THREE VISIONS
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"THE WAY OF TRUTH"
 Part V

As is evident, these visions are not meant for a superficial acceptance, but demand careful corraboration from the Scriptures. Much error has crept into the teachings and doctrines of the Church through the centuries, because of incorrect reading of the original language; misunder- standings due to a pagan mindset, and wrong interpretations based upon these misunderstandings. Peter warned beforehand that ignorant and unstable persons would twist not only Paul's teachings but also other Scripture to their own destruction and to that of others also. Because of and by them the way of truth would be reviled75.

Therefore, please note, that at NO TIME EVER does Abraham imply that G-d discarded the Law [Torah]76. What He does show is, that salvation is obtained by faith in G-d's Word and promise77. The avenue to please G-d is the same --- through faith in His Word and promises78.

Keeping every letter of all His commandments while neglecting the heart of them, is futile. It is not the letter of the Law, but the spirit in which it was given, that is important. Keeping my kitchen kosher while cursing my neighbor in my heart renders my heart unclean and the cleanliness of my kitchen worthless. Fasting twice a week while defrauding a neighbor turns fasting into an abomination. Keeping both kitchen and heart clean, observing fasts and upright dealings are what G-d seeks. Observance of the Law (Torah) without a pure heart G-d rejects as hypocrisy.

Keeping the commandments is by the obedience of faith, with love. Failure to adhere rigidly to each detail no longer brings condemnation and judgment79. G-d cancelled the lordship the Law exercised over me due to my inability to keep it perfectly80, freeing me from both its conditions and curses by Messiah's sacrifice which atoned for all my transgressions - past, present and future81. Henceforth it is Messiah Who is my Lord, no longer the Law of Moses82. My new Lord renders Torah an easy “yoke”, not a heavy one83. I can love G-d without fearing His wrath when I fail. 

For if G-d did put away His own commandments, which are good and wonderful and wise84, as the Psalmist points out over and over again, then He would have rendered void His promises in Zechariah 8:23, as well as in Isaiah 2:3 and Micah 4:2. For unless our (the Jewish believers') righteousness exceeds that of the rabbis; unless we are careful to keep the Law even more conscientiously from the heart, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven85. (The Gentiles, however, never were the recipients of Torah, and were never obliged to keep it. The elders of the Jerusalem Church (Kehila) in Acts 15:19-29 made this absolutely clear. The Law of Moses, its conditions and curses, never held sway over the Gentiles. Therefore, neither did they require  to be set free from it. It was the Jews alone, who needed to be liberated86 from the lordship the Law exercised over them with its conditions resulting in trespasses, effecting curses. 

By applying Paul's teachings to themselves, the Gentiles misinterpreted them and brought almost 2,000 years of suffering to the Jews, for the spirit of anti-Christ [NOT the manb] has been active for a long time, seeking to change times and seasons87 and supplanting Torah with his counterfeit laws, as is evident from John's epistles88.) 

No, Abraham did NOT teach me to forsake the commandments89. Rather, he taught me to please G-d by my faith90; not by struggling to keep the commandments. I ALREADY was pleasing to G-d for reason of my faith in Yeshua (Who had wiped out the guilt and judgment of my own sins by bearing them in my stead91). He was now my new and everlasting Master Who, as Son of Man, had kept Torah perfectly92. His redemption thus made me a beneficiary of G-d's blessings and promises93 as is written: "... in Him it is always 'Yes.' For all the promises of G-d find their 'Yes' and 'Amen' in Him (Messiah)..."94

Enraged that I had escaped bondage, Satan unleashed his fury against me. He knew that I, as an infant, did not know that he was a defeated foe in Yeshua's Name and literally under my feet. His attack was swift and frightening, with nightly threats of death. The Lord hastened to my aid, by instructing me in warfare and how to bind and cast out demons. 

How was I to wage this warfare?

In a third and final night vision, Abraham showed me my own, personal walk of faith and warfare. Again Scriptural truth was illustrated metaphorically in the form of pictures. This third visitation by Abraham provided me with this vital knowledge: Satan is powerless before the cross of Messiah; as long as I abide in Yeshua I have authority in His Name; and that in Him I am FREE INDEED.
 
 

75 2 Peter 2:1-3; 3:16 76 Ro 6:1-2, 15-16 77Eph. 2:8-9; Ro 4:16
78Hebrews 11:6 79Romans 8:1, 15 80 Deut. 27:26; 28:1-2, 15
81 Romans 7:4-6; 8:2-4 82 Romans 4:25
83 Mtt. 11:29-30; Ro 6:17; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 5:2-3 84 Psalm 19:7-11; 119:97-105
85 Matthew 5:20 86 James 1:25 87 Daniel 7:25
88 1 Jn 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 Jn 7 90 Romans 1:5; 16:25-26 91 Isaiah 53:5-6, 8, 11, 12
89Else we might as well sweep Revelation 12:17 under the table, and Micah 4:2, Matthew 5:18-19, and 23:1-3, and ignore Acts 21:17-26, 22:12, 17 and 20:16
92 Hebrews 4:15; 9:14 93Galatians 3:13-14 94 2 Corinthians 1:19-20

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