The Priesthood of Jehoshua Messiah continued

Continuing my study on the priesthood of Jehoshua our King

Hebrews 10:1--39

1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;21And having an high priest over the house of God;22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Verse 1, Messiah is the fulfillment of the sacrifices which were connected to the old covenant institutional system. He alone makes us perfect when we come unto God by Him. Jehoshua is the very image of the shadows. We need not look anywhere else for perfection. This is why we as Messianics don't heavily focus over the intricacies of the written law but rather our focus is always on the Messiah who is the living law. This is why Paul says the letter killeth but the Spirit gives us life.

2 Corinthians 3:3-6 (KJV)

3Forasmuch 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 tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;6Who 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.

Paul describes perfectly the what the new covenant is about, it's not about focusing and living according to the letter of the law but it's having the law written on our heart. As Messianics we are living epistles being ourselves "written messages" (epistles) of the gospel. Our trust is solely in Messiah who makes us perfect before His Father. Trusting in our law keeping is error as it is only the finished work of Messiah that brings us nigh unto God. When we realize this then we can more fully receive the Spirit which then leads us to living a life of righteousness. The law is good, just and holy, however only by the Spirit and not the letter can we walk in it.

The new era of Torah ministries often miss the whole point of the new covenant which is a fuller ministration of the Spirit, which is life giving, which then will prompt us to keep the law naturally not as a list of do's and dont's but rather as a natural result of our love for God and His Son. Remember scripture says that Jehoshua is a life giving Spirit:

1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV)

45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Jehoshua was made a life giving Spirit upon His resurrection having received the absolute fullness of the Father's Holy Spirit when He rasied from the dead. When we confess that Jehoshua is the Son of God and Messiah of God then we receive this life giving Spirit directly from Jehoshua Himself.

1 John 4:15 (KJV)

15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

God dwells in us by His Spirit. God sends His Spirit through His Son:

Galatians 4;6 (KJV)

6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

God the Father sends us the Spirit of His Son to us which then causes us to cry out to God as "our Abba". In Revelation 5, we see a verse that shows clearly that in the new covenant that the Holy Spirit is sent through the channel of Jehoshua Messiah.

Revelation 5:6 (KJV)

6And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Jehoshua sends forth the Holy Spirit into all the earth which He receives from the Father. During Jehoshua's life on earth He was promised this by the Heavenly Father:

Acts 2:32-33 (KJV)

32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

So now in the new covenant the Holy Spirit comes comes to God's people through the administration of the Son of God and the Spirit comes to us via the very being of Messiah as the Godhead dwells fully in Him bodily (Colossians 2:9).

Verses 2-4, the blood of animals cannot take away sins yet the blood of Messiah indeed forever cleanses the conscience of sin (Hebrews 8:12). His blood is the ratification of the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34). The Investigative judgement does dishonor to the blood of Jehoshua by saying His death on the cross was only a partial atonement for sins. The bible teaches the exact opposite:

Romans 5;11 (KJV)

11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

This is a present tense statement by Paul that through our Lord Jehoshua we have received the atonement.

The word atonement comes from the Greek word "katallage" (Strongs 2643) and means "exchange, i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor: - atonement, reconciliation."

By Jehoshua's death on the cross, we have been atoned for meaning to be restored in right relationship with God the Father. We are in God's favor and also reconciled to Him through the precious blood of His Son. The Investigative judgement denies that Jehoshua's blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat in the most holy place at His ascension into heaven when He showed Himself to the Father as the firstfruits of the resurrection. In their view, the blood of Messiah was applied to the first apartment of the holy place until 1844 and the antitypical day of atonement. Then since 1844, the registers of each saint comes up in reveiw to see if they are worthy of the blood of Messiah being applied to them. Brethren, this is downright blasphemous!

Let's see what scripture says:

Romans 3:24-25 (KJV)

24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Jehoshua was sent by the Father to be a propitiation for those who have faith in His blood. The word "propitiation" comes from the Greek word "hilasterion" (strongs 2435) and means "an atoning victim, or the lid of the ark of the covenant (in the temple): - mercyseat, propitiation"

Paul says in verse 25 of Romans that Jehoshua was the mercyseat for our sins which means that the day of atonement was fufilled at the death, burial and resurrection of Jehoshua. Remember only of the day of atonement would the blood of the animal sacrifices being sprinkled on the mercy seat in the most holy place. This sprinkling of blood on the day of atonement reconciled Israel to Jehovah God. The Hebrew word for "mercyseat" is "kapporeth" and means "to cover or purge in the sense of reconciliation or atonement. This usage indicates a covering (Genesis 6:14).

