are of an earthly lineage, and not because of a loving faithful heart that proclaims the truth and righteous God as God, then the promises of God are of no effect, and the hope in eternal life with God with peace and joy is nothing, and all our good works are nothing, and the things God did with Moses and the people are nothing, and the good works of Jesus are nothing, and is crucifixion and return to life are nothing, and the faith and manner of spirit of the apostles is nothing, and Paul and James and Peter are nothing; and the dead spirit of Adam wins, though he is dead, dead.
But who made Adam? And if God made Adam; God, whom is alive, proven by the faith of spirit of all his prophets and all his sons and daughters, wins, and triumphs, and prevails, and the Spirit is Holy, and Jesus was/ is real, and he is Lord and King, and God is alright with that, for he made Jesus who is lowly and meek, Lord and King of the Jews and of the Christians, and of the earth, and of all powers and principalities, and of death and hell.
The Strength of the Lord has kept the Holy Bible, and we learn that the Lord is not a respecter of a person’s status, or station, or wealth, but looks at our hearts and he knows our minds. It is then not of the earthly lineage of Abraham, or Isaac, or Jacob, or Moses, or David; it is not their own righteousness that has made holy their earthly descendants, but it the work of the grace and mercy of God in the life of people, whom are of all nations, having obtained mercy from God, and are then of the house and inheritance of God, his royal priesthood, the sons and daughters of the promises of God.
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