The Law of Christ: Covenant of Grace the Commandments of God and Prophecies of the Holy Truth for the Third Millennium Ce
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Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me. (John 5:39)
Tsidkenu Mekoddishkem
The author is independent from any religious groups or secular organizations. These doctrines are established from over forty years of research and spiritual inspiration. This book contributes an objective perspective to theological science.
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The Law of Christ - Tsidkenu Mekoddishkem
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Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Preface
Section 1 / Covenant of Commandments
Section 1 Index
Section 2 / Prophecies of the Holy Truth for the Third
Millennium Common Era
1. Parakletos
2. The End Times
3. Third Woe
4. The Sanctification
5. Everlasting Power
6. Universality
7. Seven Woes
8. Throne of Seven Spirits
9. The Theocracy
10. The Ethereal
11. The Natural World
12. Arbitrary Valuation
13. Iniquity of Oppression
14. Love of the World
15. Consequence of Inequity
16. Failure of Leadership
17. The Serpent Dragon
18. Curse of the Occupiers
19. Neutrality
20. The Birthright
21. The Firstborn
22. The Lowly
23. The Elixir
24. Ascension
25. Flight of Sacrifice
26. Rejection of National Israel
27. Unifying Divisions
28. Recompense of Unrighteousness
29. The Offering
30. The Foundation of the World
31. Sword of Condemnation
32. Exporting Revolution
33. The Old World
34. The New World
35. Era of Healing
36. Second Resurrection
37. The Rise of Dominion
38. The Cup of Wrath
39. Prohibitions
40. Bread of Life
41. Prayer of the Heart
42. Tithes for the Poor
43. Charity by Faith
44. Real World Treachery
45. Fires of Destitution
46. Vengeance Against Ungodliness
47. The Vanquished
48. National Liability
49. The Premonition
50. Global Hegemony
51. The Repression That Causes Poverty
52. Empathy and Compassion
53. Perilous Times
54. The Arbiter of Sanctions
55. Infiltration of Jurisdiction
56. Exploitation Subterfuge
57. Faithless Denialism
58. Numbered to the Sword
59. Bereavement of Possession
60. Declaration of Fulfillment
61. The Aftermath
62. Death Penalty
63. Concupiscent Fornicating Lust
64. The Righteous and the Wicked
65. Schizma
66. Prophecy Against Falsehood
67. Equity and Justice
68. Fossil Fuel Industries
69. Transition of Heaven and Earth
70. Divided For Judgment
The Curse
Ten Commandments New Testament
Section 3 / Third Temple, Holy City, New Earth
Rebellion and Conflict
The Overthrow
Millennial Kingdom
Holiday Occasions
Warning Against Idolatry
The Chosen
Messiah the First Born
Two Kings
Redemption
Seven Angels, Seals, Trumpets, Crucibles
Four Horses
First Seal
Second Seal
Third Seal
Fourth Seal
Fifth Seal
Sixth Seal
Seventh Seal
Seven Trumpets
First Trumpet
Second Trumpet
Third Trumpet
Fourth Trumpet
Fifth Trumpet
Sixth Trumpet
Seven Thunders
Seven Plagues
First Crucible
Second Crucible
Third Crucible
Fourth Crucible
Fifth Crucible
Sixth Crucible
Seventh Crucible
Seventh Trumpet
On Earth as it is in Heaven
Retribution
Logos
The Archangel
Reformation
The Dominion
Holy City
Kingdom of God
Consecration
Prayer
Humility
Conception and Marriage
Superfluousness
Social Graces
Compliance of Generations
Diligence and Evolution
Recriminations
Millennial Season
Section 4 / Commandments of God
Section 4 Index
Signatory
About the Author
INTRODUCTION
The name of Jesus Christ is known by the Word of God. The Word of God forms the New Testament, providing the New Covenant. In these scriptures, the LORD says to keep the commandments to the best of our ability in faith and good conscience.
Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me. (Jn. 5:39)
Most theological scholars agree that Jesus Christ the Son of God was crucified between years 33 and 35 AD.
The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. (Lk. 24:7)
Be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Pet. 3:8)
Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with them a thousand years. (Rev. 20:6)
(2 Pet. 1:20, 21, 19; 2 Cor. 11:4, 6; Rom. 7:12, 22; 8:1; 10:4; 1 Cor. 9:21; 1 Tim. 1:8; Heb. 7:22, 14; Rom. 3:31)
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came in old time not by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. We have also a more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arises in your hearts. For if he that returns preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another covenant, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.
We have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandments holy, and fair, and good. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness to everyone who believes. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law; although I am not being without God’s law, but am under Christ’s law, so to attain those not having the law. But we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully; by so much more Jesus has become a certainty of a better covenant. For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. Do we then make void the law through faith? Not to be, rather, we establish the law.
(Jas. 1:1; Ps. 78:2-4; Lk. 8:10; Rev. 5:1; Isa. 29:11; Ezk. 20:49; Jn. 16:32, 25; 6:29; Dan. 12:7-9; Rev. 22:10)
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greetings. I will utter dark sayings of old which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from our children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done. As he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in metaphors; that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.
I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. For the vision of all has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this please:
and he says, I cannot; for it is sealed.
Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not speaking metaphors?’
Behold, the hour is coming, yea, is now here, that you are scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the LORD is with me. Though I have been speaking metaphorically, a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the LORD. The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent. When he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. I heard, but I understood not: then I said, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
He said, Go your way: for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is here.
PREFACE
(Gal. 6:2; Rom. 6:14; Eph. 2:15; 1 Jn. 3:5; Gal. 3:13; Rom. 8:2; 1 Jn. 2:8; Heb. 10:26, 27; 1 Thess. 4:8; Ps. 103:18, 19; Rev. 21:5; 19:10; Ps. 111:9; Heb. 10:16; Jn. 15:17)
Serve each other’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
But by abolishing in his flesh the enmity, the law of statutes in ordinances, he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us; for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death.
Now, the new injunction I write to you; this is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is now shining.
If you sin willfully after you have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for your sins, but a certain fearful anticipation of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the opposition.
Therefore, he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given to us his Holy Spirit.
To such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his commandments to do them; the LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Also, he said, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
He sent redemption to his people; he commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and revered is his name.
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days. These things I command you, that you love each other.
SECTION 1
COVENANT OF
COMMANDMENTS
(Deuteronomy 4:2, 13)
2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take anything out of it, that you keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 13 So he declared to you his covenant which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments.
(Matthew 22:37-39)
37 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
(Mark 12:29-31)
29 Primarily it is, Hear, O Israel; ‘The Lord our God is one species: 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
31 Secondly this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.
(Genesis 1:1-3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 20, 24, 26-29)
1 In the beginning, God created all physics and all chemistry; (the true laws that cannot be broken, without exception). 2 Then, the universe was formless and void, darkness was throughout infinity, and the Spirit of God resonated on the surface of the energy. (YHWH created evolution.) 3 God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 6 God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the energy, and let it divide the energy from the matter. 9 God said, Let the energy under the heaven be gathered together to one place and let the solid mass appear, and it was so. 11 God said, Let the earth bring forth plants, the vegetation yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 14 God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 20 God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life (Protozoa). 24 God said, Let the earth bring forth the breathing creature after its phyla. 26 God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
29 God said, Behold, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for sustenance.
(Heterotrophs)
(Genesis 2:7, 16, 17, 24)
7 The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (God created man via the evolutionary process, as Eukaryotes.) 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat (mitosis); 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat (meiosis), for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
(Genesis 5:2)
2 He created them male or female and blessed them and called them Mankind (Hominidae) in the day they were created.
(Genesis 6:3, 7, 19, 20)
3 The LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
7 So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
19 Of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male or female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
(Genesis 7:3)
3 Males and females, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
(Genesis 8:22)
22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.
(Genesis 9:7, 12-17)
7 As for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply in it. 12 God said, This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. 17 So God said to Noah,
This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."
(Genesis 11:1)
1 The whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
(Genesis 17:10)
10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; every male child among you should be circumcised.
(Exodus 8:20)
20 Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
(Exodus 13:7)
7 Unleavened breads shall be eaten seven days. No leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters. (Natural, organic, and whole grain standards apply.)
(Exodus 19:12)
12 You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, take heed to yourselves that you do not go to the mountain or touch its base: whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
(Exodus 20:3, 4, 7-10, 12-17, 23, 24)
3 You shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you may do no work. 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. 23 You shall not make anything to be with me: gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me.
(Exodus 21:14, 16)
14 But if a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, take him away from my altar and put him to death. 16 Anyone who abducts another and either ransoms him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.
(Exodus 22:19, 21, 22, 28)
19 Whoever lays with an animal shall surely be put to death. 21 You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land. 22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 28 You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
(Exodus 23:1-3, 6-9, 12)
1 You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to corrupt. 3 You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute. 6 You shall not corrupt the judgment of your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked. 8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous. 9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger. 12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you may rest.
(Exodus 31:15)
15 Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD.
(Exodus 34:17)
17 You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.
(Leviticus 3:17)
17 This shall be a perpetual enactment throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither animal fat nor blood.
(Leviticus 13:40, 41)
40 As for the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean. 41 He whose hair has fallen from his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.
(Leviticus 18:6, 18-20, 22-24)
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 18 You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness 19 Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. 20 You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife and be defiled with her. 22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. 23 Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman go before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion. 24 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
(Leviticus 19:4, 9-18, 26-30, 32-36)
4 Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the LORD your God. 9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 You shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. 12 You shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. 13 You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning. 14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put an obstacle before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD. 15 You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. 16 You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD. 17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, but not bear sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. 26 You shall not eat the blood: neither shall you use superstitions. 27 Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or trim the edges of your beard. 28 Do not cut your bodies for the dead or take the mark on yourselves. I am the LORD. 29 Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute. 30 Observe my sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD. 32 Show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD. 33 When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. 34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself. 35 Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. 36 Use honest scales and honest weights.
(Leviticus 20:11-16)
11 The man who lays with his father’s wife or has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you. 15 If a man mates with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. 16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood is upon them.
(Leviticus 21:5, 7, 10, 13-15)
5 Priests should not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut