IS THE LAW ABOLISHED OR NOT

IS THE LAW ABOLISHED OR NOT ?

This two verses, highlight the importance of rightly dividing the earthly ministry of Christ to ISRAEL under the law from the heavenly ministry of Christ to the one new man by Grace without the law or covenants 

Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

.Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Has the law been abolished or not ?

The Apostle Paul says yes in Ephesians 2 

The Lord said otherwise during his earthly ministry in Matthew 5

how do we reconcile the two verses ?

Let’s look at both verses in context and how they can be reconciled when we understand the different dispensations and purposes of God:

THE KEY 🗝️ OF RIGHT DIVISION 

The key is to rightly divide (2 Timothy 2:15 KJB) the two different programs involved in Matthew 5 and Ephesians 2 

✅ MATTHEW 5:18

"Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

This statement was made by the Lord Jesus during His earthly ministry, under the dispensation of the Law (see Gal. 4:4 – “made under the law”). He was addressing Israel in the context of the Kingdom Gospel, not the Body of Christ.

When Jesus said the law wouldn’t pass “till all be fulfilled,”

 He was affirming the continuing authority of the Law under that program ultimately leading to the fulfillment of God's purposes specifically in relation to Israel and the coming Kingdom. 

His fulfillment of the law was progressive: through His perfect life, His death, and ultimately in the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom.

In Matthew 5, ISRAEL'S kingdom of heaven was at hand ( Matthew 10)

Matthew 5 was an affirmation that God's promises spelled out in the law and prophets would not go unfulfilled.

✅ EPHESIANS 2:15

"Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances..."

Now contrast this with what Paul writes after the revelation of the mystery, to the Body of Christ, not Israel. In this context, Paul is explaining how God created a new man—neither Jew nor Gentile, but one new Body in Christ—by setting aside the law as the dividing wall between the two.

The law, in this sense, has been abolished for the Body of Christ, because we’re not under the law or covenants ( Romans 6:14)

 This was a dispensational shift that came through Paul’s unique apostleship and the revelation of the mystery (Romans 6:14, Colossians 2:14).

FINAL THOUGHTS

In Matthew 5:18, Jesus is speaking to Israel under the Law, before the cross, and in view of the coming Kingdom.

 The Law was still in full effect.

In Ephesians 2:15, Paul is writing about a new dispensation—the dispensation of grace (Eph. 3:2)—in which the Law has been set aside in relation to the Body of Christ.

Matthew 5 was spoken in the context of ISRAEL'S kingdom program under the law.

It was an affirmation that no promise of God made in the law and the prophets would go unfulfilled 

The Lord had not come to deny the law and prophets but to fulfill them during his earthly ministry 

With the inauguration of the dispensation of Grace through the salvation of the apostle Paul, the Lord revealed to Paul that the cross of Christ has abolished the law as a means of righteousness both for Jews and Gentiles to create a "one new man" out of the twain 

The fulfillment of the law and the prophets has been temporarily put aside

When the dispensation of Grace is over,God will resume ISRAEL'S prophetic program and the law and the prophets will be fulfilled as the Lord promised in Matthew 5 ( Romans 11:26-27)

how similar is the creations of religion to deceive the masses

Yes!

Islam was created to deceive the world by this same secret society in disguise today as Roman Catholic Church just like they disguised themselves as a Christian Church to deceive Christians.

Roman Catholic is not a Church, it has never been a Church, and it'll never be a Church.

Their end has come!

Come out of catholic and debunk all the mirth of Islam, they're lies written by these occult to deceive the world and they succeeded, but God has remembered their sins and He (God) has risen to utterly destroy them and all their works of darkness all over the world.

Roman Catholic is a secret society, it has fallen and will rise no more forever.

The strength of Rome has fallen forever and ever they'll rise no more because they deceived the whole world and God will destroy them and reconcile the world back to Himself.

Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ and separate yourself from the filthiness of this world created by the Roman Catholic secret society. both inwardly and outwardly, spiritually and physically let the Blood of Jesus Christ purge you from all filthiness.

Repent!

You insist that the word “Sunday” has ‘nothing to do with Sunday’. What is your evidence for that claim? It seems to me that “Sunday” and ‘Sunday’ have a lot to do with each other!

Monday - day celebrating the Moon

Tuesday - day celebrating Tyr (Norse god)

Wednesday - day celebrating Wodin (Odin) (Norse god)

Thursday - day celebrating Thor (Norse god)

Friday - day celebrating Frigga (or Freya) (Norse god)

Saturday - day celebrating Saturn

Sunday - day celebrating the Sun

Dividing peoples’ lives into seven-day sections (weeks) goes back at least four thousand years…to the ancient Babylonians and Sumerians.