In other words, Jehovah sent Jehoshua to be the mercyseat for our sins which could only be true if Jehoshua indeed provided full atonement and went directly to the most holy place when He presented Himself as the firstfruits of the resurrection. Jehoshua fully reconciled us to God the Father through faith in His very blood and it's ability to fully atone for us without qualification. Infact, Paul elsewhere says that he and the apostles received the ministry of reconciliation or atonement. It was their mission to preach a reconciliation message to people so that they can be adopted as sons and daughters of God.  If Messiah's blood provided anything less than full atonement then Paul and his brethren were false prophets.

So who is the false prophet, Paul or Ellen White? Ellen White clearly is and infact she tramples underfoot the blood of the Son of God by reducing His blood to the blood of animals by saying it had to be applied in the Holy place for 1800 years before it could be applied in the most holy place. Infact, she makes His blood even less than the blood of animals as their blood would only have to wait for one year before being sprinkled in the most holy place whereas Messiah had to wait over 1800 years before His blood could be sprinkled in the most holy place.

What's worse is that it would only take one day for the animals blood to reconcile Israel back to God whereas the Investigative judgement covers a period of at least 171 years (since 1844) to cover sins for the redeemed. And this is even if those who had faith in Jehoshua's blood qualify to receive atonement, as even a misdeed or ill spoken word can disqaulify them according to Ellen White. So what The Seventh day Adventists are really teaching is that the blood of animals is powerful enough in one day to atone for the myriad of sins that the nation of Israel committed but that the Messiah's blood isn't powerful enough in a period of over 171 years to atone for a misdeed or ill spoken word if somehow the person forgot to confess those specific incidents.

Brethren,

This is outright blasphemy and satanic! Here is a warning for those preaching the Investigative judgement doctrine:

Hebrews 10:29 (KJV)

29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Let this warning sink in, the above verse in context speaks of those who sin willfully after receiving the atonement, however it can also apply to those who minimize the power of Jehoshua's blood to fully atone for sins once for all and that His blood wasn't good enough to sprinkled in the most holy place at His ascension when He presented Himself as the firstfruits of the resurrection.

My Adventists friends, it's too late for Ellen White but not for you, repent of the wicked Investigative judgement doctrine and preach the gospel that Paul preached lest you be accursed:

Galatians 1;8-10 (KJV)

8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Many of the Seventh day Adventist doctrines are the result of Ellen White's visions and angelic visitations. Infact, many SDA's glory that Ellen White being visited by angels is a proof of her prophetic ministry yet Paul says that the opposite can actually be true.

Paul says that even if an angel comes to you and preaches any other gospel than the one taught by the apostle that they are to be accursed.

Notice that Paul not only says the angel who preaches this false gospel will be accursed but also the man/woman who preaches it. The angel who preached the false gospel to Ellen White is accursed and so is Ellen White who preached it. Adventists, do you want to be accursed for repeating Ellen White's doctrines of devils?

Please don't be offended as Paul says:

"do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Messiah"

I seek to be the servant of the Son of God which includes exposing false gospels and false prophets even if it offends a multitude of people. Ellen White and her investigative judgement doctrine counts the blood of Jehoshua an unholy thing not even being good enough to be sprinkled on the mercy seat for over 1800 years and even then over the course  of over 171 since 1844 to do it's full work. And even then, that blood is only applied if every ill spoken word or deed was specifically confessed. Brethren, this is just as bad as the Catholic churches concessional booth ministry. Both denominations have created a false "Jesus" and preach another "Jesus" who's death on the cross and blood wasn't good enough to give us who have faith in Him (Jehoshua) the full atonement.

The Jesus of Ellen White is not the Jesus of the bible as her Jesus blood wasn't sufficient to be the mercyseat for sins of Israel once and for all. Infact, in her view even the Apostles still have to go through the Investigative judgement to see if they qaulify for the atonement of Messiah's blood. What satanic blasphemy!

Jehoshua contradicts this outright when He told the apostlea this:

Luke 22:29-30 ( KJV)

29And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;30That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

According to Jehoshua, the apostles were already ordained to inherit the kingdom of Jehovah to sit at the very table of Messiah and to judge the 12 tribes of Israel. This is in clear contrast to the Investigative judgement teaching which teaches that even the apostles will pass into a judgement review to see if they are worthy of the blood of Messiah unto eternal life. Jehoshua clearly says that He Himself appointed the apostles inheritance in HisFather's Kingdom as rulelrs. What a far cry from not even being gauranteed eternal life.

The word "appoint" comes from the Greek word "diatithemai" (strongs 1303) and means "to put apart,  i.e. (figuratively) dispose (by assignment, compact, or bequest): - appoint, make, testator."

