Our COVENANT GOD - the NOAHIC COVENANT (Ref. 31) - 18 December 2017 - From the desk of Celia Joy Martins
Our heavenly Father - YAHWEH GOD is a COVENANT GOD - HE WORKS WITH MANKIND through HIS COVENANTS. COVENANT DEFINE: an AGREEMENT, a CONTRACT, a TREATY, a PLEDGE, a PROMISE, a BOND, an OATH, a VOW. In BREAKING a CONTRACT (covenant, oath, pledge etc.) CONSEQUENCES ARE ALWAYS released.
ABBA'S covenants are LITERAL (TRUE and TRUTHFUL - TRUE FOR LIFE), UNCONDITIONAL AND ETERNAL.
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES and COVENANTS:
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES through various THEOLOGICAL DENOMINATIONAL (church) INSTITUTIONS) are based on:
RELIGIOUS studies -
DOCTRINAL studies -
DOGMATIC studies -
SPIRITUAL studies and
MYSTICAL studies.
Theological Studies rely heavily on TRADITIONAL 'religious-forefathers' teachings that in many instances are OVERRULLING and/or NULLIFYING the WORD OF GOD, just as it was in the times when Yahshua walked the face of the earth.
In Messiah's own words - ABOUT TRADITION:
Mark 7:13 "... you are NULLIFYING AND MAKING VOID AND of NO EFFECT [the AUHTORITY of] the WORD OF YAH through YOUR TRADITION, which you IN TURN HAND ON. And MANY THINGS of THIS KIND you are DOING."
In Messiah's own words - ABOUT DOCTRINES:
Matt. 15:9 "USELESSLY they WORSHIP Me, for they TEACH as DOCTRINES the COMMANDS of men."
Mark 7:7 "IN VAIN (FRUITLESSLY and WITHOUT PROFIT) DO THEY WORSHIP Me, ORDERING AND TEACHING [to be OBEYED] as DOCTRINES the COMMANDMENTS and PRECEPTS OF MEN."
SATAN IS STEALING BIG: Through research it is found that a TRADITION is a BELIEF OR BAHAVIOR PASSED DOWN WITHIN a SOCIETY - a specific CULTURE or NATION - a RELIGIOUS GROUP or by a THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION to its Theological STUDENTS - to a CONGREGATION - to its MEMBERS - WITH SYMBOLIC MEANING or SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE with ORIGINS IN THE PAST [cultural or nationally or religiously] (not necessarily found in the Bible). Common examples include HOLIDAYS or impractical but socially meaningful clothes.
THEOLOGY - is the study of the NATURE of the DIVINE (HEAVENLY, CELESTIAL, GODLY). It is taught as an ACADEMIC (theoretical, abstract, hypothetical, supposed, assumed) ACADEMIC (speculative) DISCIPLINE (control, chastisement, strictness, restraint, order, obedience or authority) typically in universities, seminary and schools of divinity.
Theology BEGINS with the ASSUMPTION (hypotheses, guess, theory, idea) that the divine exists in SOME form, such as in physical, supernatural, mental or social realities, and that EVIDENCE for and about it may be found via personal spiritual experiences and/or HISTORICAL RECORDS of SUCH EXPERIENCES DOCUMENTED by OTHERS.
Theologians use VARIOUS FORMS OF ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENT (experiential, philosophical, ethnographic, historical, and others) to help understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote any of countless religious topics. As in philosophy of ethics and case law, arguments often assume THE EXISTENCE of PREVIOUSLY RESOLVED QUESTIONS (of man), and DEVELOP by MAKING ANALOGIES from them TO DRAW NEW INFERENCES in NEW SITUATIONS.
IN SHORT - THEOLOGICAL STUDIES are MAN-MADE RULES - DOGMA - as per PERCEPTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF MAN.
MAN'S PERCEPTION of the COVENANTS of YAHWEH GOD:
In "THEOLOGICAL" STUDIES and STUDIES IN "DIVINITY" the COVENANTS of YAHWEH are placed into two categories:
The COVENANT OF WORKS and
The COVENANT OF GRACE.
Some "COVENANT Theologians" interpret it as THREE COVENANTS:
The COVENANT OF WORKS
The COVENANT of REDEMPTION
The COVENANT of GRACE.
In these instances as above - "Covenant Theology" claims that God initially made a COVENANT OF WORK with ADAM, promising ETERNAL LIFE for OBEDIENCE and DEATH for DISOBEDIENCE.
When studying the SCRIPTURES there are absolutely NO INDICATION of ANY "COVENANT" with ADAM. We heard about the DEVIL'S ONSLAUGHT AGAINST YAH and HIS CREATION - man - in Chapter 3:1 "... And (SATAN) said to the woman, CAN IT REALLY BE that GOD HAS SAID, YOU SHALL NOT EAT FROM EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN? :4 But the SERPENT said to the woman, YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE".
