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Ezekiel 43.9-12 9. Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.
10. Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
11. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
12. This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
The House of the Lord on this Holy mountain is what we must see; and compare our lives to; and when we clearly see we will be ashamed of our low walk in the flesh. And then God will open up our eyes not only to see the form, ordinances, comings and goings of the house, but to apprehend them for our lives. Then we will begin to grow the way that He has intended for us all along. Which is to be conformed to the image of His precious Son. Then God will fully dwell in our midst. I am not saying that God is not dwelling in our midst now by His Holy Ghost. We only have an earnest of our inheritance now (II Cor 1:21-22); but then we will have the entire Lord dwelling in a corporate son.
The priesthood of that time (tombs) was trying their best to correct (chain) the demonic and to clothe him Luke 8:27. The priest hood was clothed in righteousness, Psalms 132.9 says: Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. But this man refused to be clothed, in their righteousness. Could it be because their righteousness was not really God's righteousness?
The word says this in Ezekiel 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. Has our righteousness become another mountain to overcome?
Roman 10 states this about the righteousness of the ministry of Condemnation.
1. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Philippians 3 says
7. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
These are two passages that make the righteousness of the Law OUR righteousness not God's, and Isaiah 64:6 claims that OUR righteousness is as filthy rags. We are talking about a "Holy" commandment that came directly from the Lord; that causes the motion of sin to become manifest in our lives so that we may see our true lack. This is what Romans 7 says about the Holy commandment:
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
13. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
We are talking about ordinances that we after our first man Adam cannot live by. Man was trying to live by a nature of sin to fulfill God's righteous requirements. These requirements only stirred up the motions of sin in our flesh, and sin became stronger till the sin of disobedience finally burst forth, and snapped the chains binding him.
Later in the same chapter of Romans it states this principle this way:
15. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Here are a few other scriptures to look up for further study: Ro 3:19-20; Ro 4:15; Ro 5:13; Ro 5:20; Gal 3:10-13.
The demonic trusted all that the tombs, and the mountains were telling him for his salvation. He did not doubt any of it, and as he tried to apply the water of the word to the dust of his flesh all he ended up getting was a muddy mess. He needed a new nature, but he didn't have it in himself. James 2:10 shows that if we are working to establish our righteousness, yet offend in one point we are guilty of the whole law. The chains were all the teachings that we trust more than God for salvation.
As in weight lifting to increase your strength you need the resistance of the weight against your muscles. So likewise the law is the resistance that sin needs to become stronger. Sooner or later you and I will do just like the demonic we will break the chains that the tombs have placed upon us. When the chains of commandments finally break, then we suffer much guilt for disappointing the god of our mountain. This god is not necessarily the Lord God; but is only our vain imagination. As we perceive Jesus approaching we expect a vengeful God to draw near. We expect Him to cast us into eternal hell fire because of what the religious idols that we hold dear to our hearts have taught us. We deserve death, and we are unclean. We have broken a legion of ordinances and laws and are continually tormented by fear of punishment in hell. This is what we have received from the tombs and the mountains. Fear has totally gripped our hearts, along with all of the torment that goes with it.
The word tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind. The unclean man although he had been spending much time in church did not have any love. Nor did He have any power. Nor did he have a sound mind. He only had fear. Unfortunately we also find ourselves in the very same mess. We are stuck in fear and need a helping hand to get out. When perfect love appears then he will casts out ALL fear (I John 4:17,18): And when Jesus shows up, He does something that is so unexpected. Jesus heals the demonic and sets him free. He gives the demonized man a new right mind, the mind of Christ. And He clothes him with His righteousness (Rev 19:8. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints). He who was the perfect expression of love showed up and cast out all fears.
Because of religious teaching this man received from the tombs; he expected only torment in hell for his transgressions against all of the laws he tried to live by but miserably failed to keep. He wailed and begged Jesus to have mercy upon him. Mercy is what He received.
Cutting yourself is an expression of feeling unlean and is a form of demonic oppression that can lead into demonic possession. Find the real Jesus and the depression will cease. And you will be given His righteousness and His mind, instead of your righteousness and your feeling the need to atone for uncleaness that you can never get rid of without His blood. Hebrews chapter 8,9,10.
Grace and Peace Patrick
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