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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<font size="3"><b>ROMANS 9:4-5 - OVERVIEW - 8 BLESSINGS OF ISRAEL</b></font></u><font size="3"></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>Because Gentiles have been grafted
into the Jewish Roots, we now share with them these 8 blessings. In
Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek. In Christ we are together “One
New Man.” In Christ we are both parts of His Spiritual Body. This
is the Mystery of the Gospel which it was given to Paul to share with
the Church. As Apostle to the Gentiles, himself a Jew from the
Sanhedrin - he held a position altogether unique. 14 of the epistles
of the NT were authored by him, over ½ the books of the NT. Almost
all of these 14 letters were primarily addressed to Gentiles. Hebrews
was uniquely directed towards his fellow Jewish believers. It is
important for Gentiles to understand that Romans 11 lays out for us
our Gospel debt to Jews. Nations who understand and honor this are
blessed. The opposite is true. <u>This</u> is perhaps the chief of
the Gospel <u>Mysteries</u> given to Paul, and has yet to find full
fulfillment. Note also how these 8 blessings tend to overlap. </font>
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<font size="3"><b>1. ADOPTION - huio-theSIa - Strong #5206 - 5x in NT
appearance. It comes from 2 Greek words: </b><span style>huiOS
- meaning son - 382x - and TIth</span><u><span style>e</span></u><span style>-mi
meaning a placing. By all means look up this Strong's reference, as
it contains rich material. It is </span><u><span style>not</span></u><span style>
a Western concept. See “Our Father Abraham” by Dr. Marvin R.
Wilson under his chapter of “Block Thinking.” It is just the
opposite to Greek Hellenistic Lineal thinking. The Bible is an
Eastern book, and its teaching, especially the Parables, center on
this concept. Every Jewish boy had to be adopted by his own father
when he came to maturity, and then he became a partner with his
father. It then would become “Isaac and Son,” as it were. Our
Western concept of “adoption” is foreign to the Bible. Perhaps
“Sanctification” as pertaining to full discipleship, is parallel
to Biblical Adoption for Gentiles. Suffice it to say - This great
blessing to Israel is now shared with us Gentiles in the “One New
Man”, the Church, the Body of Christ.</span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>2. GLORY - DOxa - Strong #1391 - 168x.</b></font></p>
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<font size="3">This is one of the most difficult concepts for Gentiles
to grasp as it relates to God. Howbeit - if one goes to the “net”
on the “Shekinah glory”, as called by the Jews - there are
<u>innumerable</u> references, but hardly in line with the original
Hebrew meaning. Moses prayed to God, <b>“Show me Your glory,” </b></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">Exodus 33:18,<b>
</b>which God did in a 13-fold manner, equating His Glory with the
revelation of His Name - Exodus 34:6-7 (34:1-9) <b>“And Jehovah
passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness
and truth; </b><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><b>7</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>the
guilty</b></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>,
visiting the iniquity of the father's upon the children, upon the
third and upon the fourth generation.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>This
is </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>the
revelation of God's nature in the thirteen attributes.</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>.
“God's ways” are not proclaimed unto Moses in the thirteen
characteristic qualities of the Divine Nature. The Rabbis held that
there are thirteen distinct attributes in these two verses; though
there are differences as to their precise enumerations. </span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">1
& 2. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>the
LORD, the LORD. </i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style>Ye-h</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><u><span style>o</span></u></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>VAH,
Ye-h</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><u><span style>o</span></u></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>VAH.
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Ye-h</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>o</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>VAH
denotes God in His attributes of mercy: and the repetition is
explained in the Talmud as meaning, 'I am the merciful God before a
man commits a sin, and I am the same merciful and forgiving God after
a man has sinned. Whatever change has to be wrought, must be in the
heart of the sinner; not in the nature of the Deity. He is the same
after a man has sinned, as He was before a man has sinned.”</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">God.
</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>el.
