The Purpose of it All
The writings we call Scripture, from Genesis to Revelations, is a great tool, and the instruction manual from which we build the foundation of our faith. The structure of Scripture is such that the revelation of the Elohim who created is progressive. If we start in Genesis and carefully read with thoughtful consideration until the end of
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What does a proper relationship with YHWH look like? The same way a proper relationship between people look - mutual love and trust. Duh. :-)
YHWH condemns the sin of unbelief and chastises his children for sins of disobedience. There is a difference. The Accuser tries to use the commandments as a tool of condemnation, not YHWH. That is the reason he is called the Accuser by John in the book of Revelations.
Let us not forget that we have all broken ALL of the law of commandments. It only takes breaking one point to break all - as James says.
I didn't say the idea of good and evil changed. However, the idea of how to get knowledge of good and evil does change depending on which tree you are eating of. To understand this better, read and consider what Paul said about the slave woman and the free woman to the Galatians.
Saul/Paul is a great example. He knew and lived by the letter of commandments before, and even thought he was obeying God to kill the blasphemers (Christians). Once he was in relationship with God through Christ his whole perception got flip-flopped upside down (or rather right side up).
Jesus defined Torah as the OT writings completed and accepted as inspired before he came. How do we know? He quoted from books beyond the first 5 and called such Torah. Torah does not mean law, though the OT Torah does contain legal code for national Israel.
The man born of the Spirit does not need the legal code to tell him right and wrong, he does not need forced subjection. He has the love of God in his heart and the eternal Torah being written on his inner most being. As he matures he will become the image and likeness of Christ and be just like him. There is no law against such on earth needed to govern such a man. He loves and will do what love does and will be grieved in spirit by anything else that is not love.
YHWH reconciled man as seen in the New Covenant. If you know the Gospel and New Covenant writings you have the answer to your own question. The Gospel simply needs believed and acted upon so the person is born of the Spirit, which begins the new Life that is without end.
The temple veil symbolized that which keeps man separated from YHWH. Specifically this speaks of the flesh/carnality. John 3 shows we cannot just be born of the flesh to enter the Kingdom, but we must also be born of the Spirit. The flesh of Yahshua was rent - Hebrews speaks of this veil of the flesh that was rent. We are to take our cross and follow him, meaning allowing our flesh to die on the cross also, being rent, that we might live by the new spirit and not the old flesh. Spirit to spirit, deep to deep, intimate relationship with the Spirit of God, that man once had in the garden and lost.
I mean exactly what I said.
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