The Allegory, Part 2.

 I did promised to return to the allegory of Galatians four, so I have torn myself away from all my preoccupations to fulfill my promise.

The first covenant, as represented by Hagar, the bond women, was abolished at the time of reformation (Heb.9:9-10. At the reformation, which occurred at the death and resurrection of Jesus, the old covenant was abolished, along with the Levitical priesthood, the ordinances, ritual sacrifices and the fulfillment of the prophesied destruction of the earthly Jerusalem, which occurred in 70AD. That was the complete casting out of the bond woman, and her son.   That is, the children of Israel, born according to the flesh.

They were replaced with the new covenant, as represented by Sarah, the free woman. For Paul said, God, "who also has made us able minister of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life(2 Cor.3:6). The Levitical priesthood, which administered the letter of the law, was replaced by the Mechisedec, where Jesus is now the high priest, who administers the spirit of the law, from the heavenly Jerusalem, under the new covenant.  That law is now written in the hearts and minds of the children of God (2 Cor.3:3).

That was the fulfillment of the promised covenant, prophesied by Jerimiah thus: (Jer.31:31-35), and also referenced by Paul, in (Heb. 8:8-12).

The new covenant was established in the church of God on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came and wrote the law of God in the hearts and minds of his sons and daughters. If you have not received the gift of the Holy Spirit, it means you don't belong to God, and your life is not worth living, as you are a child of the bond woman. 

However, I am reminded that Stephen was murdered by the council for explaining that the old covenant had been abolished, and that Jerusalem would be destroyed. The council, including Paul, ignorant of the teachings of Jesus, murdered an innocent man (Acts 6:9-15) and Acts 7:1-60).

As the Chosen Vessel would say, "As I wrote afore in few words..;(Eph.3:3). Similarly, this is very brief, but I shall take time to explain the meaning of the temple or tabernacle of God.

To be continued