I think there’s a natural conscience in men. That’s what the second and third chapters of Genesis mean. It’s just, that conscience gets blurry when people start to try and justify sin. And that creates confusion, where people can’t understand right from wrong, which leads to corruption, violence, and even wars, plagues and famines as judgments from God.
So the 10 Commandments weren’t to say, “This is so because God said it.” God magnified His word above His name. His law is involuble, even by Himself. Like a King in Ancient Babylon or Persia, they didn’t go back on their decrees. God can’t contradict His law.
What is true, is that there were two covenants. One given to the Jews, through Moses, which was to largely condemn the world of its sin—it’s an indictment and judgment against the whole world, if you read it, which is why the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy have such cringy laws, that seem to support genocide and slavery, as those are the judgments of God measured out against all sin, against every nation. Which further gets described in the Prophets, the judgments they will suffer. Up to and including Israel, Judah and Ephraim. So, the Curse of the Law is judgment against all sin, and only Christ could Live according to that sinless, and thereby become Corban as our Sacrifice for sins, like Abrahm was promised at Jehovah-Jireh God would provide the Sacrifice in stead of Isaac.
The Second Covenant or New Covenant prophesied in Jeremiah and Isaiah and Ezekiel, is through Abraham’s seed, so it’s the Seed that blesses all the nations. It’s a new law, therefore a new priesthood, under the order of Melchizedek, therefore a Priesthood outside of Levi, and given to David’s sprout, as is prophesied by Zechariah, that Jesus would reign both Priest and King, which was unlawful when Uziah did it, while he was stricken with leprosy. And this New Covenant is extended to the Gentiles, and is a law of Natural Religion, and atonement in the sacrefice of Christ Jesus's blood. Not paid for oblations to God in empty ritual, but rather through moral adherence and charity toward one another. And as Ezekiel said, “I gave them statutes which were not good, and laws by which they could not live.” Those laws relating to War and the judgment of the nations, which Israel was tasked to do, but failed, therefore Judgment was forfeited from Israel and given to God’s Son.
Category: Christian Midrash
Midrash on the End Days
You hear any “Yahuah” talk, you just don’t listen. That’s a cult. His name is Jesus. That’s the name handed to us, by the apostolic succession, including Paul and Barnabas. That’s the name. There is no other name.
The Sabbath was not lasting 1000 years. The Sabbath, the Millennial Kingdom, hasn’t begun yet. It will after Miggedo is fought, and all the nations surround Israel, conquer it, and then the LORD will return with 144,000 saints who’ve never sinned like Him, to conquer the armies of Satan, which will be the entire unbelieving world.
Then, after the Millennial Kingdom, Satan will be released, and the War of Gog and Magog will be fought. And that will be worse than the battle of Miggedo. And God will destroy Satan once and for all. And create a New Heavens and New Earth, where there will never be any tears, bloodshed or anger. It will be perfect in every way, and Zion will descend and there will be a world without end, where the saints will rest in Zion. And be comforted on all sides.
Believe on Jesus. There is no salvation in any other name. He’ll be born of the Virgin Daughter of Zion, and be attacked by Satan, but the Earth will stop Satan, and the Daughter will be carried away on Eagle’s wings to a safe place where she will find rest, and her son will be taken to heaven, where He’ll return and wage war against Satan and his armies.
Another Midrash
LORD, You are creator of man, and beast. You are supreme above all other living things. You make the waves, and they do not transgress the bounds. They are turbulent, and rage, and destroy, for LORD, You are wrathful with the sons of men. They have transgressed Your holy covenant, and taught mankind to speak lies. Where shall the seed of the blessed reside? Is it not in your golden palaces and streets? Shall they drink the honeycomb and milk? Shall they eat the bread, the manna from heaven? Shall they drink the waters which are alive? Shall they eat the fruit of life? Yes, LORD, if they continue in well doing, and doing what is good. They shall have a spirit to call upon You. If not, they shall forget You and Your law, and cast it behind them. Their conscience shall be seared, and they will be lionesses searching for prey, and dogs eating the dung, and tearing the bodies in the war. They shall be the fowl above, the vultures and eagles, eating the strings of bloody carrion, which lay rotten from the dead waste. That shall be the inheritance of those who dishonor Your statutes and make not the Law their delight.
