ISRAEL'S MESSIAH declared that "I am come NOT to
DESTROY (OVERTHROW), BUT to FULFILL (COMPLETE)" the LAW and the PROPHETS (Matthew 5:17)
MOSES PROPHESIED concerning ISRAEL that "the Lord
thy God will raise up unto thee a PROPHET ... of thy brethren, LIKE UNTO ME: unto Him ye shall HEARKEN (OBEY)"
(Deuteronomy 18:15) and that this PROPHET will DIVINELY COMMAND ISRAEL LIKE MOSES did
"in Horeb" (Deuteronomy 8:16-18)
The One Who APPEARED and SPOKE to MOSES "in a FLAME
of FIRE out of the midst of the bush" when he "came to the MOUNTAIN of God, even to Horeb" (Exodus 3:1-2)
- this SAME ONE APPEARED and SPOKE to ISRAEL "out of the midst of the FIRE" on the SAME MOUNTAIN (Deuteronomy 4:10-14)
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH APPEARED to His DISCIPLES in "an
high MOUNTAIN" anf "His FACE did SHINE as the SUN" and "His RAIMENT was WHITE as the LIGHT"
(Matthew 17:1-2) - as He will APPEAR in His KINGDOM GLORY (Revelation 1:13-15 cf.Daniel 10:5-6)
Just as ISRAEL'S OBEDIENCE was REQUIRED under the LAW
of rhe FIRST MOSES (Deuteronomy 28:58), so will ISRAEL'S OBEDIENCE be REQUIRED under the LAW of rhe SECOND
MOSES (Deuteronomy 18:19 cf.Matthew 17:5)
The LAW of the FIRST MOSES demanded RIGHTEOUS DOING (Deuteronomy 6:25)
The LAW of the SECOND MOSES will go DEEPER and demand
RIGHTEOUS THINKING (Matthew 5:21-22,27-28)
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH declared that "till heaven and earth
pass, ONE JOT and ONE TITTLE shall in NO WISE PASS from the Law, TILL ALL be FULFILLED (FINISHED)" (Matthew 5:18)
ISRAEL will yet be that RIGHTEOUS NATION as PROPHESIED
(Isaiah 26:1-2) and will TEACH the NATIONS of MESSIAH'S WAYS, i.e. the LAW (Isaiah 2:2-3)
in the MILLENIUM (Revelation 20:4,6)
A JOT is a reference to the SMALLEST Hebrew LETTER (JOD)
and A TITTLE is a reference to the SMALLEST PART of a Hebrew letter which is the LITTLE EXTENSION on the Hebrew
letter (DALETH) that is NOT PART of the Hebrew letter (RESH)
Psalm 119, which is all about
the Word of God - is divided up into 22 SECTIONS of 8 verses each, according to the 22 LETTERS of the Hebrew ALPHABET
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH declared that whosoever shall teach others
to break the LEAST COMMANDMENT in the LAW of the FIRST MOSES (Matthew 5:17) shall be called the LEAST ONE in the KINGDOM of the SECOND MOSES (Matthew 5:19)
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH "will MAGNIFY the LAW, and MAKE
it HONOURABLE" (Isaiah 42:21) in contrast to HIS PEOPLE who "would NOT WALK in HIS WAYS, NEITHER
were they OBEDIENT to HIS LAW" (Isaiah 42:24)
The PEOPLE of ISRAEL "shall be named the PRIESTS
of the Lord" and the Gentiles shall call them "the MINISTERS of our God" (Isaiah 61:6;Zechariah 8:20-23) - for "out of ZION shall GO FORTH the LAW (Isaiah 2:3)
"ALL the PEOPLE of the LAND shall give OBLATION for
the PRINCE (MESSIAH) of ISRAEL" (Ezekiel 45:16 cf.Daniel 9:25)
- these OFFERINGS will be those associated with the FEASTS of the LAW (Ezekiel 45:17 cf.Leviticus 23:37-38)
ISRAEL under the LAW was REQUIRED THREE TIMES EACH YEAR
to WORSHIP before the LORD (in JERUSALEM) in CELEBRATION of their REDEMPTION from bondage, the FIRST FRUITS of
their INHERITANCE, and the FULLNESS of their INHERITANCE (Deuteronomy 16:16-17)
The NATIONS in the KINGDOM will be REQUIRED ONCE EACH
YEAR to WORSHIP before the KING (in JERUSALEM) in COMMEMORATION of the BEGINNING of HIS KINGDOM (Zechariah 14:16-19)
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH declared that ENTRANCE into HIS KINGDOM
will REQUIRE a RIGHTEOUSNESS that needs to "EXCEED the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the SCRIBES and PHARISEES" (Matthew 5:20)
The SCRIBES and PHARISEES appeared RIGHTEOUS OUTWARDLY,
but INWARDLY were FULL of HYPOCRISY and INIQUITY (Matthew 23:27-28)
ISRAEL'S MESSIAH declared that "EXCEPT a man be BORN
AGAIN, he CANNOT SEE the KINGDOM OF GOD" (John 3:3)
This NEW BIRTH is that of SPIRITUAL WATER (John 3:5),
i.e. "BORN of the SPIRIT" (John 3:8)
- the "LIVING WATER" FLOWING FROM the BELLY of ISRAEL'S MESSIAH (John 4:10,13-14;John 7:37-39)
ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL BIRTH was a clear OT prophecy (John 3:8;Ezekiel 37:9-14), which ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RULER should have known - Nicodemus' QUESTION
of "HOW CAN these things be?" (John 3:9)
is met by Messiah's RESPONSE of "ART THOU a master of Israel, AND KNOWEST NOT these things?" (John 3:10)