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The Ages of Gods Law By Pastor Joel Mcnabb

The Ages of Gods Law By Pastor Joel Mcnabb

                                                                        The Ages of Gods Law

Since the beginning of the creation, the great creator has laid down the law. From time to time he has given commandments unto man, and man found them hard to keep, most of the time if not at all. We often think of the law as thou shalt not, which in some cases this is true, but sometimes it is thou salt. Like the law of gravity, what goes up must come down; there are laws of God that show how he operates. In different ages he laid out these laws to perform a work in his plan for mankind and his purpose on this earth. I would like to take a look at these different ages and bring us to our age and the law to come.

In the book of Genesis we find the first age of Gods commandments to man. He tells Adam and Eve to, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”He gave man the responsibility to rule over the earth and to be the caretaker of all the creatures. There is also the matter of replenishing the earth, which in itself is somewhat a strange commandment, if the earth had never been inhabited before, just something to think about. God also gave them a thou shalt not, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” This command is the one that got Adam, Eve and all mankind into trouble. It should have been an easy law to keep, only one tree of knowledge, and you could eat all you wanted of the rest of the trees in the garden easy don’t you think. But it was like telling your child don’t touch the outlet, and they can’t keep their hands off it, not really knowing the consequences of disobedience of what seems to be a small commandment.

Adam was fully aware, when he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that he was breaking God’s commandment and he willing broke it. 1 Tim. 2: 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. He did not consider the consequences of his action, not willing to let Eve go, which he loved, and let God create another woman he chose to break the commandment. This fall brought death to mankind and death reigned till an age where God was going to show man how he could get life back. During this age there was no need for law enforcement, and the wickedness of man became so great that it made God sad that he had ever created man to rule the earth. His plan for mankind was set in motion, with the fall of Adam, from the foundation of the world.

The great wickedness of man, caused God to take server actions, he was going to destroy his creation and start all over. He looked the whole earth over and search for someone who he could start over with and there was a person he found, who he could begin again. The bible says that Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. In the midst of all the wickedness Noah tried to be as righteous as he could and caught the eye of God, who spared Noah and his family by sending the flood and destroying the wickedness from off the face of the earth. 1Pet.3:20 "when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water”, they weren’t just saved from the flood of water, they were saved from a world who was not able to change. Now with a new earth and someone to give the dominion to, it was time to start over with new laws and a new age.

 As Noah and his family embarked from the ark another age dawned. God set commandments once again, and said unto them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The same command as he had given Adam and Eve, they were to fill the earth with mankind again. He also gave them dietary laws, instead of just a vegetarian diet he commanded them to the flesh of every moving thing that lived. There was no suggestion that they should only eat clean animal, but everything that liveth shall be meat, even as the green herb. All animals clean and unclean, any insects, serpents, and slugs all was given for nutriments for the human body. This led God to give a thou shall not, "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”Eating blood was not allowed, because it contained the life of the body and life is a gift of God. He has given every creature a spirit, which allows it to live.  Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

One more law was given to man after the flood, whoso sheddeth man’s blood, and by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Man was to kill the murderer; this commandment was not given to Adam as we see in the case of Cain. Even though he slew his brother God himself let Cain go free, and by letting the murderer go free we can see how bad it can get when a killer is let go. If we are made in the image of God, murder is like killing God himself, which is not a good thing. It led to mans great wickedness, which caused God to bring in the flood, and death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression. Death had control of mankind; there was not any hope of life after Adam sinned. Our destiny is set from the time we are born, we live our lives and then we die, without hope. Adam made a decision that affected all mankind and left us with death as our future. After the flood man did not change, God started all over again. And man, with sin inbreeded in us from Adam’s sin, continued on a course of self destruction.

How could man get back his life, was there a way to obtain life again? Yes there is, we are still following the plan of the creator, and his purpose for man on earth. Knowing that man was and is unable to change himself from his sinful nature, God decided to chose a person, who would pass his faith from generation to generation. Out of Noah’s three sons he chose Shem and his generation to find this person. Ten generations past from Shem, till God could find his man, Abram was the man god chose to rise up a people to give his laws of life to. In Abram’s generation mankind had become idolatress and the only way God could make a transition for man to life, was to get Abram out of his country and away from his family that was in the idolatry business. So Abram by the command of God left and did as the Lord commanded, with the covenant of promise, and became a pilgrim. God knew that he would command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. To his seed would God give the laws of life, the schoolmaster to lead us to Christ.

God told Abraham that it would take over four hundred years before His promises would come to pass and to the very day he brought them out. Ex. 12: 40, 41 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. He brought them to himself to Mt. Sinai, that He may give them his laws of life. Ro 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, by the law that was given to Moses God would teach the people He had chosen, how to get life back, that was lost though Adam’s sin. Moses said in De 30:15, " See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;” If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians. The time for Gods words to be revealed was at hand, as Jesus said, the words I speak unto you they are spirit and they are life. Before Moses Gods word were not written down, although God did speak to man from time to time, He did not have someone write his commandment s. The term written in stone comes from the tablets which on commandments were placed. They had Gods word were they could see them and be reminded of them.

The Mosaic laws are just another step in man search for life, you may have heard of Ponce Del Leon, who looked for the fountain of youth, some way to find eternal life. God gave the laws to teach us the way. They are thou shall and thou shall not, Ps. 19 says, the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, and in keeping of them there is great reward. The children of Israel could have been lead to life, if they had kept the laws of God. From the time the law was given and even to our present day, the law has not been kept by man. Paul even said which neither we nor our fathers could keep, and he said of himself, when it came to the law that he was blameless. If Israel could not keep Gods law, why was it important for Him to give it to them? It was to show man what sin is. Rom. 7: 7- 14 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.  But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.  And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. The law was to bring us to Christ, the one true way to life.

The gospel of John tells us that the law came by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus Christ. There was another age of law needed to show a more perfect way to life. God sent his only begotten son as he sent Moses, to give us the new law of grace. In Mt. 5-7 Jesus as Moses went up on a mountain and handed to his disciples this law. It is called by many the Sermon on the Mount, but if we read passage correctly, Jesus actually got away from at the crowd and only his disciple was with him, when the sermon or law was given.

Mt. 5: 17, 18 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Jesus did not throw away any of the commandments of God, he made them even stronger. As you hear it said of old times, thou shall not kill, but I say unto you if you hate you brother without a cause it is the same thing. Others also he added, that we might come to a closer relationship with the God of creation. Who from age to age, desired to bring man nearer to the place for which man was created. Jesus said, if you love me keep my commandment, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Being set free from the death sentence of Adam, the way of holiness is accessible to those who chose to keep his law. His grace is sufficient for all who accept that blood covenant of Jesus. He went to Mount Calvary and it was set in something stronger than stone, written with his blood on our hearts.

Now as we come to the end of the grace age, it ushers in a new age.   The culmination of all the laws, which were given by God from Adam to Jesus, put into action. The age of Judgment in which Jesus will, have all power and authority to meet out true justice.  He must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. There must be laws if Jesus is going to rule on earth that every knee will bow to. One of these law is revealed in, Zec 14:16  And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. If they will not keep this commandment the rains will stop and famine will come upon their land until they submit to commandments of the lawgiver.

The new age of Gods law is upon man, who has had two thousand years of the grace age, and has not changed. All around us today the wickedness of man has not been detoured, maybe even gotten worse. Our time is up, it is God’s time now, Jesus said in the book of Revelation 22: 10-14  "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. We are dealing with the laws of life, in him we live, move and have our being. Joh 3:16  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. It is still yours and my choice today, but time is running out, what will you chose, life or death. Jos 24:15  And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

 

 

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