The seat of Moses involved judgement ...
13The next day,
Moses took his seat to hear the people’s disputes against each other. They waited before him from morning till evening. – Ex. 18:13
One of the issues Jesus had with the clergy of those days was their hypocrisy .... teaching and not doing themselves. Another issue He had was them adding their own rules and teaching them (commandments of men) and then also mis-teachings regarding His word ... ie teaching one could keep the commandments themselves (by their own works) and not relying on the power of God.
The purpose of the earthly sanctuary system
The result of sin is death (Romans 6:23), but God intended to teach that the sinner’s death sentence could be pardoned, and the death penalty could revert back upon the sin’s instigator.
The purpose of the sanctuary was to teach that salvation centered in Christ’s sacrifice as well as by His ministration in the heavenly sanctuary. Confession of sin (transgression of the law) and faith (that God would sanctify them) were required in this sole provision by God.
Leviticus 20:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the LORD who makes you holy (they lost sight of this) ... in essence they thought they could sanctify themselves without God.
The sanctuary lessons taught God’s perfect and complete plan for man’s salvation. The symbolism of the sacrifice was fulfilled when Jesus lived the perfect life of sacrifice and service, and then was slain as the unblemished “lamb of God.” The importance of these lessons was daily reenacted in the earthly sanctuary. These services became a reality when these types were continued by Jesus Himself in the heavenly sanctuary as our High Priest (Hebrews chapters 8 and 9).
Matthew 7:1-5
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Matthew 15:7-9
You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
I disagree ...
Read Matthew 5, 6 and 7. That’s Jesus’ sermon on the mountain.
The teachings of Jesus are relevant today for the simple reason that human nature had not changed. Times have changed but the nature we were born with has not. There is as much need for the Gospel of Truth today as ever.
Galatians 5:19–21 - (NIV) “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like”. Sound familiar?
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Numbers 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Psalm 119:89
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
God don't change ... He is truth .... all truth.
“The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me.” — John 18:37