When Adam sinned by listening to Eve - they MOVED away from the BLESSINGS and COVERING of YHWH (away from His kingdom) and into the kingdom of the 'world' - with CURSES as consequences.
Having said that - let's FOCUS on the COVENANTS STIPULATED in SCRIPTURE:
1. NOAHIC COVENANT:
BEFORE the FLOOD:
Metusalech had Lamech, and Lamech had Noah. Gen. 5:29 "He, Lamech, NAMED him NOAH, saying, 'This ONE SHALL BRING US RELIEF AND COMFORT FROM OUR WORK and the GRIEVOUS TOIL of our HANDS DUE to the GROUND BEING CURSED by YAH'."
Gen. 5:32 "And when Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japhet."
Noah was a righteous and just man, BLAMELESS in the EVIL GENERATION HE LIVED IN. HE WALKED in HABITUAL FELLOWSHIP with YAH (Gen. 6:9).
Gen. 6:11 "The EARTH WAS DEPRAVED (wicked, debauched, ruthless, merciless, cruel, immoral, evil, corrupted, ruined, degraded) [through the 200 angels that descended on Mount Hermon (forbidden place) and TOOK (by FORCE) themselves wives of the daughters of men begetting themselves offspring by RAPING the daughters of men - Gen. 6; Jude 1:6; 2 Peter 2:4 and in detail Enoch 6-10] nephilim and nephilim offspring) :13 And YHWH said to NOAH I INTEND to MAKE AN END of ALL FLESH, for THROUGH MEN the LAND IS FILLED with VIOLENCE; and behold, I WILL DESTROY THEM AND the LAND."
Gen. 6:17-19 "For behold, I even I, will bring a flood of waters upon the earth TO DESTROY and MAKE PUTRID ALL FLESH under the HEAVENS in which are the BREATH and SPIRIT OF LIFE; EVERYTHING that is ON THE LAND SHALL DIE. BUT I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT with you, and YOU SHALL COME INTO THE ARK ..."
NOAH BUILT the ARK: It took Noah 100 years to build the Ark and when it was finished, he and his family and all the creatures were SEALED IN BY YAH HIMSELF.
After they were sealed in - YHWH OPENED UP the DEEP AND the HEAVENS and it RAINED for FORTY DAYS and NIGHTS, WIPING OUT EVERY FLESH that REMAINED on the EARTH. Gen. 7:20 "... the WATERS BECAME FIFTEEN CUBITS HIGHER as the HIGH HILLS were COVERED.
:21 AND ALL FLESH CEASED to BREATHE that MOVED UPON THE EARTH - FOWLS AND BIRDS [tame] ANIMALS, [wild] BEASTS (ANIMALS, nephilim CREATURES, nephilim BEINGS, nephilim MONSTERS) and (nephilim) SWARMING AND CREEPING THINGS THAT SWARM (crowd, horde, throng, pack, mass) AND CREEP UPON the LAND, AND ALL MANKIND.
:22 EVERYTHING on the DRY LAND in whose nostrils were the BREATH AND SPIRIT OF LIFE DIED.
:23 YAH DESTROYED (BLOTTED OUT) EVERY LIVING THING that was UPON the FACE of the EARTH, MAN AND ANIMAL AND THE CREEPING THINGS and the BIRDS Of the HEAVENS WERE DESTROYED (BLOTTED OUT) FROM the LAND. ONLY NOAH REMAINED ALIVE, and THOSE who were with him in the ark. (Matt. 24:37-44).
AFTER the FLOOD:
When Noah and his family came from the Ark onto dry land, YAH MADE and CONFIRMED the COVENANT WITH NOAH and his sons and PRONOUNCED a BLESSING upon Noah and his sons.
Gen. 8:1 "And YAH [earnestly] REMEMBERED Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and Yah made a wind blow over the land ... :13 In the year 601 of Noah's life, on the first day of the first month, the water were drying up from the land. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was drying.
:14 And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was entirely dry. :15 And Yah spoke to Noah, saying :16 Go forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you. :17 Bring forth every creeping thing that creeps on the ground - that they may breed abundantly on the land and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.
:18 And Noah went forth, and his wife and his sons and their wives with him after being in the ark ONE YEAR AND TEN DAYS. :19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird - and whatever moves on the land - went forth by families out of the ark.
NOAH BUILT an ALTAR:
:20 AND NOAH BUILT AN ALTAR to YAHWEH and took of every clean [four-footed] animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the ALTAR.
:21 When YAH SMELLED the PLEASANT ODOR [a SCENT of SATISFACTION to HIS HEART], YAH said to HIMSELF, 'I WILL NEVER AGAIN CURSE the GROUND BECAUSE OF MAN, for the IMAGINATION (the strong DESIRE) of man's heart is EVIL AND WICKED from his YOUTH; neither will I EVER AGAIN SMITE and DESTROY EVERY LIVING THING, AS I HAVE DONE.
:22 While the EARTH REMAINS, SEEDTIME AND HARVEST, COLD AND HEAT, SUMMER AND WINTER, and DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE.
