"And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit
within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and will give them a heart of flesh: That they may walk in my
statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God."
A stony heart brings death but a heart of flesh brings life.
This is what the Apostle Paul (Rav Sha’ul) was talking about in
2 Corinthians 3:3, 6 as it is written:
"Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle
of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the
Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in fleshly
tables of the heart ... Who also hath made us able ministers
of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:
for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
What is the
Role of the Holy Spirit in the Newer Covenant?
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- The Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) is a witness that the Newer
Covenant = Torah written upon our heart (Jeremiah 31:31, 33,
Hebrews 10:15-16).
- The Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) was sent into the earth
to teach us the TRUTH of the ways of the G-d of Israel’s Kingdom
(John 14:16-17, 26, 15:26, 16:13).
- What is the TRUTH? The G-d of Israel’s Torah/Word is TRUTH.
(Psalm 119:142, John 17:17).
- The G-d of Israel wanted to write His Torah upon our heart
and teach us His Torah which is called "TRUTH" (Psalm 119:142)
through His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) who is called "THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH" (John 14:16-17, 26, 15:26, 16:13).
- We need the G-d of Israel’s Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh)
WITHIN us for the following reasons: a. Have the power to overcome
the sin nature (evil inclination) inherited by Adam.
b. To bear spiritual fruit in our lives (Galatians 5:22-25).
c. To understand, grow, and have a revelation of the G-d of
Israel’s Torah/Word and the ways of His Kingdom.
G-d's Power
Twins are His Torah and His Grace/Mercy
In this chapter, we studied the G-d of Israel’s power twins. The
G-d of Israel’s power twins is His Torah and His grace/mercy (chesed).
Corporately speaking, the house of Judah (Judaism) mainly identifies
with the G-d of Israel as being the G-d who gave the Torah (matan
Torah) to His people. Meanwhile, the house of Israel (Christianity)
mainly identifies with the G-d of Israel as being a G-d of grace/mercy
through the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus.
In order for restoration to come to the house of Judah (Judaism),
they need to Biblically understand that the G-d of Israel has
expressed His grace/mercy to His people through the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus. In receiving the grace/mercy (chesed)
expressed by the G-d of Israel through the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus, the house of Judah (Judaism) needs to maintain their
identity with the Torah and keep the commandments of the G-d of
Israel.
In order for restoration to come to the house of Israel (Christianity),
they need to realize that dispensational theology which teaches
that before the death and resurrection of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus was the age of law and after the death and resurrection
of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus is the age of grace
is unbiblical. In this chapter, we learned that the G-d of Israel
has always been a G-d of grace/mercy (chesed) from Genesis (Bereishit)
to Revelation. We also learned that the New (renewed) Covenant
(Brit Hadashah) is the Torah written upon a heart of flesh by
the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). Furthermore,
we learned that the Torah and the Word of G-d are synonymous terms
and that the G-d of Israel’s Torah/Word is a tree of life and
is ETERNAL. The house of Israel (Christianity) needs to embrace
the Torah of the G-d of Israel while being led by the indwelling
Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodah) following the Torah in Spirit, in
truth and in love.
When the house of Judah (Judaism) and the house of Israel (Christianity)
embraces the Torah AND the grace/mercy (chesed) of the G-d of
Israel expressed through the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus,
the G-d of Israel can bring redemption, restoration, reconciliation
and unity to both houses of Israel through the outpouring of His
Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) upon His people. May the G-d of Israel
bring this redemption, restoration, reconciliation and unity to
both houses of Israel speedily in our days. Amen!
*Chapter
three: “G-ds Power Twins: Torah and Grace” was taken out of the
book, “Restoring the Two Houses of Israel”, by Eddie Chumney
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