It is an interesting fact to know that 99.99% of most religions practiced today are imitations of either the Mosaic law as given to the Jews by God or idolatry as invented by men through the interface of spiritual entities as a way of worship. Idol worship and the Mosaic law are the oldest well known religious institutions that have existed on the earth.
The Mosaic law which is the Old Convenant is a shadow of the New Convenant which could not come into effect as long as the law was still in place.
Hebrews 9:8 [AMP]:
By this the Holy Spirit signifies that the way into the Holy Place [the true Holy of Holies and the presence of God] has not yet been disclosed as long as the first or outer tabernacle is still standing [that is, as long as the Levitical system of worship remains a recognized institution].
More also, if the Old Convenant is a shadow of the New Convenant, then it signifies that they both have One Spirit [The Spirit of God], same pattern with different realities but one purpose, as the New Convenant provides sufficiency, perfection and completeness to the Old Convenant.
Romans 8:3 [AMP]:
For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son],
Romans 8:4 [AMP]:
so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power].
The New Convenant was given to complete the Old Convenant, so that the Old Convenant might be justified in the New Convenant. This understanding will change your mentality about God and would place you in the right direction as regards to the right way of worship.
Moreover, inorder to understand this further it becomes imperative for the components of the Mosaic law to be examined in comparison to the components of the New Convenant, because that becomes the only way to establish that the Old Convenant was truely a shadow of the New Convenant.
Moses the Prophet was instructed to build the tabernacle according to the pattern which was shown to him by God, as a reflection of the copy or foreshadowing what was already existing in heaven.
Hebrews 8:5 [AMP]:
They serve as a pattern and foreshadowing of [what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly things (sanctuary). For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, “SEE THAT YOU MAKE it all [exactly] ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN TO YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.”
However, if Moses was instructed to build things which were in heaven on the earth, as a platform of worship, so what were they?
.....TO BE CONTINUED.
Min. Awe Hilary
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