The People Hear The Law

[Walter and Deborah]

Sunday 12-13-20 Kislev 27, 5781 1st. day of the weekly cycle,
83rd. Fall Day

 

The People Hear The Law 

 

◄ Nehemiah Eight ►

 

King James Bible  Par ▾ 

 

Ezra Reads the Law

 

1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 

 

4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 

 

7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

 

This Day is Holy

 

9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 

 

10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 

 

11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

 

Leviticus 23:33-44)

 

13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 

 

16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

Edited December 13, 2020 by Walter and Deborah
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[Blood Bought 1953]

2 hours ago, Walter and Deborah said:

Sunday 12-13-20 Kislev 27, 5781 1st. day of the weekly cycle,
83rd. Fall Day

 

The People Hear The Law 

 

◄ Nehemiah Eight ►

 

King James Bible  Par ▾ 

 

Ezra Reads the Law

 

1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 

 

4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 

 

7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

 

This Day is Holy

 

9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 

 

10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 

 

11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

 

Leviticus 23:33-44)

 

13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 

 

16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

 

Before we get too carried away with “ The Law”....... it would be wise to keep the following in mind....

 

 

Many Christians give lip service to the fact they live in the New Covenant.

The truth however is that because they fail to realise they are no longer under the law they are really still living in an Old Covenant reality.

Here are 37 scriptures that prove that Christians are not under the law!

Acts

The law is an unbearable yoke. (Acts 15:10)

Romans

The law reveals sin but cannot fix it. (Romans 3:20)

If the law worked then faith would be irrelevant. (Romans 4:14)

The law brings wrath upon those who follow it. (Romans 4:15)

The purpose of the law was to increase sin. (Romans 5:20)

Christians are not under the law. (Romans 6:14)

Christians have been delivered from the law. (Romans 7:1-6)

The law is good, perfect and holy but cannot help you be good, perfect or holy. (Romans 7:7-12)

The law which promises life only brings death through sin. (Romans 7:10)

The law makes you sinful beyond measure. (Romans 7:13)

The law is weak. (Romans 8:2-3)

1 Corinthians

The strength of sin is the law (1 Corinthians 15:56)

2 Corinthians

The law is a ministry of death. (2 Corinthians 3:7)

The law is a ministry of condemnation. (2 Corinthians 3:9)

The law has no glory at all in comparison with the New Covenant. (2 Corinthians 3:10)

The law is fading away. (2 Corinthians 3:11)

Anywhere the law is preached it produces a mind-hardening and a heart-hardening veil. (2 Corinthians 3:14-15)

Galatians

The law justifies nobody. (Galatians 2:16)

Christians are dead to the law. (Galatians 2:19)

The law frustrates grace. (Galatians 2:21)

To go back to the law after embracing faith is “stupid”. (Galatians 3:1)

The law curses all who practice it and fail to do it perfectly. (Galatians 3:10)

The law has nothing to do with faith. (Galatians 3:11-12)

The law was a curse that Christ redeemed us from. (Galatians 3:13)

The law functioned in God’s purpose as a temporary covenant from Moses till John the Baptist announced Christ. (Galatians 3:16 & 19, also see… Matthew 11:12-13, Luke 16:16)

If the law worked God would have used it to save us. (Galatians 3:21)

The law was our prison. (Galatians 3:23)

The law makes you a slave like Hagar. (Galatians 4:24)

Ephesians

Christ has abolished the law which was a wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:15)

Philippians

Paul considered everything the law gained him as “skybalon” which is Greek for “poop”. (Philippians 3:4-8)

1 Timothy

The law is only good if used in the right context. (1 Timothy 1:8) (see next verse for the context)

It was made for the unrighteous but not for the righteous. (1 Timothy 1:9-10)

Hebrews

The law is weak, useless and makes nothing perfect. (Hebrews 7:18-19)

God has found fault with it and created a better covenant, enacted on better promises. (Hebrews 8:7-8)

It is obsolete, growing old and ready to vanish. (Hebrews 8:13)

It is only a shadow of good things to come and will never make someone perfect. (Hebrews 10:1)

Well there you have it… 37 scriptures that make a very convincing arguement.

 

[steve morrow]

NO ARGUMENT  ---  LACK  OF  DISCERNMENT ???

