The
Great Infinite One we refer to as the Creator or God designed the ancient
Mosaic Law. God is of love and all God does is of love. If we don't see
this, it's because we need more understanding of why God does things that
are negative.
The Mosaic Law was
to keep order amongst one another in society and was available as a standard
which people could measure their 'wrongness' and righteousness
back
then, in anticipation of blessings from God:.Deuteronomy
26:16-19.
Deuteronomy
15:11 "For the poor shall never cease out of the land, therefore I
command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide unto your brother, to
your poor and to your needy in your land." Deuteronomy
24:14 "You shall not oppress.(original
'defraud', 'wrong', 'deceitfully get from').an
hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren or
of thy strangers that are in your land within your gates.".Various
other examples of Old Testament Mosaic Law guidelines, which show the thinking
back then:.Exodus
23:1-9; Leviticus 19:1-17;
Deuteronomy
22:1-8;
23:9-25.
This incomplete law had
curses for breaking its 613 laws.(Deuteronomy
27:14-26; 28:15-68).and
blessings for obedience to those laws:.Deuteronomy
28:1-13. It was onerous.
This ancient law was designed
to keep one's mind on the Creator, the things of the Creator and this included
guidelines for peace between each other. Many of these are just commonsense
and are good guidelines for society today, such as:.Leviticus
18:1-30; 19:4-20:23.
In this day and age we have
one law for the rich and another for the poor. Not fair. It was even fair
under the onerous.Old
Testament laws:.Leviticus
24:22 "You shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger,
as for one of your own country, for I am the Lord your God."
We all have our favorites.
Though you may love all your children equally, applying what's most effective
for their benefit as they grow through life, some may be favorites at different
times and for various reasons:.John
21:20. One may be wanting to learn from your life and the other only
cares about her friends. One may be causing you heartache.(example
of Cain & Abel:.Genesis
4:1-12).and
another not so:.Genesis
37:17,18 "...And Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they
conspired against him to slay him.".Joseph's
brother Reuben however,
wasn't corrupt like his brothers:.Genesis
37:21,22.
Most minds then did not have
Creator's nature of love inside them, needed so they could be blessed.
This Mosaic Law was designed to show that a flaw
in rules and regulations exists, that they do nothing to change the heart,
the nature of man, which is selfish
and increasingly so if left unchecked. The way of heart change is available
in Christ
within which is the power of the Holy Spirit. It was also available and
given
to certain ones in Old Testament times.
Though
men and their families were told back then to follow these higher consciousness
ways, they failed to do so:.Deuteronomy
5:29. They just didn't want anything to do with God and didn't try
to understand why their natures were so averse
to God?.Jeremiah
44:16,17. And after they lapsed,
time and time again God would
help them when they would turn to their Creator for help. God wants
us to be as He is regarding this and many other principles
of love:.Matthew
18:21,22.
Have a look at the ancient
peoples of
Israel and Judah; they were fighting with each other.(Judges
20:20; 1Kings 12:21; 2Kings
14:11,12), even though they were all brothers
of their father Jacob.(whose
name
was changed to Israel).and
should have known better:.Leviticus
19:17. But, alas,
most of the people back then fell head over heels into
idolatry and wanted nothing to do with God:.Jeremiah
44:16,17.
Consider that God wanted
them to have all blessings:.Deuteronomy
28:2-14.
It was a system back then
to get and stay connected to the Creator. But the people back then lacked
any desire to follow through on what was good for them:.Deuteronomy
5:29. So, the commandments and the rest of the law back then would
have produced a good result, but didn't:.Hebrews
7:12.
Today, thanks to the gift
of the nature of the Infinte
One in us, made possible by what Christ
came and did, we do not need a bunch of rules and regulations to remain
connected to our Creator, but those lacking this relationship, those still
living in concerns of worldly things need such things or we would have
chaos.
What
is needed?
This ancient laws were rules
and regulations ensuring that the people the Creator chose back then would
remain His people and exhibit a higher form of behavior than the surrounding
nations as a result of this connection with their Creator.
The principles.of
the Old
Testement are fine for society
today. Society has the obligation to impose morals on its citizens because
it's beneficial for all. All
should be following the
golden rule to benefit all. Separation between church and state does
not mean elimination of all moral values from a majority who may want them
to be in place.
The 'state' should
always be reflective.(representative,
or a re-presenting {presenting again} to all).of
the majority concerned enough to have elected them in the first place,
but alas, the
tables long ago have been turned towards gain for a few at the expense
of many. Government is only on the surface how the people expect it to
be, not at all how they may want it to be. People are too easily persuaded
by spin from those
adept
at deception.
It isn't the elected 'representatives',
managing.for.people,
but rather the corporate management.of.people.(governments
and their departments are now mostly corporations - did they
ask you if this is what you expected of them before implementation of policies
often later proving adverse
to a public's best interest?). The
very idea of social law is based upon
morals
and ethics
derived
from
the golden rule. Why
are such high consciousness things left untaught in schools? Is
their a plan to hurt the nation, to subjugate
people? Hmmm!
Many of these ancient Biblical
laws.(such
as instructions for keeping one's word).helped
to keep one in harmony with others and maintain law and order. But the
social principles contained in the law should not be used in these New
Testament times to 'get or to keep one's self right with the Creator'.
Only the matchless sacrifice
of the Creator in the physical individual of one called the Christ.(physically
called Emmanuel the Christ or Emmanuel the Christ).enabled
that through His
righteousness being imputed
unto believers and that, continuously:.Hebrews
10:9,10.