In other words, Jehoshua made a compact and covenant with the apostles that they would inherit very important positions in the coming Kingdom of God. Just as the Father's covenant that He makes with the House of Israel cannot be broken, His Son's covenant with His chosen 12 cannot be broken. For ellen white to teach that these 12 men have to pass an investigative judgement reveiw before being given eternal life is to call Jehoshua a liar and make Him a false prophet. Jehoshua made a testament with these 12 men which cannot be broken.

Ellen White not only troddens underfoot the blood of the Son of God but also impugnes His character by contradicting His very promise to His apostles. Not only that but she contradicts what He says about anyone who believes on His name:

John 5:24 (KJV)

24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Condemnation in the greek means "to pass into judgement" and Jehoshua says that those who beleive on Him have everlasting life and do not pass into judgement, the very opposite of what ellen white teaches. Brethren, who do you believe Jehoshua or Ellen White? You cannot have it both ways! Ellen White teaches that you shouldn't say you are saved, Jehoshua says that you are saved (passed unto life) if you beleive on Him.

Colossians 1:12-14 (KJV)

12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

This is another passage that destroys the false investigative judgement doctrine.  Whereas Ellen White teaches that beleivers have to pass a future investigative judgement before being given eternal life and entrance into the Kingdom of Messiah, Paul the apostle says the exact opposite.

In verse 12 Paul says that it is the Father who makes us fit (meet) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Paul uses family language here, denoting that upon being born again by the gospel seed, one becomes a rightful heir to the family fortune. This shows that we are truly begotten children of God the Father as Paul confirms this elsewhere.  Jehovah God has no foster children, meaning that once He brings you into the Family by means of the precious blood of His Son you have part in the will and testament of the Father's estate which is His Kingdom.

The saints comprise the Family of Jehovah who is the light

1 John 1;5 (KJV)

5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

If we walk in the light of God then we have fellowship with Him and His Son Jehoshua Messiah.

1 John 1:7 (KJV)

7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

John the beloved disciple echoes Paul's language of family relationship within the Godhead family. If we as saints walk in the light which is God the Father, we will have relationship with Him and His Son Jehoshua Messiah who is the light thereof (Revelation 21:23). It's by walking in the light of God the Father that the blood of His Son cleanseth us from all sin.

This pasaage in first John parallels Colossians 1:12-14 and they both refute the implications of the Investigative judgement doctrine.

Continuing in Colossians, we see that all glory for our salvation goes to Jehovah God as it is He that made us fit to be partakers of His Son's Kingdom. How did He make us fit? Jehovah foreknew, predestinated, called, justified and glorfied us to be conformed to the image of His Son. Paul here removes all boasting that man could ever hope to do in regards to salvation or kingdom inheritance. This is a swift rebuke to the legalists who take pride in their diets, dress, and even their version of Sabbath keeping in which they often add their own man made rules.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (KJV)

18And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

We see above that the salvation experience of a believer starts with God the Father who works through His Son via the Holy Spirit and also uses the ministers of the Church in this process. God the Father is the initiator of the salvation process. Unfortunately, many Seventh day Adventists have made the salvation process about works and adherence to post biblical creeds (28 of them). In other words, for the SDA GC denomination, being saved has more to do with mental ascent in knowledge to a prescribed set of beliefs rather than Jehovah God's sovereignty. The investigative judgement is an essential part of this gospel misunderstanding that Adventists have.

Back to Colossians 1, verse 13 says that God the Father delivered us from the kingdom of darkness (satan). The word for "delivered" in the greek is "rhoumai" and means "to rescue, deliver, to rush or draw (oneself)."

Do you the significance of what this means? Jehovah actually delivered us and rescued us from our captivity in satan's kingdom. In other words, Jehovah came on a rescue mission for us when He sent His only begotten Son to the world. This is why the Investigative judgement doctrine is blasphemous because it basically says that Jehovah God and His Son failed in their mission to rescue us from the clutches of Satan.

Can you imagine a national park ranger team going out on a search and rescue for lost campers, only to find them and save them but later telling them that they are not really saved and that they will have to pass one more test out in the mountains? This is basically what the Investigative judgement doctrine teaches which is that Jehovah God ultimately failed in fully delivering us from Satan's kingdom. It also  speaks evil of the precious blood of His Son Jehoshua by saying that it being shed was only a partial atonement for sins.

Continuing in verse 13, Paul says that not only did Jehovah God rescue us from the kingdom of darkness which is amazing enough but He upped the ante and translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son Jehoshua Messiah.

The word translated comes from the Greek word "methistemi" and means "to transfer, i.e carry, depose or (figuratively) exchange, seduce: - put out, remove, translate, turn away."

The above definition of the word "translate" shows us that God actually made a transfer of us from one kingdom (satan's) to another Kingdom, that of His beloved Son. Jehovah God made an exchange and removed us from darkness to His light.