The habit of linking days of the week to various Norse or Roman gods goes back a couple of thousand years. The Romans called Sunday “dies solis” - Latin for “day of the sun”.

ROME'S CHALLENGE

ROME'S CHALLENGE

Why do Protestants keep Sunday?

Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Roman catholic church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath

(Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is

both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. If Protestantism wants to base its

teachings only on the Bible, it can worship on any day! All days are holy and we should worship Lord always 

VIII. Speech of Archbishop of Reggio, January 18, 1562 PFF2 477

The Reformers had appealed to the inspired Scriptures as the sole rule of faith and practice. Trent answered the claim by asserting the presence of continual inspiration residing in the Catholic Church, and making tradition the outgrowth of this continual, churchly inspiration. It appealed to the long-established change of the Sabbath into Sunday as standing proof of the inspired authority of the church, declaring that the change had not been made by the command of Christ but on the authority of the Catholic Church, which change Protestants accept. Ever since Trent the change of Sabbath into Sunday has been pointed to by Roman Catholics as the mark, or sign, of the church’s power to be able to change even the fourth commandment of the Decalogue. 31See vernacular Catechisms, such as those by Keenan, Geiermann, and Tuberville. PFF2 477.2

1. SABBATH CHANGED BY AUTHORITY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PFF2 477

In the first session of the closing period of the council the tradition of the church was boldly set above Scripture, and the fact that the church had changed the Sabbath into Sunday, not by command of Christ, but by its own authority, was offered as proof. These remarkable statements occur in a speech made in the seventeenth session, on January 18, 1562, by Caspar del Fosso (or Gaspare Ricciulli), archbishop of Reggio di Calabria: PFF2 477.3

“Since the Scripture received its authority not from human will, but from God Himself, for that reason there was never any sane man who would have presumed to contradict it or oppose to it anything false, inconsistent, or idle. Likewise the church acquired from the Lord no less authority, so that whoever has heard or rejected her may be said to have heard or rejected God Himself. To her it has been given to distinguish between the canonical and apocryphal, the catholic and the heretical, to interpret the scriptures faithfully, to reject foreign and harmful things, and to embrace useful things. Therefore not amiss did Augustine say that he would not believe the Gospel if the authority of the church had not admonished him to .... PFF2 477.4

“Such is the condition of the heretics of this age that upon nothing do they rely more than that, under the pretense of the word of God, they overthrow the authority of the church, as if the church, His body, could be opposed to the word of Christ, or the head to the body. Nay, rather, the authority of the church, then, is most emphatically illustrated by the Scriptures; for while on the one hand she recommends them, declares them to be divine, presents them to us to be read, in doubtful matters explains them faithfully, and condemns whatever is contrary to them; on the other hand, the legal precepts taught by the Lord in the Scriptures have by the same authority become invalid. The sabbath day, the most distinguished day under the law, has passed over into the Lord’s day; circumcision enjoined upon Abraham and his seed under such threatening that he who had not been circumcised should be destroyed from among his people has been so set aside that the apostle asserted, If ye be circumcised, ye have fallen from grace, and Christ profits you nothing. These and precepts similar to these have not become invalid by a declaration of Christ (for he says that he came to fulfil the law, not to abolish it), but they have been changed by the authority of the church. For should this authority be overthrown (since heresy is bound to exist), who would make known the truth, and confound the obstinacy of the heretics? All things will be confused, and heresies which have been condemned by the authority of the church will soon return.” 32Translated from Mansi, op. cit., vol. 33, cols. 529, 530; Latin original also in Concilium Tridentinum Diariorum, Actorum, Epistularum, Tractatuum Nova Collectio (A New Collection of the Journals, the Acts, the Epistles, the Sermons of the Council of Trent), vol. 8, pp. 294, 297; see also Fra Paolo Sarpi, Histoire du concile de Trente, vol. 2, pp. 260, 261. For English translation of this extract see Source Book for Bible Students (1940 ed.), p. 604. For data on Del Fosso, see Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Kanon und Tradition. Ein Beitrag zur neueren Dog-mengeschichte und Symbolik (Canon and Tradition. A Contribution to the More Recent History of Dogma and Symbols), p. 263: see also Source Book, pp. 603, 604. PFF2 478.1