PROVERBS 21:30  THERE  IS  NO  WISDOM  NOR  UNDERSTANDING  NOR  COUNSEL  AGAINST  THE  LORD 

 

2 CORINTHIANS  3:5  not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ---BUT  OUR  SUFFICIENCY  IS  OF  GOD---   3:6 -- who also hath made us able ministers of --THE  NEW  TESTAMENT--NOT  OF  THE  LETTER--***BUT  OF  THE  SPIRIT*** for the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life 

--3:7-- but if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of israel could not stedfastly behold the face of moses for the glory of his countenance --- WHICH  GLORY  WAS  TO  BE  DONE  AWAY ---

--3:8-- HOW  SHALL  NOT  THE  MINISTRATION OF  THE  SPIRIT  BE  RATHER  GLORIOUS

 

ROMANS 8:1  THERE  IS  THEREFORE  NOW  NO  CONDEMNATION  TO  THEM  TO  THEM  WHICH  ARE  ---IN  CHRIST  JESUS--- WHO  WALK  NOT  AFTER  THE  FLESH  BUT  AFTER  THE  SPIRIT  *******8:2-- FOR  THE   LAW   OF  THE  SPIRIT  OF  LIFE  IN  CHRIST  JESUS  HATH  MADE  ME  FREE  FROM  THE  LAW  OF  SIN  AND  DEATH*******

 

JOHN 1:17  for the law was given by moses but grace and truth came by  --JESUS  CHRIST--

HEBREWS 7:12  FOR  THE  PRIESTHOOD  BEING  CHANGED  THERE  IS  MADE  OF  NECESSITY  --A  CHANGE  ALSO  OF  THE  LAW--

 

PROVERBS 6:23  for the commandment is a lamp and the --LAW  IS  LIGHT-- and reproofs of instruction are the way of life 

ISAIAH 8:20  to the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this testimony it is because there is no light in them 

 

JOHN 3:19  and this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil

JOHN 8:12  then spake  JESUS  again unto them saying --I  AM  THE  LIGHT-- of the world he that followeth  ME  shall not walk in darkness but shall have --THE  LIGHT  OF  LIFE --

PSALM 119:142  thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and --THY  LAW  IS  THE  TRUTH--

JOHN 14:6 ..........I   AM  THE  WAY  THE  TRUTH  AND  THE  LIFE ..........

 

HEBREWS 7:22  by so much was  JESUS  made a surety of a better testament --7:23-- and they truly were many priests because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death 

--7:24-- BUT  THIS  MAN  BECAUSE  HE  CONTINUETH  EVER  HATH  AN  UNCHANGEABLE  PRIESTHOOD 

 

ACTS 3:22  FOR  MOSES  TRULY  SAID  UNTO  THE  FATHERS  A  PROPHET  SHALL  THE  LORD  THY  GOD  RAISE  UP  UNTO  YOU OF  YOUR  BRETHREN  LIKE  UNTO  ME  HIM  SHALL  YOU  HEAR  IN  ALL  THINGS  WHATSOEVER  HE  SHALL SAY  UNTO  YOU

--3:23-- AND  IT  SHALL  COME  TO  PASS  THAT --EVERY  MAN-- WHICH WILL  NOT  HEAR  THAT  PROPHET  SHALL  BE  DESTROYED  FROM  AMONG  THE  PEOPLE 

 

ACTS 5:20  GO  STAND  AND  SPEAK  IN  THE  TEMPLE  TO  THE  PEOPLE  ALL  THE  WORDS  OF  THIS  LIFE 

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST 

[Worship Warriors]

@Blought Bought 1953

Which Law are you referring to in quoting all these scriptures?

The Law of sin and death which is referring to the carnal nature 

Or the oral Law which is a yoke of bondage

Or the Torah as perverted by the scribes and Pharisees so that they can keep it by their own without the grace of God

or the Torah as it is now written on the hearts of the believer by the Holy Spirit so that we can keep it.

Torah means instructions in righteousness.  Now that we have been saved by grace through faith. we have an obligation to keep God's righteous laws both OT and NT.  Keeping the perfect law of liberty does not determine our salvation but our eternal rewards.

 

[Blood Bought 1953]

19 minutes ago, Worship Warriors said:

@Blought Bought 1953

Which Law are you referring to in quoting all these scriptures?

The Law of sin and death which is referring to the carnal nature 

Or the oral Law which is a yoke of bondage

Or the Torah as perverted by the scribes and Pharisees so that they can keep it by their own without the grace of God

or the Torah as it is now written on the hearts of the believer by the Holy Spirit so that we can keep it.

Torah means instructions in righteousness.  Now that we have been saved by grace through faith. we have an obligation to keep God's righteous laws both OT and NT.  Keeping the perfect law of liberty does not determine our salvation but our eternal rewards.

 

 

“ Christ is the END of the Law for Righteousness”......... Paul never broke it down into a dozen different types of laws . The Law served its purpose ....it showed me that I  could not keep it and it lead me to Jesus....I’m done with it.....ALL of it.....I have something better now to guide my life .....the Holy Spirit .

[Worship Warriors]

5 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

 

“ Christ is the END of the Law for Righteousness”......... Paul never broke it down into a dozen different types of laws . The Law served its purpose ....it showed me that I  could not keep it and it lead me to Jesus....I’m done with it.....ALL of it.....I have something better now to guide my life .....the Holy Spirit .

