THE CONCEPT OF BONDAGE

Romans chapter 7










Today we are walking in: The Concept Of Bondage










Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride H3618 adorneth herself with her jewels.





Today we look to the word-BRIDE- H3618 kallah--bride, daughter-in-law, young wife


The Torah testifies.........……
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The prophets proclaim..................

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride H3618 her attire?yet my people have forgotten me days without number.


Jeremiah 33:11

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, H3618 the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.



The writings bear witness............
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Grand Rising Fiveamprayer family! Happy Day 3! We will now look at one major highlight of the New Covenant-- The Concept Of Bondage! As a New Covenant Believer, much of our understanding of the "Yoke" of Bondage has been from Paul's epistles. In all of Scripture, the word yoke speaks of bondage. But have we realised there are two Yokes of Bondage, one as a part of the Old Covenant and one as a part of the New Covenant? One of these yokes leads to death, and the other leads to life. One of our main tasks as Hebrews, then, is to understand them both, so that we may come out from, and avoid, the one that leads to death, and enter in to the one that leads to Life. Let us notice the following passage: I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. ( Hosea 11:4) Here we see that the yoke is taken off, and removed by YAHUAH! As the context shows, this removing of the yoke is how Yahuah describes Israel coming out from Egypt, elsewhere called the Bondage of Egypt. This Bondage is the Bondage of sin, and is explained by Paul partly in Romans 7:2-3, in which the obligation to obey the Law ( Torah) is liken to a wife who is bound to a husband by the covenant of marriage, for as long as that husband is alive. As Paul goes on to explain in Romans 7:3-6, If the Believer ( as the wife) has become dead to the Law( no longer under its dominion of sin) by identifying with the death of YAHUSHA, then the Believer is said to be dead to the Law by the body of YAHUSHA. According to the Law ( Torah), the wife is no longer in covenant with ( in bondage to) the ( dead) husband, but is now free to marry ( enter into a new marriage covenant with) YAHUSHA!! That is, once a person is set free from bondage, that one is now free to choose a new Master, and a new marriage Covenant ( a new yoke), which I will go deeper to bring understanding!! Lets first notice the contrast in Hosea 11:4, as we look at the following passages: And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of covenant.. ( Ezekiel 20:37). Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light... ( Matthew 11:29-30). In Ezekiel we see Yahuah promised to bring Israel into the Bond of the Covenant, the bondage or prison of the Covenant, as the Hebrew reads-- which is describing the yoke of bondage of the New Covenant, as the context further reveals. Then in Matthew 11:29-30, we see the new Covenant fulfillment of this yoke of bondage. Here we see YAHUSHA invites His disciples into the yoke of bondage of the marriage covenant. This appeal by YAHUSHA is a window into the mystery of ( Ephesians 5:32) together with ( Colossians 1:27), and is the New Covenant Bondservant appeal seen in Exodus: And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children: I will not go out free: then his master shall bring him unto the judges: he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post: and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him forever, ( Exodus 21:5-6). So we see that under the Everlasting ( New) Covenant, when we identify with the death of YAHUSHA, we become set free from the old yoke ( of bondage to sin and law). YAHUSHA then invites us to choose to take upon ourselves a new yoke ( a yoke of bondage of a marriage covenant with YAHUSHA). It is this way we find rest and the mystery of true delight!! ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH YAH!!!