The
Law Given to Israel!
John D. LaVier
The first word of 2nd Timothy 2:14 is the word “study.” This is the Greek spoudazo and means to give diligence, to labor, etc. For what are we to givediligence, to be ambitious to attain? The answer is that we are to earnestly striveto stand approved before God, and not to be a workman who is negligent and whoblushes for shame. However, if we want God’s approval it is important that weknow what it is that He desires and expects of us, and there is only one place toacquire this knowledge and that is the Word of truth. We may therefore aptlyapply this word “study” to the Holy Scriptures. We are to be diligent students ofthe Word, gaining an intimate knowledge of it and walking in obedience to it.Further, this verse tells us we are to rightly divide the Word of truth. What is meant by that? It means we are to recognize there are certain divisions in the word, called dispensations, and the instructions given to God’s people in one dispensation may not be binding on His people in another.
Perhaps the word “dispensation” may not be too familiar to some, although it is a Bible word. A more common term would be the word “administration.” All are aware that when there is a change of the administration at Washington there may be changes in the laws governing the conduct of the citizens. What may have been the law of the land under one administration may no longer be valid in another. Thus it is with the dispensational distinctions in the Word. The laws which govern the Lord’s people in one dispensation may not be binding on His people when the dispensation has changed and a new set of rules has been given. We are not to assume that wherever we open the Bible to read the Lord is speaking directly to us. We must take into consideration the time, or dispensation, and the ones who are being addressed. All Scripture is for us, and profitable, but not all Scripture is addressed directly to us. There are some things common to all dispensations, while other things may be quite different. In rightly dividing we are the test the things that differ and certainly two things that differ greatly are law andgrace. This present lesson will deal with the former, the law, and will note whatthe Scripture has to say in its regard. The law in view is the law given to Moses at Sinai for the children of Israel. Many think only of the ten commandments whenthe law is mentioned, but it included much more, it also embraced the ceremonial law with its multitudinous rules and rites and ceremonies.
The holy writerdescribed this law program when he said, “Which stood only in meats and drinksand divers washings (baptisms), and carnal (fleshly) ordinances, imposed on themuntil the times of reformation” (Hebrews 9:10). Paul refers to it as “the Jews’religion” (Galatians 1:13).
Romans 5:13-14 refers to a period from Adam to Moses. This covered the first 2500 years of man’s history and during this time there was no law. About 1490 B.C. the law entered (Romans 5:20) and this was shortly after Israel’s deliverance from the Egyptian bondage. The opening verses of Exodus 20 relate to this: “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” God is here speaking to Abraham’s seed, the nation Israel. God never brought any Gentiles out of the land of Egypt so He is not speaking to them. Here God gives Israel the commandments judgments and ordinances which were to govern the national, moral, social and religious life of the nation.
Sin was in the world prior to the entrance of the law, but the law was not givento take away sin. Quite the contrary. The law was given that the offence might abound (Romans 5:20) and that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful (Romans 7:13). All the law could do was to show man his sinful condition and his inability to attain by his own doing to the righteousness whicGodemands. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). God’s glory has been revealed in a perfect law and in the only perfect Man who ever perfectly kept that perfect law. Measured by either of these all have come short. “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). Notice, by the law is simply the knowledge of sin. By Adam was the entrance of sin, by Moses the knowledge of sin, and by Christ alone is the forgiveness of sin. The law was like a mirror. A mirror reveals a dirty face but another cleansing agent is needed to be rid of the dirt. The law reveals man’s sin but the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ is needed to be cleansed from that sin.
The law was given to Israel and included the whole legal system with its commandments, rites, offerings, sabbath keeping, etc. No Gentiles were ever under the law. The law was Israel’s schoolmaster (pedagogue) or child conductor to bring them up to, or until, Christ. The law was never intended to be permanent. Galatians 3:19 says it was added and verse 26 states it was only needed until Christ. To what was it added? It was added to the promises and the covenant made with Abraham and his seed, and it was only to be in force until the advent of Messiah. When Messiah came the pedagogue, child trainer, would no longer be necessary. Sadly, when Messiah came the nation did not receive Him, and as a result have experienced this long period of rejection when they are Lo-ammi, not recognized as God’s people.
