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Micah 6:7, Mat 9:13, 12:7). Against the law sacrifices were also conducted that
were not in accordance with the Law but inspired by idolatry (Acts 7:41-43).
God’s primary will has always been that Man not come under the Law and, once
under it, escape from it (Jer 7:21-23, Rom 10:4, Heb 7:1-3). Man initiated what
was not commanded but having done so, as with all secondary wills, God did and
does not forsake Man but then judges the performance under the secondary
conditions for the state of heart and obedience thereafter (Gen 4:2-7). As with the
Law in general this was not God’s primary will (Gen 2:17, 1 Sam 15:22, Psalm
40:6, 50:8-14, 51:16, Mat 9:13, 12:7) but was a secondary will (Num 29:6, 39,
Psalm 40:6, 50:8, Isaiah 1:11-13, Mat 9:13, 12:7). The application of the Law to
Man was not God’s primary will but rather the mercy of Salvation was, Christ, the
Life (Gen 2:17, Isaiah 1:11-12, Hosea 6:6, Mat 9:13, 12:7, Mark 12:33-4). This
Life was and is always available (Gen 1:29, 2:16, Micah 6:7-9).

Man chose/chooses the Law AGAINST the will of God (Gen 2:17, Micah 6:7-9 -
note especially ‘mercy’ i.e. salvation by grace, Mat 9:13, 12:7). By the exercise of
this choice under free will God is then beholden to show Man what he must do to
live by it and under it and achieve the objective that Man seeks which is his own
righteousness before God in his own strength and power - a futile aim (Rom 10:3,
Phil 3:9). This urge of Man is called vanity and leads to death (Gen 2:17, 3:5, 22,
1 Sam 12:21, Eccl 1:2, Mat 8:22, Luke 9:60, Rom 10:3) and is the opposite of
charity which is the process of salvation in a Man (1 Cor 13:1-13). Non-Jews could
consciously come under the Law in all its details i.e. it was non-exclusive and
could be accepted as such (Isaiah 56:6-7). As a secondary will it did not stop idol
worship and achieved/(s) nothing (Isaiah 66:3) apart of course, indirectly, Christ’s
sacrifice. God showed that sacrifice was not His primary will by denying that He
commanded it (Jer 7:21-23). He did command it but as a secondary will i.e. as part
of the Law, so God is referring to His primary will, as His primary will it was not
commanded (1 Sam 15:22, Hos 6:6, Mat 9:13, 12:7). Since God is the actor the
word ‘day’ refers to the timespan of Moses’ ministry and it was during this time
that sacrifices were prophetically commanded in great detail (Lev 23:18-19). The
Law in all its details existed and applied before prophetic revelation in the material
of those details (Gen 2:17) and applies afterwards (Mat 5:18).

Saints are righteous by the covenant of Christ’s sacrifice as our continual Passover
Lamb for eternity (Psalm 50:5). True sacrifice is of a thanksgiving heart (Psalm
50:14, 23) and surrender to God (Psalm 51:17) which involves the prime principle
through suffering and the process of Salvation called Charity (Psalm 51:17, 1 Cor
13:1-13).