Page 253 - THE REVELATION OF THE THIRD HEAVEN and THE MEAT OF THE WORD

against all of the commandments (Jam 2:10). Thus it is pointless to argue, say, that
divorce and remarriage and charging interest is allowable but homosexuality is not
(Deut 28:58, 30:10, John 1:1, 14, 1 John 3:4, Rev 22:18-19), for there is the same
judgement for one and all (not (Deut 28:58, 30:10, John 1:1, 14, 1 John 3:4, Rev
22:18-19).

The obvious question then arises: under what circumstances can, say, adultery (Ex
20:14), having a loan (Rom 13:8), killing (Ex 20:13), not killing (Acts 10:13),
allowing women to teach or women teaching (1 Tim 2:12) not be a sin when
practised by a Christian? For adultery one should read any and all of the 600 or so
proscriptions and prescriptions of the entire Word. Under the Law one must be
perfect (Deut 18:13).

The answer is that this is irrelevant to the Christian since adultery, or having a
loan, is not the measure of what is or is not sin for the Christian - only the two
Great Commandments are (Mat 22:40, Rom 10:4, 14:4, 14, Col 2:14). The
Christian must discern what is right by the Holy Ghost within (1 Cor 2:10-12) and
God is the final arbiter of whether any act is right (Rom 2:1).

In understanding the Law and violence it is necessary to first understand the
principle of Godly antinomy or valid contradiction, one of the attributes of God
(Rev 22:13), which transcends our logic (1 Cor 1:19-21, 1 Tim 3:16). God is a

valid contradiction (Rev 22:13) as, to take just one example, God is not Man (Num
23:19, Hos 11:9, Job 9:32, John 1:18) and yet a Man is God (John 20:28, 1 Tim
2:5). Those that attempt to be God must emulate God's ability to be a valid
contradiction (Gen 3:22). The Law both commands killing (Deut 20:16) and
forbids it (Ex 20:13, Luke 6:29). It commands genocide towards certain enemies
(Deut 20:16) and commands love towards all enemies (Mat 5:44). It also forbids
lethal voilence (Rev 13:10). In this command of love towards enemies Jesus adds
to the Law (Deut 20:16, Prov 25:21, Mat 5:44, Luke 6:27, 35). Man is, of course,
unable to reconcile these contradictions and can not achieve by his own power this
Godly antinomy (Rom 3:10, 23).

Hard Sayings

God became sin (2 Cor 5:21) as Christ is God (John 1:1, 14) and fully Man and
fully God (John 1:1, 14) in the Hypostatic Union (1 Tim 2:5). God forsook God
and yet remained One God (Mal 3:6, Mat 12:25, 27:46, Mark 3:24, Luke 11:17,
Gal 3:20). Whilst sin He also, as a mystery, remained entirely righteous (2 Cor
5:21), although of course God the Son was forsaken by God the Father at this point