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
all-mighty Lord of the Universe, Ruler of Nature and mankind.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">merciful.
</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>raCHUM;
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>full
of affectionate sympathy for the sufferings and miseries of human
frailty.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and
gracious. </span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ve-chanNUN</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>;
assisting and helping; consoling the afflicted and raising up the
oppressed. In man these two qualities manifest themselves fitfully
and temporarily; It is otherwise with God; in Him, compassion and
grace are permanent, inherent and necessary emanations of His nature.
Hence, He alone can be spoken of as </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>raCHUN
ve-chanNUN </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>(Mendelssohn).</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">long-suffering.
</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Or,
'slow to anger.' Heb. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Erech
apPAYim; </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>not
hastening to punish the sinner, but affording him opportunities to
retrace his evil courses.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">abundant
in goodness. </span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Or,
plenteous in mercy. Heb. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>rav
CHEsed; </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>granting
His gifts and blessings beyond the desserts of man. This is the
“fulcrum” or middle-point of these 13 attributes.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">8.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and
truth. </span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ve-eMET</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>;
eternally true to Himself, pursuing His inscrutable plans for the
salvation of mankind, and rewarding those who are obedient to His
will. Note that “CHEsed”, lovingkindness, precedes “eMET”
truth, both here and generally throughout Scripture; as if to say,
“Speak the truth by all means; but be quite sure that you speak the
truth in love.”</span></span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">9.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">keeping
mercy unto the thousandth generation.</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>n</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><u><span style>o</span></u></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>TZER
CHEsed LAe-la-fim;</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Remembering the good deeds of the ancestors to the thousandth
generation, and reserving reward and recompense to the remotest
descendants.</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">10.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">forgiving
iniquity. </span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>n</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><u><span style>o</span></u></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>SEH
aV</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>O</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>N;
bearing with indulgence the failings of man, and by forgiveness
restoring him to the original purity of his soul. The Heb. for
“iniquity” is aV</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>O</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>N;
sins committed from evil disposition. </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>YEtzer
haRAH - </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>is
a Hebrew term of this difficult human disposition.</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">11.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">transgression.
</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>PEsha;
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>evil
deeds springing from malice and rebellion against the Divine.</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">12.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">sin.
</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Heb.
</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>chat-taAH;</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
shortcomings due to heedlessness and error.</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">13.
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">will
by no means clear the guilty. </span></i></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>i.e.
He will not allow the guilty to pass unpunished. Heb. </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ve-nakKEY
lo ye-nakKEY. </span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
Rabbis explain: </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>ve-nakKEY
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>acquitting
- the penitent; </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>lo
ye-nakKEY</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
but not acquitting - the impenitent. He is merciful and gracious and
forgiving; but He will never obliterate the eternal and unbridgeable
distinction between light and darkness, between good and evil. God
cannot leave repeated wickedness and obstinate persistence in evil
entirely unpunished. His goodness cannot destroy His justice. The
sinner must suffer the consequences of his misdeeds. The unfailing
and impartial consequences of sin help man to perceive that there is
no 'chance' in morals. The punishments of sin are thus not
vindictive, but remedial.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style> </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>visiting
... upon the children.</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
See Ex. 20:5. This law relates only to the consequences of sin.
Pardon is not the remission of the </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>penalty</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
but the forgiveness of the guilt and the removal of the sinfulness.
The misdeeds of those who are God's enemies are visited only to the
third and fourth generation, whereas His mercy to those who love Him
is unto a thousand generations.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"> (The above notes are largely
taken from “The Pentateuch and Haftorahs” edited by J. H. Hertz,
Second Edition, 1971.)</font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
COVENANTS - di-aTH</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>E</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">k</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
- Strong's #1242, 33x.</span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">See Genesis 12, 15, 17. Here we
see the progression for the key Old Testament Covenant that God made
with Abraham. In chapter 12 He issues His call, and the three-fold
separation He required of Abraham. In Chapter 15 by laying out the
unusual sacrifice, and at sundown having a furnace and a torch pass
between the divided pieces, He here assures Abram (whose name is not
changed until the true covenant in chapter 17) that his servant
Eliezer will not be his heir, but that from Sarai he will have a true
heir. Also, Abram was almost asleep when God in Icon form as Father
and Son walked through the pieces, not Abram, signifying that this
was an unconditional promise that did not depend upon Abram at all.