Another Midrash
Eve tempted Adam to eat from the fruit after being tempted by the Serpent, and God set forth a redemption plan, to have her seed crush the Serpent’s Head, when he bruised the Seed’s heels. That Abraham had a son, Isaac, and was called to sacrifice him, but God stayed His hand, and told Abraham He would provide the sacrifice and that Abraham’s seed would bless all the nations. That Jacob wrestled with God, and prevailed, and received the blessing that the deliverer of the World would come from his seed. That Moses led the Children of Jacob out of Egypt, and into the Wilderness, and then Joshua, his predecessor, conquered the land of Canaan after Moses died. That David, the King of Israel, was issued a decree that he would have a seed that would sit on the Throne of Israel forever. That this Seed is God’s Son, made manifest in the Flesh. That He came and lived a perfect moral example for us to follow, and set down a Law so magnificent, it is superior to 30 sages. That He died and raised from the Dead, and His followers witnessed Him raised from the dead, and died believing it, sometimes unbelievable deaths. That He will return one day, being born of Zion, and be swiftly called up to the clouds, and return with 144,000 saints to slay all the sinners of the world at Armageddon. That He will live and reign on the Earth for 1,000 years, and then defeat Satan and Death in the Battle of Gog and Magog, by consuming the hordes numbered greater than the sands of the Sea with fire. And then He will marry New Jerusalem, which descends from the clouds, and is a city more glorious than we can imagine.
Another Midrash
[T]he law condemns everyone, for it’s the punishment of God meted out against all sin, and that Christ redeemed us from it, through His blood. By having Christ, that law is no longer in effect for us, so we live by grace, but without Christ that Law will condemn us in the flesh, and destroy us in the slavery of our sin. For Christ is a New Priesthood, and with a change of Priesthood and Covenant—through Abraham’s seed—comes a change of law.
Another Midrash
God why do You make a mockery of me, when I just tell the nations the truth? Why do You give me into their hands, and cause them to have their way, and cause my vision to fail? Do You love sin? Do You love oppression and violence? Why do You cause the sinner to rejoice, and the repentant to be in misery? Why do You cause trouble for the righteous, and give a smooth way to the wicked? Selah… I know… for there is no righteous judgment in the land, and sin is elevated, therefore the righteous suffer, and must so until Thou establish truth again. Why do the selfish and abominable get their meat, and those who have waited for You for decades find themselves about to be cast out in shame? Why do You let the dogs have love, and the patient saints, who would do good with Your gifts, why do You cause them to pine after Your commandments? Do You favor the wicked? Selah. No, it is that the judgment is nigh the land, and the thieves, liars, dogs and sorcerers shall be brought to an end. For while my drink is shortened, and my needs are not met, You plentifully give shelter to the wicked, and I ask why? Why do You show favor to the wicked? Why do lies get established, and why is the truth cast down? Why are strange things being done, and nobody tells the truth? And the one who tells the truth, You strike as if a false prophet, and all Your people mock? No, LORD, establish me, for I am Your Servant and have not lied. Yet You gave me over to the Accusers and mockers, and have not established me. Yet, You shall at the time appointed, return and establish judgment. For I am Your servant. And I shall perpetually worship You. For You are good, and I seek Your face so mercy shall be set aside for me, great and tall, and I shall drink of living waters, and eat the fruit of life.
A Midrash
Why do you worry about crucifixes, Christmas and pork, when you smoke Marijuana and hate your brethren, and curse with every fiber of your being? Do figs get gathered from thorn bushes, or grapes from thistles? Does not a prophet bear good fruit, and not bitter poisons of hatred, slander and hard heartedness? If righteousness could be offered by observing dead rites and rituals, why didn’t it deliver the Pharisees who were before you? No, they were condemned before Christ. If those rituals could save you, then neglect peace, love and forgiveness, why then I’d account it rubbish and worthless religion. Rather, Christ did away with the Old Testament, in place of a New, so men could worship freely through Charity and not wasted oblations.
