The Two Covenants

Romans 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

1 Corinthians 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Matthew 13:33

Notice; this is 'hidden leaven' -- Colossians 1:27 applies!

Beheaded!

BEHEADED

Lk 1:19

The Angel Gabriel told him his wife would have a son! All those years they'd waited, and now the time had come. The baby was a gift from God who'd one day be a preacher To lead the people to the Lord so they'd become new creatures.

Strange food, strange clothes, and odd behavior.. Why God would send a tiny babe to introduce the Savior! Filled with the spirit from above; seeing the vision of the dove, Immersing in water, getting them wet Condemning their sins and making them fret. This baby, like Elijah, would soon grow up to be an example of a new name to go down in history!

It tongue-tied Zacharias--struck down by disbelief.. Until the day he named that name his dumbness caused him grief. The new-name then was John--it hadn't been used before, But now the name, above all others, is Jesus! He's the Door!

Now Our Head is up in heaven -- the Body's here on Earth! A spiritual beheading that gives us all great mirth. A story that's intriguing and never is x-rated.. From the Head that's up in heaven which has been decapitated! He wants the Body to obey and carry out his wishes, So we'll "be drawn from the water" too, like all the other fishes!

John the Baptist led the way, with his head on a silver platter, The birthday party of Herod climaxed with that gruesome matter. So the ‘Body of Christ’, (1Cor10:16), could know for sure ‘our Head’ was still intact, And breathing fresh air in heaven upstairs, where flying is matter of fact!

Note: The name Moses means "drawn from the water", and Jesus called the disciples to be fishers of men. Soon we’ll be flying ‘round heaven, Ps90:10, like birds in the air.

Ps91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Matt3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Luke7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

Matt14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

Neh8:12 And 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.

1John3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Not everybody of course – some may continue in their present bodies forever and ever, you think?

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PARADOX

"The opposite of what one might think", a paradox is an incredible or unbelievable statement that may somehow be true; a kind of verbal miracle or two-headed monster that pits one rational thought against another in a mental tug of war. Like when the irresistible force meets the immovable object, or like pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps.

A Bible paradox concerns how or why an omnipotent and omniscient and loving GOD would permit wicked satan to wreak such destructive havoc on Planet Earth, especially when the text often attributes the violence to GOD Himself.

The word 'paradox' isn't used in the Bible, but 'allegory' is used in Galatians 4:24, to say how The Two Covenants relate to Abraham's two sons. Now the allegory of sin says that WE have been given a limited time frame to be as wicked and hateful, or obnoxious and persnickety, as we want to be, but the end is coming! We have found the enemy and he is US.

The "Confounding of the Language", Gen11:7, may play a part here, considering the many figures of speech, poetic expressions, and our various cultures.

Some say that Adam was initially given domain, even over the serpent, but lost it through his disobedience. Not clear to me how that helps, but considering the scriptures: "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God", Heb12:2, as well as Rev4:11 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created", we better not get too big for our britches, doncha think?

Three Days AND Three Nights

Jesus was crucified on Friday. ?? Not likely; more probably it was Wednesday (in the "midst of the week", Dan9:27). Days of the week are not mentioned in the Bible, although the weekly Jewish sabbath is universally accepted as beginning at sunset on Friday and lasting until sunset on Saturday. So many believe the "three days" to be Fri., Sat., and Sun., despite the abbreviated time Jesus would have spent in the tomb--less than 36 hrs. All of Saturday, but none on Friday because His body was taken down just before sunset,, and not much on Sunday because He had already risen when Mary arrived early in the morning following the sabbath.

Jesus said "three days AND three nights", and he said it twice. Matt 12:40. Then John's gospel says it was a "high" sabbath, Jn 19:31. These "high sabbaths", or "days of holy convocation", Lev23:7 were celebrated according to God's directions, and they could occur on any day of the week--not just Saturday. They were going by the Lunar Calendar as well as by instructions from the Torah which called for them to kill the lamb on the 14th day of the first month (Ex12:6), and to have a holy convocation on the day following (Ex12:16).

Each "month" began with a new moon, so on the 14th and 15th it would be full. Their calendar in the sky, so to speak, lasted for just 29.5 days, and resulted in a year of 354 days--eleven days short of a solar calendar year. They would begin that second year just eleven days ahead, but after two years it would be 22 days off, and after three years it would be 33 days off. They corrected this by having a second Month-Adar at the end of every third year; knowing that this correction was not perfect and that the tiny error would eventually have to be dealt with, if they didn't want to have snow in July or a heat wave in February. [The Hebrew months, or moons, were named differently: from Abib(#1) to Adar(#12), and the Chaldean or Aramaic names differed also.]

So, since Jesus is the Lamb-of-God, was he actually crucified on the Day of Passover; on the 14th of that first month Nissan? Go to the head of the class! And the day following was that "high sabbath" which the Apostle John wrote about--it was the first day of Unleavened Bread, which lasted for seven days.. John 18:28,39.

Wednesday, 14th Passover/Calvary

Thur. 15th - Unleavened Bread / High Sabbath

Friday, 16th

Saturday, 17th Regular Sabbath

Sunday, 18th Easter/Firstfruits Resurrection!

Mary came to the tomb on the morning after the regular weekly sabbath. It's this agenda which fits all the facts and still allows time for Him to be in the grave for three days AND three nights.

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Law and Faith: Two Dispensations

Moses gave The Law, and Jesus redeemed us from that curse! See how the Pre-law period of 2K years was followed by the 2K yrs. of the Old Covenant and the 2K years of the New Covenant. We're looking for that Day of Rest, aren't weL?