It isn't till we reach Genesis 17 that the Real Covenant is reached -
all up to this point is preliminary. The circumcision of Abram and
all the males of his family is key that validated the covenant. The
change of name from Abram to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah, is most
significant. Here God added to their names the letter “cheth”,
which is associated with “life.” When we say Yeshua Chai - Jesus
Lives - we are emphasizing this point. It was following the change of
names by “Life” being inserted, that the bodies of now Abraham
and Sarah, became rejuvenated, and in 9 months Isaac was born when
Abraham was 100 and Sarah 91. Not only was this a double miracle, but
a triple one, for God revealed the sex of Isaac prior to his birth,
and he was one of eight named before his birth.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"> The
New Covenant of New Testament, is the Old fulfilled through the
birth of Jesus. This Covenant is vastly superior to the Abrahamic,
for Jesus inaugurates the Church, the One New Man, His Spiritual Body
- and through the now Indwelling Holy Spirit, all promises of the Old
Covenant are not viable, and open to Gentiles as well as Jews. Vastly
different!</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>4. GIVING OF THE LAW -
no-mo-theSIa - Strong #3548, 1x. The Torah here really means
“Teaching.”</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="JUSTIFY"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>This</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
is a temporary tiding over through types and shadows - until “Grace
and Truth” came through the New Covenant in Jesus Christ - to
replace the Law of Moses. And yet - all of the moral law under Old
Testament Torah is now viable through the Holy Spirit. See Jeremiah
31:31-33 (31:31-34) - </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Behold,
the days come, says Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">32</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the
day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto
them, says Jehovah. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">33</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says Jehovah: I will put my law (T</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>O</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">rah,
Teaching) in their inward parts, and in their heart </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>will
I write it</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>What
Israel could </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>not</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
do in keeping the Old Covenant T</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>O</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>rah,
Teaching, because the Holy Spirit, the Promise of the Father was not
given until Jesus provided the “Finished Work” of His Atonement -
now under the New Covenant, Jew </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>and
Gentile</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
can keep the Torah because of the indwelling Spirit. At
this point, it is most important to note Hebrews 8:6 - </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
now has he (Jesus) obtained a ministry the more superior; by so much
as he is also mediator of a </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>better
covenant</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
which has been </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>enacted</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
(ne-no-moTHEt</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">-tai)
upon better promises.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Dr.
David Stern in his “Complete Jewish Bible” translates this word
“enacted” this way - “God has </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">constituted
as </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>Torah</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the New Covenant based upon these </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>better
promises</u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>This
means that in God's sight, “The New Covenant” is on the same
level as the entire Old Testament or Covenant. Messianic Jews accept
this. One day Orthodox Jews will also! The word “ne-no-moTHEt</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><span style>e</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>-tai”
appears only this once in the NT. We should unite in prayer that all
believers and all Jews will have their eyes opened to see and discern
the importance of this concept from God's viewpoint.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>5. WORSHIP - laTREIa -
Strong #2999, 5x.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
tribe of Levi led in this, and is largely laid out in the book of
Leviticus, and the Tabernacle Worship as set forth by Moses. Under
David and Samuel, Levi again in the Temple built by Solomon, led in
this. The book of Psalms, mostly by David, but half by Asaph and
other Levites, provided the basis for this wonderful worship. But
after Pentecost, an entirely new type of worship arose. We now offer
sacrifices to God by the fruit of our lips offering vocal praise and
worship, and presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, whether Jew
or Gentile. See Romans 12:1-2 for this picture. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of :God, </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>to
present your :bodies a living sacrifice;</b></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
(a whole burnt offering or holocaust) holy, well-pleasing to God,
your </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b>spiritual
service</b></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>.