When the Lord Jesus was here in the flesh as Israel’s long-awaited Messiah and King, He was here as one under the law. Galatians 4:4 reads: “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.” In Luke 2 we have the story of His birth and in that chapter the law is mentioned five times. When Jesus was eight days old He was circumcised according to the law. Forty days after His birth He was taken to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord and this was according to the law. He was a firstborn son and so an offering was required, and they brought either a pair of turtledoves ortwo young pigeons. Why did His parents bring this particular type of offering? In Leviticus 12:8 we read: “And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons.” Because they brought the latter it is evident they were poor, and this indicates the Magi had not yet visited them, bringing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Later, as Jesus was about to begin His public ministry He came obediently as one under the law to be baptized of John at Jordan. When John remonstrated, Jesus replied, “Suffer it to be sonow; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.” He was careful to fulfil all the righteous requirements of the law. We discern from Luke 4:16 that His custom was to worship at the synagogue on the sabbath day as prescribed by the Mosaic law. Those under the law were to be obedient to their religious leaders and Jesus reminded His listeners of this. “Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat; all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do” (Matthew 23:1-3).
In the reference to Moses’ seat the word for seat is kathedra, a seat or throne of authority. It is true that Jesus was here under the law, but we are not under the aw and we do not follow Him in any of these things.
They were under the law administration at that time and we are not.
The mistake made by many is to assume that the death and resurrection of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit brought an end to the dispensation of law and ushered in the dispensation of grace. This is certainly not so. The dispensation of grace for us Gentiles did not begin with Peter on a Jewish feast day preaching to a Jewish audience and using the keys to open the door to kingdom blessings. In his salutation in Acts 1:1 Luke says, “The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.” What Jesus began in the gospel account He continued, at least for a season, to do inthe book of Acts. The law regime continued in operation. Many years after Pentecost the Apostle Paul visited Jerusalem and the church elders there said to him, “thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe;and they are all zealous of the law” (Acts 21:20). Most of these Jews were perhaps among the thousands converted at Pentecost and later through the ministry of Peter and the Twelve. They were zealots for the law, following Moses, but they were believers. They believed that Jesus of Nazareth, who died on the cross and was raised from the dead, was their rightful King. They were saved under the gospel of circumcision and entertained a kingdom hope in which they continued. Meanwhile, Paul had been sent with the gospel of the uncircumcision to the Gentiles and this twofold program continued during the remainder of Acts, the transition period, with the one fading out and the other expanding.
It is important that we distinguish between that which was done at the cross and that which was done by the cross. Certain things were done at the cross; things done once and for all and never to be repeated. Other things were done by, or as a result of, the cross, and some of those things were not made known until much later. With the Apostle Paul the Lord brought in a new program, the calling out of the church, sinners saved by grace, baptized into Christ and made members of His Body. Through Paul the Lord revealed some wonderful things accomplished for us by His death on the cross. One of these is that in the cross of Christ we died, not only to sin and to the world, but we died to he law as well.
“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto god” (Romans 7:4). As a result we are no longer under the law, but under grace (6:15). By His death on the cross the Lord Jesus Christ did away with the law, as stated in Colossians 2:14, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” A few verses further (vs. 17) it says that the handwriting of ordinances, that whole religious system, was nothing more then
a shadow of the good things to come. We have the good things so let us leave the shadows and glory in the substance, which is Christ. He took that law, which was against us and contrary to us, and nailed it to His cross. Let us not get a crowbar and try to pry it loose, but leave it there, and begin to rejoice in the glorious liberty of the children of God. The renowned Dr. I. M. Haldeman wrote many years ago: “In the far East when a mortgage is to be canceled, it is taken and nailed up over the door of the house and then blotted out, madeillegible; so that every passerby may know that it no longer has any claim on the resident.
Precisely so, in that far day on the cross, the Son of God for us and our salvation,took this law and all its ordinances of condemnation and restriction, and nailed them to His cross, blotting them out in the blood which, answering to every demand of justice against us, cried, ‘It is finished.’ That old law is crucified to every Christian, and buried in the grave of Jesus Christ, from whence we have risen withHim in the liberty of the Spirit and of life, above all ordinances for the flesh.”
