The Great Commandment
Moses commanded Israel hear, that is, that Israel believe by faith; The LORD our God is one LORD. And that we should love the LORD our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our might. And further commanded these words be in our heart, and that we bind them for a sign, a mark upon our hand, and as frontlets between our eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:4-8)
This commandment was not written upon the tables of stone handed to Moses on the Mount, but were the pure essence of those things believed by the Lawgiver, and declared from a soul purified by faith. Which command is not burnt into stone, but rather ever exists by love in the hearts of those who keep it.
And as Moses declared the Law, the ‘sign of the 1st Voice,’ so JESUS Gospel is the ‘sign of the 2nd Voice.’ The Anointed One Jacob foresaw saying; “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” (Genesis 49:10)
So, when asked by a scribe, what is the first commandment of all, JESUS replied; “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The LORD our God is one LORD: And you shall love the LORD thy God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength:” (Mark 12:29)
In this sharing we shall examine this Faith, that not only dwells in the heart of Israel, but marks, identifies and defines the Israel of God. Which Tribes in the Book of Revelation carry the mark of the Fathers Name upon their foreheads, which Everlasting Father, is the Promised Son Isaiah spoke of. (Isaiah 9:6)
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This Commandment begins with the word; Hear
The Apostle Paul says; How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:14-17)
The Great Commandment, is the “Root” of the ‘Faith of Jesus.’
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The commandment continues; Hear O Israel;
When Moses declared this Great Commandment he spoke to an Israel descended from the flesh of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And in Jacob, came twelve sons born of both free wives and bond, and from them twelve tribes. In Jacob also, the name; Israel, which name passed to Ephraim, in whom Jacob saw a multitude of nations. These are the multitudes from every nation in the Book of Revelation, born in the flesh of those Ten Commandments written on the tables of stone; who like Ephraim, were born in Egypt, and in bondage to the teachings of men.
However when JESUS spoke this commandment, he called to an Israel born of God. Who descend from the SPIRIT of Prophecy declared in the Oath promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Prophecy uttered by the mothers of Jacobs sons, and sealed in Moses blessings upon the tribes before his death. Which faith once manifest, was sown in the nations by the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. And from the Faith of JESUS, come the firstfruits of the tribes we see gathered in the Book of Revelation, who carry the mark; the seal of JESUS name.
To each seed, and to each type of tribe, is their inheritance given by lot. That is, by the purpose of JESUS bound in His Testimony. For there is an Israel born after the law of the flesh, and an Israel born of the Law of Faith. The Apostle Paul says;
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. (Romans 9:7-8)
As the Great Commandment, is the “Root” of the ‘Faith of Jesus’; so the Israel of God are the “Offspring.
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And so we continue; Hear O Israel, The LORD our God is One LORD.
When Moses asked the LORD, what is your name, the LORD told him; I AM that I AM. (or I Exist that I Exist). Further the English translation of the word ‘LORD,’ rendered in capital letters in the King James Bible, means: I AM the Existing One.
Now I want to stop for a few seconds. And I want us to put aside what men have taught us, and listen to what the LORD is testifying of himself. He is telling Moses and indeed all men, that He is the Existing One.
So the phrase, “God is one LORD,” in Hebrew translates as; “the supreme God is One Existing One”. Not three persons. Not two. But One. And JESUS, whose name means ‘the Salvation of the Existing One,’ said: “Moses wrote of me.”
And Isaiah to by the SPIRIT of Truth spoke to Israel, saying; You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. (Isaiah 43:10-11)
And so when the Apostle Paul teaches there is; One LORD, One Faith and One Baptism. For JESUS is the LORD, the Salvation of the Existing One. And the Faith Paul spoke of is JESUS Faith. And the Baptism, in JESUS Name.
Now as Paul asked, so I ask, that we examine our Faith. And ask is it of men… or of JESUS. May the LORD our God bless His Testimony in your heart, and in your mind, in your soul and in your strength, in JESUS Name. And may His Commandment mark your right hand and not the creeds of churches. And believing, may JESUS name be a seal upon your forehead, and not the doctrines of our churches. In JESUS Holy name I pray, Amen.
Notes:
God = Supreme God (BDB H430)
LORD = Existing One (BDB H3068) YHWH = [Y=one + HWH=to exist or breathe]
I AM = I Exist (BDB 1961) AHWH = [A=I + HWH=to exist or breathe]
