A carnal commandment is a carnal ordinance: a law that condemns them as transgressors, that do not bodily obey it, according to the letter of it's command.
It has nothing to do with inward faith of the heart, even as obedience to outward circumcision in the flesh, has nothing to do with inward circumcision of the heart in the spirit of Christ.
The old covenant was made after the law of a carnal commandment.
All the law of Moses given by God was weak, in that it could not command inward faith, because it did not command it.
The later prophesies commanding inward faith and circumcision of heart were prophesying of the coming Redeemer, who would have power to do so for them that believe and confess Him from the heart.
The New Testament in Christ Jesus is made by the oath and power of an endless life, not by carnal commandments of letter to bodily obey, that kill the Spirit of God's great commandment and royal law to love our neighbors as ourselves.
The carnal commandment of the Sabbath never had anything spiritual about it. It was all about bodily rest:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
The Sabbath was made for man and beast. There is nothing spiritual about cattle resting from it's labor, because cattle do not worship God in spirit and in truth.
Nor did it have anything to do with inward faith, because cattle have no faith.
Them that continue to obey carnal commandments of Sabbath and circumcision, as commandment of God to bodily obey on a certain day and in a certain manner, are as beasts of burden under the heavy weight of men's commandments ministered for doctrine of Christ. And they are grievous, because they are not made after the Spirit:
I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
The people of the cross are them that only obey the commandments of Jesus to love God and our neighbors as ourselves, which are not grievous, because they are the law of the Spirit of life and of grace: they freely and willingly do so any day, any time, and in any manner by faith.
Even as the Pharisees of old commanded their own traditions from Moses' seat, to place heavy burdens upon the people, so do they today as from the judgement seat of Christ:
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments.
When they see themselves gathering together on their special day of Sabbath, they can congratulate themselves on how enlarged they are in obedience to a carnal commandment of God, that even the cattle could keep. It is a commandment that never had anything to do with the worship of God in the Spirit, and now has no more to do with the commandment of God, to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Them that obey carnal commandments of men taught for doctrine of Christ, are beasts of burden that make themselves cattle for false teachers, who sit upon them as lords over God's heritage.
They cover themselves in scarlet color of blood outwardly, but are not blood washed by the Lamb in His Spirit.
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
The inward Jews of God worship the risen God of Israel any and every day. The so-called Jews after the flesh wait until Saturday. Or Sunday.
Any who bodily obey any carnal commandment of God given to Moses, bind themselves to obey all the law of Moses.
And if they do not, then they are as children in the market place of law, piping and dancing with one another, while playing as teachers in the law of God, making it a personal playground and place of their own choosing, to buy and sell what commandments of law of Moses they like to keep:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
The beast keeps days and numbers in mind to worship God, and judges others accordingly.
God's people have their names written in the the Lamb's book of life, by serving Him and keeping His commandments only.
It has nothing to do with inward faith of the heart, even as obedience to outward circumcision in the flesh, has nothing to do with inward circumcision of the heart in the spirit of Christ.
The old covenant was made after the law of a carnal commandment.
All the law of Moses given by God was weak, in that it could not command inward faith, because it did not command it.
The later prophesies commanding inward faith and circumcision of heart were prophesying of the coming Redeemer, who would have power to do so for them that believe and confess Him from the heart.
The New Testament in Christ Jesus is made by the oath and power of an endless life, not by carnal commandments of letter to bodily obey, that kill the Spirit of God's great commandment and royal law to love our neighbors as ourselves.
The carnal commandment of the Sabbath never had anything spiritual about it. It was all about bodily rest:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
The Sabbath was made for man and beast. There is nothing spiritual about cattle resting from it's labor, because cattle do not worship God in spirit and in truth.
Nor did it have anything to do with inward faith, because cattle have no faith.
Them that continue to obey carnal commandments of Sabbath and circumcision, as commandment of God to bodily obey on a certain day and in a certain manner, are as beasts of burden under the heavy weight of men's commandments ministered for doctrine of Christ. And they are grievous, because they are not made after the Spirit:
I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
The people of the cross are them that only obey the commandments of Jesus to love God and our neighbors as ourselves, which are not grievous, because they are the law of the Spirit of life and of grace: they freely and willingly do so any day, any time, and in any manner by faith.
Even as the Pharisees of old commanded their own traditions from Moses' seat, to place heavy burdens upon the people, so do they today as from the judgement seat of Christ:
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments.
When they see themselves gathering together on their special day of Sabbath, they can congratulate themselves on how enlarged they are in obedience to a carnal commandment of God, that even the cattle could keep. It is a commandment that never had anything to do with the worship of God in the Spirit, and now has no more to do with the commandment of God, to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Them that obey carnal commandments of men taught for doctrine of Christ, are beasts of burden that make themselves cattle for false teachers, who sit upon them as lords over God's heritage.
They cover themselves in scarlet color of blood outwardly, but are not blood washed by the Lamb in His Spirit.
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
The inward Jews of God worship the risen God of Israel any and every day. The so-called Jews after the flesh wait until Saturday. Or Sunday.
Any who bodily obey any carnal commandment of God given to Moses, bind themselves to obey all the law of Moses.
And if they do not, then they are as children in the market place of law, piping and dancing with one another, while playing as teachers in the law of God, making it a personal playground and place of their own choosing, to buy and sell what commandments of law of Moses they like to keep:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
The beast keeps days and numbers in mind to worship God, and judges others accordingly.
God's people have their names written in the the Lamb's book of life, by serving Him and keeping His commandments only.
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