Discover how God turns the smell of death into the fragrance of life in this deep dive into Israel’s Tabernacle, Passover and 2Corinthians 2–3. We explore the Mishkan (“dwelling place”) as Heaven’s beachhead on earth, Israel’s calling as a blessing to the nations, and how Yeshua (Jesus), our Passover Lamb, makes us living sacrifices and living stones. Learn how the Spirit writes God’s Word on our hearts, transforming us into a people whose lives become His incense in a dying world.
One of the key lessons from Torah portion מִּשְׁפָּטִים Mishpatim (Exodus 21–24) and from the Prophets and Gospels is that God and Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) doesn’t separate religious and civil laws. The reasons for that are encapsulated in the Greatest Commandment and the Golden Rule — and in the Torah laws that restricted and ultimately abolished slavery.
Question: What is the relationship between law and grace? Some say verse such as the following suggest grace abolishes the Law, “For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (Rom. 6:14).