Galatians 3:15-18

If the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. ()

The Apostle Paul speaks of the covenant. God's covenant with Abraham is that he gives the promised children and the earth. The children of the promise become Isaac and Canaan in the world, but the spiritual meaning is Christ and the kingdom of God. However, this covenant is not by law, but only by promise. 『Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions』. There are many laws in this world. The reason the law exists is not to make a world like paradise, but because there are too many criminals, it is to make sanctions so that the world is no longer evil. Similarly the law was added because of transgressions.

Transgression means violating the law or committing sin because of human sinfulness. Human sinfulness means original sin. Original sin is the original sin of heaven and the original sin of earth. Original sin is a departure from God. In the kingdom of God, it is the original sin of heaven that the spirits were deceived by Satan and wanted to leave God. So, spirits were trapped in this world. Likewise, a man born in this world entered the Garden of Eden by the grace of God, but was deceived by Satan and fell into sin. In 1 Timothy 2:14『 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 』

The purpose of God's law is to realize that all human beings have left God like this. While trying to keep the law, it means that sinners realize that they cannot be kept, discover the promised Christ of the future, and be saved. So, the covenant of the promised child does not originate with the law, but the law becomes a tool for discovering Christ. In Galatians 3:23-24『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.』 The law becomes the instrument (role) that leads to Christ.

『Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.  Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.』

The law ends when the promised descendant (Christ) comes. So, the Bible says that the law is the time to John the Baptist. If you act legally, you do not believe that Christ is coming. Thus, through the law, the promised Son is the Christ. Jehovah God tells us to continue discovering Christ through the law. Who is Christ in the law? It is Jehovah God himself. So, Jesus Christ becomes Jehovah God of the Old Testament.

The Bible testifies to this. God came with the angels to the earth to testify, and God sent a prophet in Moses to testify. Nevertheless, it is said that the Israelites did not realize this. Jesus said in the book of Revelation Alpha and Omega. It is the first and last words. In the Old Testament, he appeared briefly in the form of a man or an angel. And it appeared in various shapes. It was typified by a sanctuary, a rock, and a sheep.

God promised to come in human form in Genesis 3:15 and foretold through the prophets that in Micah 5:2 he would be born in Bethlehem. And in Isaiah 7:14, he says that he will be born in a virgin body. David also told Psalm 22 that the Lord would suffer on the cross. Jesus' resurrection is also mentioned in Psalm 16.

Jesus came in the flesh and said to himself, "It was in the Old Testament." He said he was with Abraham. Abraham was about 2,000 years before Jesus was born. The Gospel of John (8:55-59) says that the Lord was before Abraham was born. He said he was with Abraham. In Genesis 14:18『 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 』 Hebrews 7 says that this Melchizedek is Jesus, which means that Abraham met Jesus. Abraham gave a tenth to King Melchizedek. In Genesis 16:7-10, Jehovah's messenger also represents Jehovah.

『And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 』 This is because "I" means Jehovah. In Genesis 16:13『 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? 』 Because it says Jehovah God. In Genesis 18 there is also a scene where Jehovah God talks to Abraham.

John also said that Jesus was in the Old Testament. In John 1:1『 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 』 The Word became flesh, Jesus Christ. John the Baptist is saying the same thing. In John 1:15, 『John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.』 He said he was there first.

In Hebrews 11:24-26 it is said that Moses met Christ. After Jesus' resurrection, in Luke 24:27, while walking on the road and talking with two disciples, 『And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. He means Jesus Christ. And at the beach of Galilee, the same is said in 24:44.『 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 』 It means that the Lord God of the Old Testament is Jesus Christ.

Jesus said in John 5:39, 『Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. The Bible here means the Old Testament. The Old Testament tells us that it is about Jesus Christ. In Isaiah 34:16『 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 』 Jehovah's book means the Old Testament. After reading all the Bible, you can see that Jehovah God is Jesus Christ.

 

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