Another Midrash
Oh my people! Repentance is coming into the land. The Sodomite is no longer elevated, yet a king's design is for war. Jeremiah was taken down to Prison--he was a captive in his own home--and he said, "Do not go to Egypt." Yet, they forced him there, and he did what he could, destroying even himself. And his soul was tormented by the envy of the demons. Why were you tossing on your bed, and meditating on suicide? Oh Jonah! Why did Nineveh repent in ashes? False Messiahs raise up in the land... I have seen it... yet this is not the end. This is the birth pangs, but my people, when you see that man of lawlessness, you shall be caught up, and never see suffering again. The LORD shall preserve you, if you call upon His name, and trust in Him. The King's King is destroying the LORD's evidence, and is making confusion. Have faith, and believe... for the Law is still good and wise, and speaks to our current times. Heed carefully, and repent, and follow the course of love, and curse not anymore. For by curses you shall live, yet if you repent, and curse no more, you shall be saved. Curse not, I say! Oh foolish Christians, you idly speak your curses over all, and have maddened the heart of saints, and made him sad, whom the LORD had not made sad. Cheer up the king, and say, "Cut off from you the wicked stem, that stem of Edom, and come, eat and drink, and let the next generation take up the lament!" Yet he would not. Oh, what shall I do for you, Israel? What shall I do for you sheep of Christ? I say, repent of your curses, and do not idly prophesy, and do not speak burdens, for the burden be upon you, and every man's word be his rule. Repent of your curses, and curse not the king. And curse not the government. And curse not your enemies. Yet you would not. For the king was cursed, by whom? By himself. For he took a good man, and made him crazy, and took his soul into chains, and maddened him profoundly... and he cut off all hope of success. Therefore, free this man from his debt, by forgiving him. Yet you would not. Therefore, his debt shall surely be freed by the LORD, for while he was in captivity, you came and confused him even more--every time, you came and made a weak mind bitter, one who needed healing, and you maddened him with your curses, and made him sign oaths he did not understand. Thus, his oaths be upon you. Do not curse in the land, for the land is full of cursing, and the king observes times, and prophesies falsely. Therefore, curse not, but bless in your heart and soul, and perhaps a grain offering shall be in you. For Jeremiah was innocent, and taken down to the slough, and put there, and brought back up into the courts by a rag. Do not put Jeremiah in prison, let Isaiah eat. Yet you would not. You wounded Ariel and you wounded Hephzibah. And you made them sad, whom the LORD was not making sad, but no, encouraged. And you sought to give the world to a good man, but he rejected it. And he still does. For a prophet speaks on the troubles of his time. Leave him be... do not burden him more than he needs, for his heart is scared and does not know if he is right or wrong. He does not perceive, though it all happen right before his eyes, and yet it is hidden.
Another Midrash
LORD, Deborah is glorious, and her battles are fierce. Zebulon writes and aides her in the battle with his pen, and turns the enemy at the gate. But Lo! False seers have maddened Gideon! Don't you see! He was destined to deliver your people, but the false apostles came, and with their fleshly dreams, gave a vision to Gideon, but he won his war. Yet, the spirit of Gideon was wrong from that very moment onward, and he had made an idol out of the golden rings. And he turned all Israel a whoring after gold and filthy riches--for he was mighty. And even greater than that, he declined to be king, thus was half righteous. What shall be done, when I see this spirit changing the lands? And Adam is no longer satisfied by his wife's bosom? Shall we whore after money and gold? Or shall we idolize gold and money? Shall we seek after our portion here? Yes, return oh Israel, and you may have a portion here, as well. Return with your whole heart, and Joel's vision may come to pass, that a meat sacrifice is left in the valley. Do not, oh do not follow after the dreamers, for all dreams are vain. All men shall dream dreams, and the prophets shall see visions--trust in those--but not in false visions which give the spirit of Gideon's false counsel, for the counsel should come from sobriety and not a yoke of delusion. For though the vision comes to pass, it has come from erring mouths, and many such like soothsayers have entered into the congregation, speaking cursing, speaking blessing, dreaming dreams, and causing madness to wreak havoc on the land by their own enchantments. And they have maddened true prophets by their cursing, through many griefs and sorrows! Repent, oh Israel, and let blessing come from your mouth, and not idle curses or idle lies. Repent! Do not any longer teach your prophets to prophesy, unless they receive divine vision. How does one know divine vision? There is peace, and not confusion. There are words of encouragement, and not error. There is not vain and deluded babbling, or curses which curse a good man, and make the man sad whom the LORD had not made sad. Repent! In ashes! Lest bloodguilt be upon you all!
