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@Guojing,
Here's one thing most people don't understand about the Mosaic law. The pillars of Cloud and Fire (the Shekina Glory) betokened one of the greatest reviving outpourings of the Holy Spirit in world history. When revival saturates people with holiness:
- Obedience becomes easy.
- Hence punishment for disobedience becomes more severe.
People read the Law and think, "God was harsh back then. He inflicted plagues on Israel!"
God is the same today! Nothing has changed! In 1Cor 10:1-11 Paul reminds the Corinthians that God slaughtered many Israelites. Was Paul speaking hypothetically? No! God was doing the same thing in Corinth! They had insulted the Last Supper, hence:
"For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep." (1Cor 11).
Revival is joy beyond our wildest dreams - trust me no drug addict has experienced that level of intoxication - but it is also DANGEROUS.
Secondly, God ALSO gave to Israel great prosperity. When they could AFFORD to do animal sacrifices, He expected them to. But trust me, when in later centuries a man was too poor to afford it, his heavenly Father would not condemn him for it.
Here's one thing most people don't understand about the Mosaic law. The pillars of Cloud and Fire (the Shekina Glory) betokened one of the greatest reviving outpourings of the Holy Spirit in world history. When revival saturates people with holiness:
- Obedience becomes easy.
- Hence punishment for disobedience becomes more severe.
People read the Law and think, "God was harsh back then. He inflicted plagues on Israel!"
God is the same today! Nothing has changed! In 1Cor 10:1-11 Paul reminds the Corinthians that God slaughtered many Israelites. Was Paul speaking hypothetically? No! God was doing the same thing in Corinth! They had insulted the Last Supper, hence:
"For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep." (1Cor 11).
Revival is joy beyond our wildest dreams - trust me no drug addict has experienced that level of intoxication - but it is also DANGEROUS.
Secondly, God ALSO gave to Israel great prosperity. When they could AFFORD to do animal sacrifices, He expected them to. But trust me, when in later centuries a man was too poor to afford it, his heavenly Father would not condemn him for it.
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