2. CLOSING ACCLAMATIONS AT CONCLUSION OF SESSION PFF2 478

At the close of the last session, after the decrees of the council had been read, the motion to end the council and to seek confirmation of all decrees and definitions from Pope Pius IV was assented to. Then the cardinal of Lorraine led in the acclamations of the fathers, which reached a climax in the pledge to confess the faith of the Council of Trent and observe its decrees. PFF2 478.2

“The Cardinal: We all believe thus; we all think the same, agreeing and embracing them, we all subscribe. This is the faith of blessed Peter and of the Apostles; this is the faith of the Fathers; this is the faith of the orthodox. PFF2 478.3

“Reply: Thus we believe; thus we think; thus we subscribe.” 33Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, session 25, Dec. 3, 4, 1563, pp. 256-258. PFF2 478.4

In closing, the cardinal exclaimed, “Anathema to all here tics,” to which the delegates answered, “Anathema, anathema.” The council closed with this statement and response, after which the 265 delegates were commanded to sign the edicts of the council before leaving the city. Trent had ended. PFF2 479.1

spiritual vs carnal

   "Spiritual things" must be explained by "spiritual words." We must use spiritual means to achieve spiritual goals. This is what the Lord is diligently teaching us these days. It is not enough for the goal to be spiritual; the means and procedures must also be spiritual. Whatever is fleshly, no matter what it is, cannot fulfill what is spiritual. If we try to use our mind and emotion to fulfill a spiritual goal, it is just like hoping that a bitter fountain will yield sweet water. Everything related to our fellowship with God, whether seeking His will, obeying His charge, or preaching His message, will only be useful if we do it in our intuition and in fellowship with God. If we use our own mind, talent, and methods, it will be dead in the eyes of God...

SOULISH AND SPIRITUAL 

   ...Among all the things which comprise a soulish man, there is not one which can fellowship with God. Even the mind, intellect, and rationality that is highly esteemed by man is as corrupt as man's lusts; none of them can understand God. Not only is it impossible for unregenerated ones to fellowship with God with their mind, it is even impossible for the regenerated believers to fellowship with God without using their regenerated spirit. It is equally impossible for believers to use their mind and observation to understand the things of God because it does not change in function after regeneration. The mind is still the mind, and the will is still the will; these cannot become the organs for fellowship with God.

   Not only is a soulish man incapable of receiving these things; he also thinks that they are foolishness. This again turns us to man's mind. According to man's mind, the things that are known through intuition are foolish because they cannot be rationalized. They are far beyond human feelings and contrary to the worldly mentality. They even contradict man's common sense. Our mind likes what is logical and analytical and what suits its natural psychology. However, none of God's acts are according to human law. Therefore, they are foolishness to him. The foolishness spoken of in this chapter refers to the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus on the cross. The message of the cross not only speaks of a Savior who died for us, but of all the believers who died with Him. Everything that belongs to a believer's self has to pass through the death of the cross. If this is only an idea, the mind may receive it; but if it is something to be put into practice, the mind rejects it.

   Since the soulish man cannot receive, he cannot know. Receiving is first, and knowing is second. Whether or not a person can receive is determined by whether he has the Spirit. Whether or not a person can know is conditioned on whether he has an intuition. He must first have the Spirit before he can receive the things of God. If he has the Spirit and has received the things of God, the intuition has a chance to know these things of God. Other than the spirit of man, no one can know the things of man. A soulish man cannot know because he does not have a new spirit. Hence, he does not have the intuition to know.

   Later the apostle says that a soulish man "does not receive" because the things of God are "discerned spiritually." Do we see that the Holy Spirit is repeatedly emphasizing that man's spirit is the organ for fellowship with God? The focus of this portion of the Scriptures is to prove, indicate, and clarify that through God's Spirit, man's spirit is the basis for fellowship with God and for knowing the things of God. There is nothing else besides the spirit of man.

   Everything has its own function. The function of the spirit is to discern the things of God. We are not annulling our mind, emotion, and will. They all have their functions and stand in a secondary position. They should be restricted; they should not be in control. The mind should be under the restriction of the spirit; it should act according to the will of God which is known through the intuition. The mind should not suggest a thought by itself and demand that our whole being act according to its thought. The emotion must also obey the command of the spirit. All of its love and hatred should be according to what the spirit wants and not according to what it wants. The will should also follow God's will as expressed in the intuition. The will must not ignore the will of God and have other desires. If the mind, emotion, and will are all being kept in a secondary position, a believer will advance swiftly in his spiritual progress. If this does not happen, the mind, emotion, and will become the masters, and the place of the spirit will be usurped. Spontaneously there will be no spiritual living and spiritual usefulness. The spirit must be given its own proper position. A believer must wait on God's revelation in the spirit. If the spirit is not elevated, a man will not be able to discern what is only discernable to the Spirit.

