Jesus loves us. He endured our frustration
and futile struggles against sin by offering
Himself as the new and better way. He has
prepared for each of us to pass from death
to life by the shed blood of His New Covenant.
John 13:1 KJV
Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were
in the world, he loved them unto the end.
The Old Testament, through the Law Of Moses,
demonstrated how our lower nature was not
capable of serving or pleasing the LORD.
Hebrew 8:13 NASB
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
The Law has faded away, and rendered inactive
or nullified for the purpose of bringing salvation.
The Law of Moses was made obsolete in terms of
our fellowship with Him when the New Covenant
was fulfilled through the Cross of Christ.
This fading occurred when our LORD Jesus was
crucified on Golgothan hill which was known as
'A Place Of The Skull.'
Acts 2:27 NKJV
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.
Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians how the
Law of Moses was a ministry of death (chp3;v7)
and condemnation (chp3;v9).
Romans 7:6 KJV
But now we are delivered from the law,
that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit,
and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
The Law of Moses fades away when we are
transfered out of the kingdom of darkness
into His Light. The 'oldness' of the Law
still functions as a restraint holding us from
entering into His Holy Presence.
Luke 5:8 KJV
When Simon Peter saw [it],
he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, 'Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord.'
The Law of Moses effectively condemns all flesh
under the curse. The Law shuts up all men with
out excuse for our sins, our inherent lawlessness
and debased carnal rebellion. We are hopelessly
held in the death grip of our sin nature when we
behold the holiness of the LORD.
The Law can not provide to us the means of our
salvation. It does not permit us to abide in holy
fellowship with Him in the newness of spirit. Our
own mortal flesh is weak, our corrupt members
remain dead towards God. If we say we have no
sin, we lie, and our flesh bears witness against us.
We, therefore, became 'detainees' of the Law, only
knowing our shame and guilt with a veil covering
our darkened minds. We are along the side of the
wide road longing and awaiting for our Deliverer
to come and set us free from our sin and death.
Luke 24:51 KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he parted [G1339] from them, and carried
up into heaven.
Strong's G1339 - Diistemi = (verb) to place separately,
disjoin, stand apart, depart, go further; to put asunder,
to withdraw/withdrew
Our LORD Jesus put asunder all flesh having
Mankind's sin nailed into the Cross of Calvary.
Jesus trusted in His Heavenly Father to deliver
Him from death, Hades and bodily decay. He was
promised that all His enemies would one day bow
before Him under His footstool. On the day that
Christ died once for all, none of His enemies were
brought into subjection to His Lordship.
Mark 16:19 NKJV
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them,
He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God.
He was raised up to abide in a separate place with
His Father on the right hand of God. In Him, we
became a new creation so that we can freely serve
and fellowship as the Body of Christ here on the
earth in the land of the living.
He left behind His clothes, garments, rainment,
vesture that He wore during His trials. A woman
was healed when she touched the hem of his garment.
Matthew 9:20 KJV
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him]
and touched the hem of his garment [G2440].
In fact, as many as those who only touched the
hem of His garment, they were made perfectly
whole. See Matthew 14:36
And yet, He let those who crucified Him to have
his garments.
Matthew 27:35 KJV
"... they parted [G1266] his garments, casting lots ..."
Parted - Strong's G1266 - Diamerizo = to cleave
asunder, cut in(to) pieces; to be divided into opposing
parts, to be at variance, indessension; to distribute
I believe Jesus left His garments to the soldiers for
several reasons. First, it was an act to fulfill scripture
but also to bear witness that those who were healed
was because of His Holiness and not His clothes; to
distribute symbolically how the opposing parts who
were in variance against His lordship would also be
left behind, too.
We can now with confidence set our face to seek
the LORD by entrusting our salvation in Him
instead of the arm of our flesh.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He departed from
this world and descended into the lower parts of
the earth (Ephesians 4:9-10). On the third day,
He ascended far above all the heavens.
Colossians 3:3-4 RSV
For you have died,
and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
(v4) When Christ,
who is our life
appears, then you
also will appear
with him in glory.
