There were many elements to the Covenant and Torah (Law), it is strange how so many believers today want to focus on and be under certain elements of "Torah" BUT with limitations of their choosing. If the law is still operating today in any form or fashion for the beliver then you should be carrying out the entire Torah. It is when our eschatology is not in agreement with Gods word we find cherry picking of scriptures.
The focus of this article is to focus on only a few key elements:1. The author’s statement that the Law, with its attendant cultic praxis of mandates about food, “baptisms” (baptismois, βαπτισμοίς, Strong’s #909), and “fleshly ordinances” was symbolic (literally, parabolic, παραβολὴ, parabole, Strong’s #3850). The Old Covenant Temple and cultus was a shadow. This is Colossians 2:14f where Paul said that the cultic festal observances of the New Moons, feast days and Sabbaths, were still, when he wrote, (present active indicative in the Greek) a shadow of the good things that were “about to come.” So, the typological, shadow, parabolic nature of the entire Old Covenant cultic system is set before us.2. That entire cultic, festal system, would remain standing (stasin, στάσιν, Strong’s #4714–having standing) “until the time of reformation.” The word “standing” does not refer to the physical standing of the Temple edifice. It refers to the legal validity of the temple system. So, the Law of Moses, every bit of it, would continue to have “standing” until the time of reformation.3. The cultic praxis would be imposed (ἐπικείμενα, epikimemena, Strong’s #1945) “until the time of reformation.” The word “imposed” means precisely what it indicates. It means the law would remain valid and binding until the appointed time, the time of reformation.4. There would be no entrance into the Most Holy Place – The Presence of God – “until the time of reformation” – which is the time of the end of the Law of Moses. As long as the Law had standing and was imposed, there could be no entrance into the MHP.5. There would be no entrance into the Most Holy Place “until the time of reformation” (διορθώσεως, diorthoseos, Strong’s #1357). So, since there could be no entrance into the MHP until the end of the Law of Moses at the time of reformation, it is necessary to define and identify that “time of reformation.”The word diorthosis was an important word in Bible prophecy to speak of the Messianic restoration of the Kingdom. Among many texts that could be cited, take note of Isaiah 62:1-7:
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow. You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married. As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes (diorthosis, LXX) Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
Briefly, take note of the promises found here:☛ The coming vindication of Zion / Jerusalem. This is the restoration of Israel, the diorthosis.☛ The calling of the nations to the glory of the God of Israel☛ The giving of a New Name to the people of God.☛ The remarriage of Israel. The background of this promise is the reality that the Lord had “divorced” the ten northern tribes (Hosea 2:1-2- Hosea was roughly contemporary with Isaiah) due to her spiritual adultery. Yet, the Lord promised to remarry Israel in the last days (Hosea 2:21f / 3:4-6).That restoration of Israel is labeled as the diorthosis in verse 7 (LXX). Furthermore, that restoration is the time of the remarriage of Israel. That time of the reformation, the time of the restoration of Israel, as described by Hosea, would be:✦ The time of the New Covenant (Hosea 2:18).✦ The time of the Messianic Temple (Hosea 3:4f)✦ The time of the coming of the Lord (Hosea 5:15-6:1-6).✦ The time of the resurrection (Hosea 6:1-6)!So, the time of reformation:✪ Is the time of the New Covenant. Which means, does it not, that the time of reformation would be the end of the Old Covenant, precisely as Hebrews 9 says?✪ The time of the Coming of the Lord (Isaiah 62:10f). Jesus quoted Isaiah 62:10f in Matthew 16:27 and said it would be in the lifetime of the first century generation.✪ The time of the kingdom, since it is the restoration of Israel. (Of course, the Old Covenant form of the kingdom would be destroyed (Hosea 1:3-5).To keep this short, look closely:
The time of the reformation is the end of the Law of Moses– Hebrews 9.
The time of reformation is the time of the Wedding, the Messianic Restoration and Resurrection (Isaiah / Hosea).
The time of the Wedding would be at the destruction of Jerusalem.
Therefore, the end of the Law of Moses was at the destruction of Jerusalem.
The conclusion is proven by Matthew 22:1-7:
And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Can there be any serious doubt about the context for the Wedding? It was when those who had been invited– Israel, invited to her “remarriage”– spurned the invitation and persecuted those sent to invite here. As a result, they were destroyed by the Lord of the Wedding Banquet. (See my extended discussion of this parable in my book: We Shall Meet Him In the Air, the Wedding of the King of kings).
Borrowed from a friend,
Thanks Dr. Preston
Book, We shall meet him in the air, the wedding of the king of kings
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