I saw the King scheming, to win his battle, and he had made a massive blunder. He thought no one saw him... and he schemed. For his enemies were truly more powerful than he was, and he was there, scheming. Do not scheme, but let the time come in its moment. Do what is timely in the moment, oh Kings, and not through your scheming. For, scheming backfires and leads the whole land into sorrows, and it leads to wars not paradise. Do not scheme, oh kings, and Prophets do not curse, save it is to enact repentance in the soul. Israel was ashamed of his counsel, and sore vexed by his shameful deeds. The king was maddened by Israel's prophecies, and the whole world too, yet it was the fat Heifers of Samaria who maddened Israel first, and had taught him how to curse. Rebuke them, and not him... for they came to him while in bonds, and taught him error and corrupted his mind in its weakness. Let the LORD purify him, and he shall be made new. Israel shall know God's peace, said the LORD.
A Midrash of Mine
LORD of the Sabbath, King of Kings, I, yes I, I speak to Thee in the valley of suffering and doubt. It is not You, Oh LORD, Who I doubt, but myself; yet Thy manifold blessings toward me are endless, yet my heart does not perceive them. Why, LORD, doth the sinner prosper? Why does the unrighteous man bear many children? Why do the wicked go in companies, and destroy the fruits of the righteous, and say, “God does not see!” They force Your people to curse with their cruel sciences, and they teach wicked laws, and repentance is far from them. Their lips are nowhere near You, and their hearts are hidden in deep and wicked counsels against the LORD.
Who, LORD, shall hold them accountable? Is Your Law of no effect? Does the righteous man go to hell, and the sinner get saved? Does he who gives his substance to the poor, is he now cursed, and the stingy man blessed? Is the witch and warlock who curses and makes enchantments over Your elect, and Your divine inheritance, are they now right before Your eyes, and Your people cast off like a dead branch, for wanting to serve You, and honor Your Law? Is the righteous in perpetual doubt, because of You, that You bless the wicked, and give the saints ashes and humble them, and turn all their wisdom to ashes, and Adam himself says, “My wife is no longer worthy” for as Clement says, “Envy, all are envious of the positions of divine authority.” So he says to me, “Be small, and little among the church.” LORD, I am small, and I am stricken and seen as lame by all around me, and a man not to be trusted. Yet, what I speak is for You, and You have given me into the hands of mine enemies, and have given them freedom to destroy me to the very core of my being. For what cause? Because I tried to honor You with every substance I had, and my full time, and the witch had enchanted me in the diner saying, “Do not accomplish thy work, do not seek God, but lay your burden to the plough, and maim yourself, so you can become Antichrist like us.” LORD, they sought my life, and sought to lay the burden to my soul, but I was steadfast, and am patiently awaiting my answer. Hephzibah shall be given to Your servants, and Beulah to Your chosen, and one requisite there is for salvation, and only one, and that is to call upon the name of Jesus, whom Barnabas confirms. Ignatius says, “Yes, where is it written?” For the volume of the Book is a witness of You, and I shall honor You with my whole heart, and my whole soul, and my whole strength, and do the things which are pleasing in Your sight, by seeking You day and night, and saying to the world, “Thou art a fecal draped garment in woman’s blood, and the seed of an ass.” Therefore, I shall not seek it at all, but shall live at peace in my heart with all men. Mine enemy and my friend, and speak blessing over the congregation forever, for I shall say to the witch, “You cursed me, but I do not curse you.” I shall say to the sick, “Thou art sick, but I fear not thine disease, for the LORD is with me.” I shall say to the poor, “Heap up warmth, and I will give you what little substance I have.” I shall say to the false seer who warned me of naught but her own foolish burden, “Why do you curse me and my work, and make me an offender? When I seek God plainly? Need not an ox eat while it is threshing the field? Should I ask you to confirm the message twice, which you would not do? And therefore, have lost much time and energy not knowing what way to prosper? Even you, I do not hold you accountable, for we are all taught to lie, and all men are liars. Even I, even I. I am not burdened.” I shall say to the King, “Stand your arms down, stand your arms down, but fight the good fight, fight the good fight… we need not to enflame kings any longer, but rather need mercy on the battlefront, and to yield fruit for our allies.”