[The Collected Works of Watchman Nee: Volume 13, The Spiritual Man (2), CHAPTER TWO, FELLOWSHIP, pp.312-315]

Mat 11:142a Elijah Mal. 4:5; Luke 1:17; Matt. 17:10-13

  Malachi 4:5 prophesies that Elijah will come. When John the Baptist was conceived, it was said that he would go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah (Luke 1:17). Hence, in a sense, John may be considered “Elijah, who is to come” (cf. 17:10-13). However, the prophecy of Mal. 4:5 will actually be fulfilled during the great tribulation, when the real Elijah, one of the two witnesses, will come to strengthen God’s people (Rev. 11:3-12).

A prophet in spirit of Elijah should go before, coming of Messiah.

John the Baptist only said Not Elijah physically, But Elijah spiritually.

'John 1:23 - He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.'

'Luke 1:17 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Mat 11:142a Elijah Mal. 4:5; Luke 1:17; Matt. 17:10-13

  Malachi 4:5 prophesies that Elijah will come. When John the Baptist was conceived, it was said that he would go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah (Luke 1:17). Hence, in a sense, John may be considered “Elijah, who is to come” (cf. 17:10-13). However, the prophecy of Mal. 4:5 will actually be fulfilled during the great tribulation, when the real Elijah, one of the two witnesses, will come to strengthen God’s people (Rev. 11:3-12).

The two passages complement one another. Jesus speaks from a prophetic and spiritual perspective, highlighting John’s role in fulfilling Elijah’s mission. John the Baptist, on the other hand, speaks from a literal and personal perspective, denying any claim that he is Elijah himself.

These verses do not contradict each other. They address different aspects of John the Baptist’s identity and role:

 1. Matthew 11:14 reflects Jesus’ divine insight. He affirms that John fulfills the prophetic mission of Elijah—coming in the “spirit and power of Elijah” as described in Luke 1:17.

 2. John 1:21 reflects John the Baptist’s humility and literal understanding. He denies being Elijah reincarnated because he knows he is a distinct individual.

DJohn the Baptist came "in the spirit and power of Elijah." (Luke 1:17)  Elijah is still to come!  (Rev. 11, Zec. 4)

📣📣📣 COME OUT OF BABYLON MY PEOPLE⚠️⏰‼️.

At a time when the people and leaders of the world are looking for unity between church denominations and religions through this ecumenical-interfaith movement, God is calling His people OUT of it. Will you heed the warning?

Revelation 18:1-4 ...'And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.'

Now the majority of people wrongly identify who Babylon is, and therefore cannot respond to this urgent message to come out of Babylon. If you look at our WHO IS THE WHORE OF BABYLON page, you will see that the 'MOTHER of harlots' is none other than the Roman Catholic Church. But is the pronouncement in Revelation 14:8 and Revelation 18:2 of Babylon now being 'fallen' and 'becoming' the habitation of every foul spirit, a pronouncement of the Roman Catholic Church? No. And I will tell you why.

The fact that this call is to a 'body' that is become fallen, means that at some point it was in good standing with God. Yet the Roman Catholic Church has been in an apostate, 'fallen' condition right from the very beginning of the church. So to say that the Roman Catholic Church is 'now fallen' and has 'become' the habitation of devils, is just the same as saying that Paganism, or Hinduism, or any other false religion has 'become fallen'. And that, as we know is not possible, because these false religions have always been the 'habitation of devils'.

"And since the fall here introduced is a moral one, it must apply to some branch of Babylon besides, or outside of, the Pagan or Papal divisions, for from the beginning of their history, Paganism has been a false religion, and the Papacy an apostate one." (Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, p.664)

"The message of Revelation 14, announcing the fall of Babylon must apply to religious bodies that were once pure and have become corrupt. Since this message follows the warning of the judgment, it must be given in the last days; therefore it cannot refer to the Roman Church alone, for that church has been in a fallen condition for many centuries." (The Great Controversy, p.382-383)

So this specific end time call for God's people to come out of Babylon, isn't a specific message for the Roman Catholic Church or any other false religion, because the call has always been for people to come out of false religion, and to turn to the one true God. No, this call is a specific call for God's very own people to come out of a 'body' that has BECOME fallen and has BECOME the habitation of every foul spirit. And what 'body' is that? The fallen Protestant churches.

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