Does the fact we are not under the law mean that we are lawless? Certainly not. There is another law now operating in our members that controls our life and conduct. It is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. We read of this in Romans 8:2-4, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made us free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” There was something the law could not do; not that there was anything wrong with the law, but the trouble was with us because of the weakness of the flesh. What the law could not do was to enable us to attain either to salvation or sanctification. Now this new law, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, is working in our members, energizing and enabling us to live in the revealed will and Word of God. Many are struggling with the law and endeavoring to live the Christian life when they really have no life to live. When truly saved by the grace of God through faith in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ we come into possession of a new life, the very life of Christ Himself. Then we may truly say, “For me to live is Christ” and “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, what a blessed law by which to be governed. The Pauline epistles show us our high and holy position, and they also inform us that our condition should correspond to our position. The exhortations addressed to us are as much to be obeyed as were the thunderings of Sinai to be obeyed by Israel, but unlike them we have been given the empowerment needed to obey.
Run, John, and do, the law commands;
And gives him neither legs nor hands.
But better news the gospel brings;
It bids him fly and gives him wings.
Following the church age there will be on earth a time of trouble such as never was before. This is the 70th week of Daniel’s great prophecy, the latter half of which is the Great Tribulation. The false Christ will be on the scene. He is referred to in 2nd Thessalonians 2:8, “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.” This is the personal antichrist of the end-time, called here “that Wicked” or the marginal reading is “that lawless one.” It will be a time characterized by lawlessness, but it will be in the main a rebellion against the lawsof the Godof heaven. It will be puny man shaking his fist toward heaven and saying, “I’ll do it my way.” As the black clouds foretell a coming storm so the lawlessness abroad today presages the fearsome end-time. On every hand there is a rising tide of rebellion against all rule and authority, a refusal to be governed by any laws or values, just do as one may desire. As a result there is anarchy in the streets, the home, schools, and the workplace. Alas, this spirit has also invaded our churches, with members unwilling to accept the spirit of our Lord and Master. Christians need to be on guard against the increasing spirit of lawlessness that prevails, all of which stems from a revolt against God and an unwillingness to submit to Him and His laws.
It has been said that it is darkest just before the dawn. The Great Tribulation will certainly be the darkest period in human history but the return of Him who is the Bright and Morning Star will herald the dawn of a new day. Christ returns to banish those who have defied His laws, and to usher in His millennial reign. In that day those who enter the Millennium will have God’s law in their hearts. “After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33).
Those born after the beginning of the Millennium will be born sinners, even as today, and will need to be born again, hence sin will be possible but will be summarily dealt with. The Millennium is not the golden age; that will follow in the eternal state with the new heavens and the new earth. The Millennium is the iron age. The Lord will be King and ruling with a rod of iron. The earth will have its Divine Dictator and lawlessness will not be tolerated. Man believes Satan’s lies and has two delusions: 1) that he can save himself, and 2) that he can govern himself. Thank God the true Governor is coming and He will bring in a truly great society when righteousness will prevail. “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth” (Psalm 67:3-4).
Perhaps the word “dispensation” may not be too familiar to some, although it is a Bible word. A more common term would be the word “administration.” All are aware that when there is a change of the administration at Washington there may be changes in the laws governing the conduct of the citizens. What may have been the law of the land under one administration may no longer be valid in another. Thus it is with the dispensational distinctions in the Word. The laws which govern the Lord’s people in one dispensation may not be binding on His people when the dispensation has changed and a new set of rules has been given. We are not to assume that wherever we open the Bible to read the Lord is speaking directly to us. We must take into consideration the time, or dispensation, and the ones who are being addressed. All Scripture is for us, and profitable, but not all Scripture is addressed directly to us. There are some things common to all dispensations, while other things may be quite different. In rightly dividing we are the test the things that differ and certainly two things that differ greatly are law andgrace. This present lesson will deal with the former, the law, and will note whatthe Scripture has to say in its regard. The law in view is the law given to Moses at Sinai for the children of Israel. Many think only of the ten commandments whenthe law is mentioned, but it included much more, it also embraced the ceremonial law with its multitudinous rules and rites and ceremonies.
The holy writerdescribed this law program when he said, “Which stood only in meats and drinksand divers washings (baptisms), and carnal (fleshly) ordinances, imposed on themuntil the times of reformation” (Hebrews 9:10). Paul refers to it as “the Jews’religion” (Galatians 1:13).
Romans 5:13-14 refers to a period from Adam to Moses. This covered the first 2500 years of man’s history and during this time there was no law. About 1490 B.C. the law entered (Romans 5:20) and this was shortly after Israel’s deliverance from the Egyptian bondage. The opening verses of Exodus 20 relate to this: “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” God is here speaking to Abraham’s seed, the nation Israel. God never brought any Gentiles out of the land of Egypt so He is not speaking to them. Here God gives Israel the commandments judgments and ordinances which were to govern the national, moral, social and religious life of the nation.
