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The entire ritual of the Law had and has no value to God of itself (Amos 5:21-23,
Mat 9:13). Only righteousness impresses God (Amos 5:24). The sacrifices of
men, who are all sinners, can not covert them into a state of righteousness (Mat
9:13, 12:7).

The Kings & the Law & God’s Warning

The same process is seen with regard to the Kings of Israel. Israel chose to have
Kings against God’s will (1 Sam 8:6-8, 10:19, 12:12, 17) as God is King (Psalm
10:16, 1 Tim 6:15). Having done so God, as with the Law, honours the choice as
His Secondary Will (1 Sam 12:13) and then is beholden to show Israel the
implications of the choice (1 Sam 8:9). He does this on a pre-emptive basis (1 Sam
8:9) just as he did with the Law itself (Gen 2:17), Man is always warned. The
evolved men were warned about the Law before the story of the parabolical Adam
by the spirit within and afterwards by the same spirit (Rom 1:18-25, 2:11-16, 4:15,
5:12-14, 1 Cor 15:22, 45-46). The evolved men, of course, preceded the story of
the parabolical Adam (1 Kings 8:53, 1 Cor 15:45-46). Once chosen, as with the
Law, the full details or ‘law’ of the King are then explained over time in an
iterative process (1 Sam 8:9-22, 10:25, Rom 4:14-15 - for those still under the
Law, before full prophetic revelation reference next verse of Rom 4:16 -, Gal
3:17).

The Love of God is that he allows a way to redeem these sinful choices even as
Man makes them.

The Temple

This is a third example (along with sacrifice and the king) of Man choosing a sinful
choice against God’s primary will (2 Sam 7:5-9, 1 Chron 17:4-6, Acts 7:44
‘tabernacle’ not temple or ‘house’ ref verse 47, 47-48) and God then reaching out
to man in secondary will (1 Kings 8:18, 2 Chron 6:8) and showing the detailed
Law involved in keeping to the implications of this choice and allowing this route
forward (1 Kings 8:18, 2 Chron 6:8). God then redeems the choice by providing
an alternative King, sacrifice or temple which is righteous and yet attainable
(namely Christ ) allowing us to become temples by his Kingship and Sacrifice and
Temple (2 Sam 7:4-29, John 2:19, 1 Cor 5:7, 1 Tim 6:15). The Church, along with
the bodies of Christians and of Christ, is the primary will temple (2 Sam 7:13, 1
Kings 6:12, 1 Chron 17:12-14, 1 Cor 6:19, Eph 4:4, Col 1:24). The old temple was
useless without obedience (1 Kings 6:12). All references to the house of God, not
specifically relating to secondary will buildings as in Haggai 1:9, refer to the