You are correct.  Israel cound not keep it. Therefore God made a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah with better promises and a better priesthood. But in this new covenant the Torah is now written on their hearts so that they can keep it. It's now the Law in Christ ( he came in the volume of the book as it is written I delight to do your will O God, your Laws is written within my heart), then Christ in us the hope of glory .

When you look at the new covenant,  it is the same covenant but with a new dimension to it. God does not break covenant. He had simply taken the old covenant and added a new dimension to it making everything better so that Israel can keep it.

We the gentiles have been engrated into the olive tree and made partakers of the same covenant God made with Israel.

God never made the new covenant with the church. Israel and the church serve the same God. We have the same faith, the same covenant and the same Torah.

Christ is the end of the law of righteousness only because the Law is in Christ and then Christ in us so that we can keep the Law

Edited December 14, 2020 by Worship Warriors

[Walter and Deborah]

20 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

 

Before we get too carried away with “ The Law”....... it would be wise to keep the following in mind....

 

 

Many Christians give lip service to the fact they live in the New Covenant.

The truth however is that because they fail to realise they are no longer under the law they are really still living in an Old Covenant reality.

Here are 37 scriptures that prove that Christians are not under the law!

Acts

The law is an unbearable yoke. (Acts 15:10)

Romans

The law reveals sin but cannot fix it. (Romans 3:20)

If the law worked then faith would be irrelevant. (Romans 4:14)

The law brings wrath upon those who follow it. (Romans 4:15)

The purpose of the law was to increase sin. (Romans 5:20)

Christians are not under the law. (Romans 6:14)

Christians have been delivered from the law. (Romans 7:1-6)

The law is good, perfect and holy but cannot help you be good, perfect or holy. (Romans 7:7-12)

The law which promises life only brings death through sin. (Romans 7:10)

The law makes you sinful beyond measure. (Romans 7:13)

The law is weak. (Romans 8:2-3)

1 Corinthians

The strength of sin is the law (1 Corinthians 15:56)

2 Corinthians

The law is a ministry of death. (2 Corinthians 3:7)

The law is a ministry of condemnation. (2 Corinthians 3:9)

The law has no glory at all in comparison with the New Covenant. (2 Corinthians 3:10)

The law is fading away. (2 Corinthians 3:11)

Anywhere the law is preached it produces a mind-hardening and a heart-hardening veil. (2 Corinthians 3:14-15)

Galatians

The law justifies nobody. (Galatians 2:16)

Christians are dead to the law. (Galatians 2:19)

The law frustrates grace. (Galatians 2:21)

To go back to the law after embracing faith is “stupid”. (Galatians 3:1)

The law curses all who practice it and fail to do it perfectly. (Galatians 3:10)

The law has nothing to do with faith. (Galatians 3:11-12)

The law was a curse that Christ redeemed us from. (Galatians 3:13)

The law functioned in God’s purpose as a temporary covenant from Moses till John the Baptist announced Christ. (Galatians 3:16 & 19, also see… Matthew 11:12-13, Luke 16:16)

If the law worked God would have used it to save us. (Galatians 3:21)

The law was our prison. (Galatians 3:23)

The law makes you a slave like Hagar. (Galatians 4:24)

Ephesians

Christ has abolished the law which was a wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:15)

Philippians

Paul considered everything the law gained him as “skybalon” which is Greek for “poop”. (Philippians 3:4-8)

1 Timothy

The law is only good if used in the right context. (1 Timothy 1:8) (see next verse for the context)

It was made for the unrighteous but not for the righteous. (1 Timothy 1:9-10)

Hebrews

The law is weak, useless and makes nothing perfect. (Hebrews 7:18-19)

God has found fault with it and created a better covenant, enacted on better promises. (Hebrews 8:7-8)

It is obsolete, growing old and ready to vanish. (Hebrews 8:13)

It is only a shadow of good things to come and will never make someone perfect. (Hebrews 10:1)

Well there you have it… 37 scriptures that make a very convincing arguement.

 

The Righteous Requirement of the Law. That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. God is a God of righteousness and justice. His laws are perfect and beneficial, and breaking them is completely opposite of God’s way of love.

The Righteous Requirement of the Law

lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/blog/the-righteous-requirement-of-the-law/

[Walter and Deborah]

10 hours ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

 

“ Christ is the END of the Law for Righteousness”......... Paul never broke it down into a dozen different types of laws . The Law served its purpose ....it showed me that I  could not keep it and it lead me to Jesus....I’m done with it.....ALL of it.....I have something better now to guide my life .....the Holy Spirit .

MATTHEW 5:17 KJV "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.