Sin was in the world prior to the entrance of the law, but the law was not givento take away sin. Quite the contrary. The law was given that the offence might abound (Romans 5:20) and that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful (Romans 7:13). All the law could do was to show man his sinful condition and his inability to attain by his own doing to the righteousness whicGodemands. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). God’s glory has been revealed in a perfect law and in the only perfect Man who ever perfectly kept that perfect law. Measured by either of these all have come short. “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). Notice, by the law is simply the knowledge of sin. By Adam was the entrance of sin, by Moses the knowledge of sin, and by Christ alone is the forgiveness of sin. The law was like a mirror. A mirror reveals a dirty face but another cleansing agent is needed to be rid of the dirt. The law reveals man’s sin but the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ is needed to be cleansed from that sin.
The law was given to Israel and included the whole legal system with its commandments, rites, offerings, sabbath keeping, etc. No Gentiles were ever under the law. The law was Israel’s schoolmaster (pedagogue) or child conductor to bring them up to, or until, Christ. The law was never intended to be permanent. Galatians 3:19 says it was added and verse 26 states it was only needed until Christ. To what was it added? It was added to the promises and the covenant made with Abraham and his seed, and it was only to be in force until the advent of Messiah. When Messiah came the pedagogue, child trainer, would no longer be necessary. Sadly, when Messiah came the nation did not receive Him, and as a result have experienced this long period of rejection when they are Lo-ammi, not recognized as God’s people.
When the Lord Jesus was here in the flesh as Israel’s long-awaited Messiah and King, He was here as one under the law. Galatians 4:4 reads: “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.” In Luke 2 we have the story of His birth and in that chapter the law is mentioned five times. When Jesus was eight days old He was circumcised according to the law. Forty days after His birth He was taken to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord and this was according to the law. He was a firstborn son and so an offering was required, and they brought either a pair of turtledoves ortwo young pigeons. Why did His parents bring this particular type of offering? In Leviticus 12:8 we read: “And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons.” Because they brought the latter it is evident they were poor, and this indicates the Magi had not yet visited them, bringing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Later, as Jesus was about to begin His public ministry He came obediently as one under the law to be baptized of John at Jordan. When John remonstrated, Jesus replied, “Suffer it to be sonow; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.” He was careful to fulfil all the righteous requirements of the law. We discern from Luke 4:16 that His custom was to worship at the synagogue on the sabbath day as prescribed by the Mosaic law. Those under the law were to be obedient to their religious leaders and Jesus reminded His listeners of this. “Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat; all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do” (Matthew 23:1-3).
In the reference to Moses’ seat the word for seat is kathedra, a seat or throne of authority. It is true that Jesus was here under the law, but we are not under the aw and we do not follow Him in any of these things.
They were under the law administration at that time and we are not.
The mistake made by many is to assume that the death and resurrection of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit brought an end to the dispensation of law and ushered in the dispensation of grace. This is certainly not so. The dispensation of grace for us Gentiles did not begin with Peter on a Jewish feast day preaching to a Jewish audience and using the keys to open the door to kingdom blessings. In his salutation in Acts 1:1 Luke says, “The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.” What Jesus began in the gospel account He continued, at least for a season, to do inthe book of Acts. The law regime continued in operation. Many years after Pentecost the Apostle Paul visited Jerusalem and the church elders there said to him, “thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe;and they are all zealous of the law” (Acts 21:20). Most of these Jews were perhaps among the thousands converted at Pentecost and later through the ministry of Peter and the Twelve. They were zealots for the law, following Moses, but they were believers. They believed that Jesus of Nazareth, who died on the cross and was raised from the dead, was their rightful King. They were saved under the gospel of circumcision and entertained a kingdom hope in which they continued. Meanwhile, Paul had been sent with the gospel of the uncircumcision to the Gentiles and this twofold program continued during the remainder of Acts, the transition period, with the one fading out and the other expanding.
It is important that we distinguish between that which was done at the cross and that which was done by the cross. Certain things were done at the cross; things done once and for all and never to be repeated. Other things were done by, or as a result of, the cross, and some of those things were not made known until much later. With the Apostle Paul the Lord brought in a new program, the calling out of the church, sinners saved by grace, baptized into Christ and made members of His Body. Through Paul the Lord revealed some wonderful things accomplished for us by His death on the cross. One of these is that in the cross of Christ we died, not only to sin and to the world, but we died to he law as well.