Gen. 9:1 And YAH PRONOUNCED A BLESSING UPON NOAH and his sons and said to them, BE FRUITFUL and MULTIPLY AND FILL the EARTH.
:2 And the FEAR of you and the DREAD AND TERROR of you shall be upon every beast of the land, every bird of the air, all that creeps upon the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are DELIVERED INTO YOUR HAND.
:3 EVERY MOVING THING that LIVES SHALL BE FOOD FOR YOU; and as I gave you the green vegetables and plants, I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.
:4 But you shall NOT EAT FLESH WITH THE LIFE OF IT, WHICH IS THE BLOOD.
:5 And SURELY for YOUR LIFEBLOOD I WLL REQUIRE AN ACCOUNTING; from every BEAST I will require it; and from man, from every man who spills another's lifeblood, I will require RECKONING.
:6 WHOEVER SHEDS MAN'S BLOOD, by MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED: for IN THE IMAGE OF YAH HE MADE MAN.
THE NAOHIC COVENANT: The SLATE WAS CLEAN - a NEW BEGINNING for MAN AND ALL FLESH (living creature)
:9 Behold, I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT (Pledge) with YOU AND WITH YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER you,
:10 AND WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU - WHETHER the BIRDS, the LIVESTOCK, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark - every animal of the earth.
:11 I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT or PLEDGE WITH YOU: NEVER AGAIN SHALL ALL FLESH BE CUT OFF BY THE WATERS of a FLOOD; NEITHER SHALL THERE EVER AGAIN BE A FLOOD to DESTROY the EARTH AND MAKE IT CORRUPT.
:12 And YAH SAID, THIS IS THE TOKEN of the COVENANT (SOLEMN PLEDGE) WHICH I AM MAKING BETWEEN ME and you and EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, for ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS:
:13 I SET MY BOW (RAINBOW) IN THE CLOUD, and IT SHALL BE A TOKEN OR SIGN OF A COVENANT OR SOLEMN PLEDGE BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH.
:14 And it shall be that WHEN I BRING CLOUDS OVER THE EARTH and the BOW (RAINBOW) is SEEN in the CLOUDS,
:15 I WILL [EARNESTLY] REMEMBER MY COVENANT or SOLEMN PLEDGE which is BETWEEN ME and YOU and EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH; and the WATERS WILL NO MORE BECOME A FLOOD to DESTROY AND MAKE ALL FLESH CORRUPT.
:16 When the BOW (RAINBOW) is IN THE CLOUDS AND I LOOK UPON IT, I WILL [EARNESTLY] REMEMBER the EVERLASTING COVENANT OR PLEDGE BETWEEN YAH and EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH THAT IS UPON the EARTH.
:17 And YAH said to Noah, 'This RAINBOW is the TOKEN or SIGN OF THE COVENANT or SOLEMN PLEDGE which I HAVE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN ME and ALL FLESH UPON the EARTH."
YAHWEH'S COVENANT INCLUDE the FOLLOWING:
1. FILL the EARTH: When Abba commanded Noah to FILL the EARTH - it was the same command He gave to Adam and Eve - meaning TO FILL not REFILL, or RESTOCK. Everything was WIPED OUT COMPLETELY except for NOAH - his family through his (Noah's) righteousness and every living thing that was with Noah on the ark.
2. Abba gave mankind AUTHORITY over all the animals - and FEAR and TERROR would now be the character of the relationship between man and beast. The animal-kingdom would now be IN FEAR of HUMANKIND.
3. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WERE PUT IN AFFECT: " And SURELY for YOUR LIFEBLOOD I WLL REQUIRE AN ACCOUNTING; from every BEAST I will require it; and from man, from every man who spills another's lifeblood, I will require RECKONING. WHOEVER SHEDS MAN'S BLOOD, by MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED: for IN THE IMAGE OF YAH HE MADE MAN."
4. NEVER AGAIN A FLOOD TO DESTROY ALL FLESH: "I WILL [EARNESTLY] REMEMBER MY COVENANT or SOLEMN PLEDGE which is BETWEEN ME and YOU and EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH; and the WATERS WILL NO MORE BECOME A FLOOD to DESTROY AND MAKE ALL FLESH CORRUPT".
5. THE RAINBOW as YAH'S SIGN that there would NOT BE A FLOOD to DESTROY ALL FLESH on EARTH. 'This RAINBOW is the TOKEN or SIGN OF THE COVENANT or SOLEMN PLEDGE which I HAVE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN ME and ALL FLESH UPON the EARTH."
O ABBA - thank You - our WONDERFUL COVENANT YAH for YOUR LOVE AND GRACE AND MERCY when DEALING WITH US - Thank YOU FOR EARNESTLY REMEMBERING us. Help us O FATHER - enable us to GRASP the SPIRITUAL THINGS - to EAT OF YOUR WORD so that we can WALK in OBEDIENCE - not because of FEAR but BECAUSE OF LOVE - In YAHSHUA HA'MASCHIACH'S NAME. Amen.