</b></span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>2</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
And be not fashioned according to this age: but be transformed by the
renewing of the mind, that you may prove what </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>is</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of :God.” </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Rees
Howells, Intercessor” by Norman P. Grubb, shows what it is like to
be </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>possessed</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
by the Holy Spirit, and prepared by God for true laTREIa or worship.
Again, Gentiles now are grafted into their Jewish Roots, and can
equally share with them in this high privilege.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>6. PROMISES - e-pag-geLIa -
Strong #1860, 53x.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
is closely connected with Covenant, which is the basis. The </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>great</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Promise of the Father is the Holy Spirit, all based on Messiah's
Atonement. See Acts 1:4 (1:1-5), </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>“And,
being assembled with </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>them</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait </b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><b>for
the promise of the Father</b></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
which you have heard from me.”</b></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Yet
- take </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>all</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the Promises of the New Testament, and apply them. Don't settle for a
“break-through” - go on to </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>possess</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the land! </span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>Now!</u></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>7. THE FATHERS - paTEres -
Strong #3962, 419x</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Gentiles
can now do research on Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and even Joseph. We
are now grafted in with Jews into the blessing that is inherent here.
Look at the 12 tribes of Israel that come from Jacob. Here too
Gentiles can glean areas of their inheritance. So though the
patriarchs at the time were </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>special</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
for Israel, all that is involved here, is under the New Covenant, for
the One New Man. Look up Embryonic Truths on our Website, and find 12
Restored Truths linked with the 12 Tribes of Israel, rich with
insight and blessing for you and me.</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>8. CHRIST - MESSIAH -
ChrisTOS - Strong #5547, 569x.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">According
to the flesh (SARka</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>),
Jesus as the Son of Man is our Messiah. He was born </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>to
die</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
- for both Jew and Gentile. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>This</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>is
the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>Mystery</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
of the Gospel that God reserved for the Apostle Paul to reveal to the
Church through his many epistles. As a Jew with rabbinical
background, yet he was the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>Apostle
to the Gentiles</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
by the will of God. Jesus as God in the flesh is a hateful concept to
Satan, for it spells his eventual and certain doom Christ comes from
CHRI</span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>o</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
Anointed, Strong #5548, 5x. MaSHIach - Anointed One - </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>Above</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
His fellows, is the Hebrew word. The </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style>Fullness</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
of the Godhead bodily indwelt Jesus. His earthly life as Son of Man
started in Nazareth and Bethlehem, but His eternal life was evermore
with the Father - Before Abraham was, Jesus said, </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><b>“I
AM”</b></u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>.
Jesus left His eternal relationship to take on identification with
us, and as Son of Man, fulfilled Old Testament Scriptures and brought
Redemption to the human race, and reconciliation for us with God. In
Gethsemane as Son of Man - He questioned the cup of Calvary passing
from Him - but immediately repudiated the thought as impossible, for
for that very reason He became man and entered into this world.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">CONCLUSION:
Romans 9-11 should be mastered by every Gentile. Chapter 11 is often
a portion of ignorance for much of the church, but ought not to be.
These 8 words of Romans 9 above are so rich for Jews, but equally
rich for us Gentiles. Let us master and walk in these truths with
increasing understanding and application. I have been working on
this, plus 13 other natural NT outlines since 1967. I keep updating
them from time to time. Now I want to personally meditate over these
8 points for both Jews and Gentiles in the “One New Man”. Join
with me if this appeals to you. Today, March 5, 2012, makes me 88
years and 8 months. It is time I get back into this. I see the Tribe
of Reuben as a link with our Jewish Roots, and a link with Romans
9-11, and these 8 points. J.A.Watt</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">
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