Did You Know That You Can Obey God's Commandments, Yet, Still Guilty of Disobedience? Know the Proper Sequence of Obeying God!

In God's viewpoint, the proper sequence of actions and events are very important. The Great Creator God is the First of all, the Source of Life and everything Good, the origin of all Blessings. He is the First Cause of all causes, the Creator of all creations. Our obedience to His Laws and Commandments must also follow the right order and sequence for us to benefit from GOD's many blessings.

By: LOPE COLUMNA
MESSIANIC-KABBALIST PASTOR GENERAL
The BRIDE OF CHRIST, MINISTRY OF LIFE

THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF EATING FIRST FROM THE FORBIDDEN TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

Adam disobeyed God by eating first from the prohibited Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam acquired the Knowledge of Good and Evil via SIN or Disobedience, and against the WILL OF GOD. Adam, then, was disqualified to eat from the TREE OF LIFE, which has the WILL OF GOD THE FATHER (Genesis 3:22). 

• And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live for ever:  (Gen 3:22 KJV)

• Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden... (Gen 3:23 KJV)

• So He drove out the man; and He placed at the East of the Garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the TREE OF LIFE.  (Gen 3:24 KJV) 

Since man disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, man is now prohibited to eat from the Tree of Life, which was not prohibited before. 

Things were now reversed and inverted, because man did not follow the proper sequence of obedience to God's commandments.

IF YOU START WITH #2 INSTEAD OF #1, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? 

• If you start with #2, this means that #2 is disconnected from and not supported by #1.

• This means that #2 cannot sustain itself, because #2 exist only because of #1.

• Number 2 is called #2 because of #1, otherwise it is not #2. 

•  It is impossible for #2 to exist without #1. 

• Therefore, if #2 will try to stand by itself, without #1; it will evaporate and self-destruct to non-existence. In other words, it will ultimately die. 

After eating from the forbidden tree Adam tried also to eat from the Tree of Life. But this is not the right sequence. The damage has already been done, and Adam at this early history, fresh from the sin, is now disqualified to eat from the Tree of Life. So, God forced Adam to get out of the Garden, and assigned a Cherubim with revolving sword of flames, to prevent access of Adam and his offspring  to the Tree of Life (Genesis 3:24).

KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD 

I would like to inject here a very important concept that everyone must be aware of. This is about the existence of both the positive and negative Commandments of God. We must know how to properly deal with both of them. 

For example, Genesis 2:16 is a positive commandment to eat from the Trees in the Garden, which include primarily the TREE OF LIFE. But the very next verse, Genesis 2:17 is a negative commandment NOT to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil!  

• And the LORD God commanded the man, "YOU ARE FREE TO EAT from any tree of the garden,  (Gen 2:16 HCSB)

• but YOU MUST NOT EAT eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die."  (Gen 2:17 HCSB) 

Thus, the two (positive and negative) commandments must be taken together in the proper sequence to properly obey God.

THE PROPER SEQUENCE OF OBEYING GOD 

But sadly, what happened in the Garden of Eden is the reverse. Man had chosen to go the other path by eating first from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. And because of that sin, the Yetzer Hara saturated man, and he has to be purified from that sin. 

When a person violates the order that God instituted in His world, he disrupts the flow of divine vitality to himself and the world, and endanger the sanctity of his body and soul.

YOU CAN OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS,
YET STILL GUILTY OF DISOBEDIENCE. WHY?

Let me explain further what it means to obey God in proper sequence. First, let's define what sequence means. From the American Heritage® Dictionary SEQUENCE means,  

• A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.

• Music: A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change. 

Any improper sequence of shots in the movie, or any wrong sequence of notes in a musical composition, will result in bad performance. 

In God's viewpoint, the proper sequence of actions and events are very important. The Great Creator God is the First of all, the Source of Life and everything Good, the origin of all Blessings. He is the First Cause of all causes, the Creator of all creations. Our obedience to His Laws and Commandments must also follow the right order and sequence for us to benefit from GOD's many blessings.

LOVE GOD FIRST, THEN YOUR NEIGHBOR SECOND

Let's have the following verses as an example (Matthew 22:37-39).  

• Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? (Mat 22:36 MKJV)

• Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.  (Mat 22:37-38 MKJV)

• And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Mat 22:39 MKJV) 

If you obey Matthew 22:39 first, or you obey Matthew 22:39 more than Matthew 22:37, then you are committing the sin of IDOLATRY, even though it appears that you are a very loving person to your neighbors! 

The proper sequence of obedience is: LOVE GOD FIRST, then love your neighbor next. Loving your neighbor first, and loving GOD second, is still a sin. It is even a great sin of idolatry! 

The FLOW OF AUTHORITY AND BLESSINGS ALSO FOLLOW THE RIGHT SEQUENCE 

The flow of Authority and Blessings also has the proper sequence and direction. Blessings flow from above to below, not from below to above. 

The best example of this is shown by the flow of Authority and its corresponding Blessings in the Marriage and Family relationships and Government (1Corinthians 11:3). The flow of blessings from above is either opened or closed depending on our actions here below.  

The results of improper sequence that will surely lead to disastrous effects are blessing stoppage (curses) and disconnection. Sometimes the worst effects can happen: breakage, destruction, or death.  

The destructive effect could happen either in an instant or after some delayed time. But the overall effect is the same: Man became mortal, and he is now subject to pain, sufferings, and death. Even before his birth, pain and death can take a hold on him, and after birth he begins to suffer pain, hard labor, sufferings, sorrows, destruction, and finally death.

THE TWO (2) PURIFICATION PROCESSES TO REMOVE SINS 

For Man to regain the right to eat from the Tree of Life, he must completely purify himself of sins. So, Man has to undergo the various processes of sin purification: pain, hard labor, exile, diseases, sufferings, sorrows, poverty, deception, destruction, and finally death. And for whatever lack, shortcomings, or inability of a man or woman to purify themselves of the impurities of Sin, the sufferings and death sacrifice of Christ are available to fill up. This requires the genuine spirit of Repentance and Faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.

And in the End-Time Generation, God has provided a relatively painless way of Sin Purification -- the purifying Messianic Kabbalah Wisdom. 

Thus, God has now TWO (2) PURIFICATION PROCESSES OF MANKIND FOR SALVATION: 

1. Via Tribulations, Sufferings, Disasters, Wars, Terrorism, etc. 

2. Via The Purifying True Gospel of God's Messianic Kabbalah Wisdom! 

According to Messianic Kabbalah, the purification process for a spiritually stained soul is either a person's own sincere repentance, or the Divinely ordained punishment that comes in its place.

Continued on: THE PURPOSE OF BIBLE STUDY IS TO UNIFY GOD'S NAME. It Can Be Done Only Via PARDES (The 4 Levels of Bible Knowledge). Failure To Do This Explains Why Man is Advanced in Technology, but Backward in Religion and Morality. 

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