As far as using them in a
relationship with the Creator, the Biblical Old Testament laws were there
not to produce the righteousness God wanted, but to make those who were
under it and those who came along later realize that it couldn't be used
for works towards producing the righteousness the Creator wanted:.Romans
3:19; Galatians 3:21. It was
all to learn lessons written in the experience of life:.1Corinthians
10:11.
The only thing that would
produce a righteousness equal to the Creator was the Creator Himself:.Galatians
3:24,25. That is a reason why Christ came and did what He did:.Isaiah
52:14. See more under 'Mosaic Law'.
It is the same with laws
today. They fail to produce character. Laws prevent nothing negative from
happening. Such laws come with penalties of varying severity and serve
as justification for punishment to offenders. They may only affect the
heart according to an individual's response to chastisement.
Only love precludes
offences. See love.
Now Emmanuel
did say to live by every word of God. But one must possess the Creator's
overview to understand:.Acts
15:18; John 14:26; 16:13.
The comfort we have now
is not in law keeping, as was the
case in so many laws of the
Old Testament, as if this would be pleasing to God anyhow.(Hebrews
11:6), but rather, in the Holy
Spirit:.John
14:16. Christ is our comfort.
Understand
what 'Christ' is. And, Christ is our
security.
The Creator-God is all for
mercy.(*).and
comfort.(2Corinthians
7:6), peace and enlightenment:.Luke
1:79; Psalms 46:1,10.
And how is
it one feels comfort or discomfort?
Creator-God wants us to
live forever:.John
3:16. He is
a Creator that wants you to be encouraged in knowing His concern is
for your well being at all times. The Creator is.all
for us! Problem is, we are not 'all
for us'.
Those under the ancient
Mosaic Law were never comfortable with God:.Exodus
20:19 "And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us and we will hear,
but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
Many today feel the same.
They lack the liberty
Christ came to provide:.2Corinthians
3:17. This lacking affects our attitude in society as we daily interact
with others. Believing in a religious law instead of in what Christ came
to Earth to do, focuses the mind on do's and don'ts and off of feeling
free.(James
2:12).to
fully express love to others and to sow
those things that you wish to reap. The mind can
be imprisoned by do's and don'ts: Galatians
5:1,13. Liberty is another story:.Psalms
119:45;
James 1:25; 2:12.
Rules, regulations and the
plethora
of guidelines that plague man today are all to keep him in a position where
he is held back from being a threat to others. Such laws today have been
seen as needed by those who fear man can't handle himself on his own. And
he can't. He needs the law of love in his hear.
So, today man is kept in
a position of subservience,
because those who make today's rules view anyone apart from their clique
as a fearful threat.
Once one replaces his ordinary
consciousness nature with higher consciousness qualities, then oppressive
rules and regulations become redundant:.Romans
13:10.
The original word for liberty
in Galatians 5:13 and most other New Testament places the word is used,
has its root as "unrestrained, not bound by an obligation" and "free to
come and go".
The Old Testament law was
the word of the Creator but for a specific purpose and time and only until
Christ came.(Galatians
3:19,22).and
for a carnal
physical nation. The Father wants a relationship based on sincerity of
heart:.John
4:23.
The Mosaic law.(given
to
Moses by by the Creator for the
ancient nation
of Israel).was
designed both to maintain order in a carnal
society and to keep the carnal nation God had as His people in a right
stead with Him, so they could be an example other nations back then would
want to follow. There were many good principles that we should be applying
today that are found in this old law:.Leviticus
19:10-18 "And you shall not glean thy vineyard, neither shall you gather
every grape of your vineyard, You shall leave them for the poor and stranger:
I am the Lord your God. You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither
lie one to another. And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither
shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. You shall not defraud
your neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of him that is hired shall not
abide with you all night until the morning. You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am
the Lord. You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect
the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty, but in righteousness
shall you judge your neighbour. You shall not go up and down as a talebearer
among your people, neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbour:
I am the Lord. You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall
in any wise rebuke your neighbour and not suffer sin upon him. You shall
not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but
you shall love thy neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord."
Now the Creator has new higher
laws for a spiritual people, a holy nation of believers:.1Peter
2:9,10;
John 13:34; 1John
2:8-11; 1John 3:22-24.(original
here for 'commandments' can just as easily be singular – 'commandment'
and not 'commandments' and when the context of the chapter is considered,
the singular is correct as it is talking of one commandment, that of love
toward one another):
2John
1:5; Matthew 22:37-40.
Actually there were twelve
commandments according to the many
more Bible books kept from us. What were the commandments then?.Exodus
20:3-17.
The spiritual components
of the Old Testament Law of Moses, as it came
to be called, are everlasting. The physical parts were abolished.
Physical commandment keeping
was part of
the 'peoples
righteousness' back then. But
what about any commandments.(or
'instructions', as it is in the original).involved
in a relationship with the Creator today?
Also see the
subject of righteousness which discusses Christ's righteousness imputed
unto us as a free gift and contrasting that with the righteousness which
comes from the law. See more under 'Sin
No Longer Counts'.
What about New Testament
law? When we get our minds off of Biblical 'law keeping' as a way to please
God, concentrating more on Christ in us, His righteousness, helping and
being of service to others.(Matthew
20:25-28;
Luke 22:26)
and our having been saved from the beginning.(2Timothy
1:9), we will have taken a giant
step forward in our purpose here:.Hebrews
12:28.