Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the
right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto
the circumcision.
Psalm 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
Isaiah 28:16
So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a
stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;
the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
Zechariah 10:4
From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg,
from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.
Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Luke 20:17
Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is
the meaning of that which is written: "'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone'?
1 Corinthians 3:9-11
For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field,
God's building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise
builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus
Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be
put to shame."
Revelation 21:14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them
were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Matthew 5: 17-20
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you,
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
John 5: 46
46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for
he wrote of me.47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?
Ephesians 2:19-22
Now therefore ye are
no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of
the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the
building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom
ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that
God's Spirit dwells in your midst?
Ephesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become
in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
Colossians 2:19
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole
body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God
causes it to grow.
1 Timothy 3:15
if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct
themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the
pillar and foundation of the truth.
Yeshua is the living temple of YHWH and by faith we are in
Him as He is in us. This oneness and the fact that both Messiah and the Father
abide in us by their Spirit make us also the temple of YHWH.
This is not a allegory that I have designed but the Lord and
His witnesses, the apostles, have over and over set this before us. A temple is not built as a house of cards
with rooms formed by the whim of human builders who seldom have any idea about
what is required to design a building that stands properly.
The measures and ways of the temples of stone and wood and
gold recorded in scripture are not there to awe us or even to give us a design
to rebuild them; they are a lesson that when the living temple would come we
could know and understand Him and the life He is in us.
In construction there is an order in which things must be
put together. Imagine what would happen to a temple roof built directly on the
earth. Could it hold its form over weeks, seasons, years, decades, and centuries;
or would it lose its cohesiveness and become separated, with some parts buried
in the earth, others lying in shambles, with only glimpses of the beauty it was
intended to have.
Is this not a fitting picture of the modern body of Messiah?
The beauty of Yeshuas message through the apostle Paul was intended as the
crown of His living temple in us, but men decided there was no need for pillars,
no need of a foundation, and though they claim Christ if you take away the foundation
there is no corner stone. Instead they tried to place the crown on the clay of
earthen ways and cast away all else. The result is a message that was not Paul’s
message but is the darkest and most binding teaching ever called a gospel.
It preaches a powerless Christ who loves you but just cannot
take away your sin. He paid your debt from a God who would torture his own son
to extract his vengeance and appease His wrath so that this Father would not
later kill you. We conclude that the world just cannot understand this.
The true gospel teaches a Father who loved us though we had
died by separating ourselves from Him and tried to steal, kill, and destroy His
place as our maker. A messiah who took death on himself that He could destroy
your sin and separation and give you a life shared in Him. Who neither forces
you to desire Him as a stalker would or forces you to be one with Him as a
rapist would but instead by patience, forbearing, longsuffering, kindness, and
love brings you into trust, desire, and a love that surrenders itself to Him.
So in what way is a proper living temple of YHWH formed in
us?
There is a foundation; this is Moses and the prophets with
Yeshua as the cornerstone. The cornerstone is a part of the foundation but the
foundation is formed by it. The cornerstone is the straight stone. Some teach
the foundation determined the straightness of Yeshua but this is contrary. The
cornerstone teaches what is straight in the horizontal width and length, and
the vertical that is placed on that foundation.
Moses and the prophets witnessed of Yeshua not the other way
around meaning what was written was determined by the living Messiah not the
reverse.
The strength of a foundation supports the crown (roof) by
the means of pillars. The Spirit tells of Paul being a wise master builder and
who by the Spirit does this builder say are the pillars? The authors of the
general epistles…Peter, James, John, and Jude are that which bring the strength
of the foundation upward to the heavens where the writings of Paul rest.
Men desiring to make merchandise of men’s souls have tried
to highjack the covenant that Yeshua established with Israel and grafted us
into as something that is not Jewish. The Jews did not bring forth Messiah, but
the seed brought forth the nation. They are His womb, He is their Father would
he dishonor His mother and Father and cast them off is YHWH a hypocrite. NO
The scripture shows the importance of these epistles, regardless
of men’s opinion, and so I would endeavor to bring to you a general overview of
these writings.
In feel YHWH leading me to this so I will lean to His
ability to speak through His children His words. I say that because there is so
much understanding to be had from these relatively short epistles that I fear
making short post will miss something.
Yet even as I write this the Spirit puts me to remembrance
fear not only believe.
