"It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life," - Jesus the Messiah
The word of YHWH is spirit and it is life. This is the same spirit in the Messiah. If you want to be led by the Spirit of Jesus, give precedence to being led by his words in scripture.
The Son was sent to speak God's message, and he has been given the full power of God's Spirit. (John 3:34 CEV) Though the Holy Spirit speaks to us beyond the words of scripture, he will not contradict what YHWH or Jesus Christ has already revealed in scripture.
“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own initiative but will say only what he hears. He will also announce to you the events of the future. He will glorify me, because he will receive from what is mine and announce it to you" John 16:12-14CJB
Jesus knew the scriptures- he was very well learned in the TaNakh I.e the Hebrew bible (Old Testament) and quoted it as the reason and argument for almost all his beliefs and actions yet the scriptures tell us that "he had the spirit Without measure." What am I getting at? The words of Jesus and YHWH in Scripture ARE the words of (from) their holy spirit. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of YHWH and his offspring Jesus the Messiah.
While in Christ there is no superiority of the Jew over the Gentile nor the Master over a servant or a male over a female, we cannot deny that Jesus Christ our Lord and all his Apostles and the Patriarchs of our faith as the people of God are all native descendants of Israel. They are of that lineage according to the flesh and also according to the spiritual birth of faith. However, though we who came to YHWH from every other nation are NOT of that human lineage, we are joint heirs with them through our faith in the Messiah Jesus who has made the two one and brought down the middle partition (of fleshly ancestry) that divided us.
" In past generations, it was not made known to mankind, as the Spirit is now revealing it to his emissaries and prophets, that in union with the Messiah and through the Good News the Gentiles were to be joint heirs, a joint body and joint sharers with the Jews in what God has promised" Ephesians 3:5-6 CJB
That said, as Paul declared, salvation came from the Jews. As Jesus' disciples, our spiritual history (as that of our Lord's) is undeniably linked to ancient Israel. We originated from the God of all the Universe who chose Israel as the first fruit of his harvest of all creation. The God who reveals himself through the Holy Spirit has revealed and written words of Spirit and life and given it to men and women located in an ancient Middle Eastern world. Our Bible, therefore, is not meant to be a western documentary of God set in western beliefs, ideology, traditions or ecology.
As a native speaker of the (Nigerian) Yoruba language as well as the English language, it is easy for me to grasp how culture and context shape the application and translation of language. YHWH spoke Eternal words to men who grasped and transcribed what he said within the limits and context of their language and ancient culture. Though his Holy Spirit can make everything clear without human aid, understanding the roots of our scripture should make us appreciate the benefit of native contextual understanding. Without historical Israel, we, the body of Christ do not exist. Their history is our history, their Patriarchs our Patriarchs, their Matriarchs our Matriarchs, their land our history, their Messiah our Salvation. Their scrolls- faithfully preserved by their ancestors - the very scriptural foundations of our faith.
Ephesians 2:14 CJB
"For he himself is our shalom — he has made us both one and has broken down the m’chitzah which divided us"
AMPC
"For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us,"
Through Jesus, YHWH- (the same one who established earthly Israel), is our Father; so there is no superiority or inferiority either way for He who is the God of the Jews is now by trust(faith), also God of the non-Jew. (Romans 3:29). Through his Holyspirit we all have the privilege of knowing him intimately but may we humbly take advantage of the depth of context, root and history provided us by the native branches of our holy Kingdom.
"and they sang a new song,
“You (Jesus) are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals;
because you were slaughtered;
at the cost of blood you ransomed for God
persons from every tribe, language, people and nation.
You made them into a kingdom for God to rule, cohanim (priests) to serve him;
and they will rule over the earth.” Revelation 5:9-10
""16 -21/ Now if the hallah (dough) offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole loaf. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you — a wild olive — were grafted in among them and have become equal sharers in the rich root of the olive tree, then don’t boast as if you were better than the branches! However, if you do boast, remember that you are not supporting the root, the root is supporting you.
So you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” True, but so what? They were broken off because of their lack of trust. However, you keep your place only because of your trust. So don’t be arrogant; on the contrary, be terrified! For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly won’t spare you!
25/For, brothers, I want you to understand this truth which God formerly concealed but has now revealed, so that you won’t imagine you know more than you actually do. It is that stoniness, to a degree, has come upon Isra’el, until the Gentile world enters in its fullness;
28-29/ With respect to the Good News they are hated for your sake. But with respect to being chosen they are loved for the Patriarchs’ sake, for God’s free gifts and his calling are irrevocable. ""
[Apostle Paul's warning to the Romans chapter 11]
" As for you, the Messianic anointing you received from the Father remains in you, so that you have no need for anyone to teach you. On the contrary, as his Messianic anointing continues to teach you about all things, and is true, not a counterfeit, so, just as he taught you, remain united with him.
And now, children, remain united with him; so that when he appears, we may have confidence and not shrink back from him in shame at his coming." 1 John 2:27-28 CJB
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