Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Wrong. You are twisting scripture.
Hebrews 9 and 10 elaborate. The torn curtain = the torn flesh of Messiah.
We were once banned from God’s throne room (i.e. the Most Holy Place). Now, through Messiah’s blood we have free and open access.
God didn’t make His throne room obsolete. Quite the opposite in fact. He opened up the way and invited us in.
Wrong - you are misunderstanding what my point was. I agree - under the Old Covenant ONLY the High Priest of Israel was allowed behind the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. And then he only went beyond the veil once a year. When Jesus was crucified, the veil in the last Temple (now no more) was rent from top to bottom, signifying that the Most Holy Place is, as you stated, "free and open". I NEVER said that we have been "banned from God's throne room". On the contrary we now have "free and open access". The Old Covenant with it's physical Temple and animal sacrifices was a type (shadow) of what was to come.
I agree 100% with your above statement.
Apologies for the misunderstanding.
I took particular issue with you saying the old order of judaic religion is finished. This is of course silly since, even though Temple Judaism on earth has been paused (as Paul writes, until the fulness of the Gentiles comes in), God has never abandoned or made obsolete His own heavenly Temple (of which the earthly is a mere copy).
In other words, Temple Judaism has always been and is currently being practiced in Heaven. What's more is that Messiah is now our eternal Jewish High Priest in that Heavenly Temple.
Tldr • God doesn't change his mind and cancel His Torah. The New Covenant, per the prophet Jeremiah, is God reinforcing His Torah by writing it on our hearts.
May God bless and keep you and yours.