“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto god” (Romans 7:4). As a result we are no longer under the law, but under grace (6:15). By His death on the cross the Lord Jesus Christ did away with the law, as stated in Colossians 2:14, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.” A few verses further (vs. 17) it says that the handwriting of ordinances, that whole religious system, was nothing more then
a shadow of the good things to come. We have the good things so let us leave the shadows and glory in the substance, which is Christ. He took that law, which was against us and contrary to us, and nailed it to His cross. Let us not get a crowbar and try to pry it loose, but leave it there, and begin to rejoice in the glorious liberty of the children of God. The renowned Dr. I. M. Haldeman wrote many years ago: “In the far East when a mortgage is to be canceled, it is taken and nailed up over the door of the house and then blotted out, madeillegible; so that every passerby may know that it no longer has any claim on the resident.
Precisely so, in that far day on the cross, the Son of God for us and our salvation,took this law and all its ordinances of condemnation and restriction, and nailed them to His cross, blotting them out in the blood which, answering to every demand of justice against us, cried, ‘It is finished.’ That old law is crucified to every Christian, and buried in the grave of Jesus Christ, from whence we have risen withHim in the liberty of the Spirit and of life, above all ordinances for the flesh.”
Does the fact we are not under the law mean that we are lawless? Certainly not. There is another law now operating in our members that controls our life and conduct. It is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. We read of this in Romans 8:2-4, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made us free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” There was something the law could not do; not that there was anything wrong with the law, but the trouble was with us because of the weakness of the flesh. What the law could not do was to enable us to attain either to salvation or sanctification. Now this new law, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, is working in our members, energizing and enabling us to live in the revealed will and Word of God. Many are struggling with the law and endeavoring to live the Christian life when they really have no life to live. When truly saved by the grace of God through faith in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ we come into possession of a new life, the very life of Christ Himself. Then we may truly say, “For me to live is Christ” and “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, what a blessed law by which to be governed. The Pauline epistles show us our high and holy position, and they also inform us that our condition should correspond to our position. The exhortations addressed to us are as much to be obeyed as were the thunderings of Sinai to be obeyed by Israel, but unlike them we have been given the empowerment needed to obey.
Run, John, and do, the law commands;
And gives him neither legs nor hands.
But better news the gospel brings;
It bids him fly and gives him wings.
Following the church age there will be on earth a time of trouble such as never was before. This is the 70th week of Daniel’s great prophecy, the latter half of which is the Great Tribulation. The false Christ will be on the scene. He is referred to in 2nd Thessalonians 2:8, “And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.” This is the personal antichrist of the end-time, called here “that Wicked” or the marginal reading is “that lawless one.” It will be a time characterized by lawlessness, but it will be in the main a rebellion against the lawsof the Godof heaven. It will be puny man shaking his fist toward heaven and saying, “I’ll do it my way.” As the black clouds foretell a coming storm so the lawlessness abroad today presages the fearsome end-time. On every hand there is a rising tide of rebellion against all rule and authority, a refusal to be governed by any laws or values, just do as one may desire. As a result there is anarchy in the streets, the home, schools, and the workplace. Alas, this spirit has also invaded our churches, with members unwilling to accept the spirit of our Lord and Master. Christians need to be on guard against the increasing spirit of lawlessness that prevails, all of which stems from a revolt against God and an unwillingness to submit to Him and His laws.
It has been said that it is darkest just before the dawn. The Great Tribulation will certainly be the darkest period in human history but the return of Him who is the Bright and Morning Star will herald the dawn of a new day. Christ returns to banish those who have defied His laws, and to usher in His millennial reign. In that day those who enter the Millennium will have God’s law in their hearts. “After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:33).
Those born after the beginning of the Millennium will be born sinners, even as today, and will need to be born again, hence sin will be possible but will be summarily dealt with. The Millennium is not the golden age; that will follow in the eternal state with the new heavens and the new earth. The Millennium is the iron age. The Lord will be King and ruling with a rod of iron. The earth will have its Divine Dictator and lawlessness will not be tolerated. Man believes Satan’s lies and has two delusions: 1) that he can save himself, and 2) that he can govern himself. Thank God the true Governor is coming and He will bring in a truly great society when righteousness will prevail. “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth” (Psalm 67:3-4).
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