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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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278 God’s Workses and Jesus, as both were faithful in their respective houses(their domain). Paul said that Moses’ house, along with The Nationof Israel, was only to be a testimony (witness) to Christ’sfuture “house” (Verse 5).The significance of Moses’ house (Israel) is discerned by understandingIsrael. Moses’ house was only to be a testimony or a witnessof what was to become God’s real house under Christ, whichis the church. So, all The Law given to Moses, like The Torah,was not the ultimate truth. The Law in its entirety was only ashadow, type or sign of what was to come (Hebrews 10:1-2) thatshowed how God makes you Holy - to be His Sons and Daughters.A testimony or witness generally refers to a will or a promisefor an inheritance. Moses’ house, Israel, was only a witnessof The True House under Christ. Moses and Israel became a signof what was to come.Colossians 2:16-17 informs you about this Sabbath “sign” servingonly as a shadow (testimony) of the real Sabbath “sign,”which was The Body of Christ or the church (Colossians 2:17).Just as Israel was to enter God’s physical rest (Seventh Day - nowork) in “the promised land” of Canaan, so likewise with Christ,the church enters God’s spiritual rest in The Kingdom of God.Remember that The Sabbath, as a sign, shows how God makesyou Holy as He is Holy. The observance of The Seventh Day Sabbathby allowing no work to be done, is only a type or shadow ofthe church entering God’s real (or true) Sabbath - which is God’skingdom (manifested by Christ’s body). This is the actual meaningof Colossians 2:16-17.Then, in Hebrews 3:6, it states that Christians are The House thatChrist is building. So, The Sabbath is a “sign” of what God is doingthrough Jesus who is building God’s house (or family). This

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