Chapter 20: BOS: The Fruits of the Law

In this chapter, we’ll look at The Fruits of the Law under our review of being Born of the Spirit. When Yehovah freed the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, He began the process of establishing a free society under divine law.  He promised Israel that if they would live His Law that Israel would enjoy the blessings of life, property and posterity. Yeshua extended these blessings into the Endtime Kingdom of God and His millennial reign. Moreover, we’ll see how the Law affects us into eternity. 

The Process of Perfection 
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:

Individual Salvation
Born of the Blood Redemption
Born Again Sanctification Born of the Water > Born of the Spirit > Born of God

​The Kingdom of God 
Yeshua commanded Judah and all believers to be Born Again to enter the Kingdom of God – John 3:3. Those who have been Born Again have overcome personal sin and receive those blessings promised in God’s covenants are continued. 
 

The Blessings of Life 
The Book of Deuteronomy states that if Israel would obey God’s commands that Israel would have “life”.  Generally, the concepts of life include being free from death which comes from the conquest of enemies; the control of disease and being free from the lack of food. 
 
“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live ….” Deu 30:15,16 
 
“I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” Deu 30:18,19 
 

The Blessings of an Enduring Posterity 
The Law also promises that they will have posterity who will continue in time and eternity. 
 
“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply:” Deu 30:15,16; Deuteronomy 8:1; 28:4, 8 
 

The Blessings of a Perpetual Inheritance 
The Law promises that they would have a continual possession of land. 
 
“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.” Deu 30:15,16; Deuteronomy 8:1; 28:4, 8 
 
​Dr. Gileadi,
The Covenant Blessings of Posterity and Land
“Fundamental to all covenant blessings are God’s promise of an enduring posterity and a land in which they may live. God affirms these two blessings when he covenants with Abraham (Genesis 15:18; 22:17), with Israel as a nation (Deuteronomy 8:1; 28:4, 8), and with King David (Psalms 89:3–4, 35–36; 132:11–18). While God’s collective covenant with Israel—the Sinai Covenant—is a conditional covenant—whose blessings depend on whether his people keep the covenant’s terms—his individual covenants with Abraham and David are unconditional. After they prove faithful under all conditions, the blessings of offspring and land become theirs forever.
Even Israel’s Savior has literal offspring (Isaiah 53:10); if not, he would be under a covenant curse. The King of Babylon, for example—who is juxtaposed with the King of Zion in twenty-one antithetical verses in Isaiah 14 and 52–53—ends up with neither offspring nor land because he violates covenants (Isaiah 14:20c–21). Those whom God’s servant vindicates inherit lands and offspring (Isaiah 53:11–12; 54:12–13), while those who belong to Babylon see their lands turn into wastelands and their offspring perish when God sweeps Babylon with the “broom of destruction” (Isaiah 14:22–23). Ultimately, everyone follows one of these two archetypes.”
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Receiving God’s Spirit 
Even though we might receive a temporary manifestation of God’s Spirit to bear witness of His  
truth, to receive the constant companionship of the Holy Spirit we will need to be Born Again and live God’s law.   
 
“And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” Acts 5:32  

Kingdom of God

House of the Son	House of the Father
Born Again	Born Again Going Onto Perfection
Sinaide Laws	Sinaide Laws ​Davidide Laws

​Millennium 
What we see in the Millennium is a continuation of the Kingdom of God. With the rule of the Messiah, we see an expansion of these blessings – believers don't experience death but are translated into an immortal state; posterity will be unfettered; earth size increases; and Israel Savior-God, Yehovah-Yeshua, reigns. 
 
“Jehovah’s coming, however, won’t happen by chance or because God is bound by a timetable. What occasions that event—and what qualifies people to inherit Paradise—is their ascent to the spiritual levels of Zion/Jerusalem and beyond and their physical preparation in gathering from exile to receive their God. Until his people attain Paradise as a covenant blessing—a blessing stemming from their keeping the law of his covenant—Jehovah cannot come. While those who imagine otherwise will be disappointed, those who use the trials that precede Jehovah’s coming as a means of purifying and sanctifying their lives may qualify for that glorious age.” Avraham Gileadi, PhD ​

​Kingdom of Heaven 
We saw in the Letters to the Hebrews that Yeshua connected the Tabernacle with heaven - it becomes a model of heaven. We also see a pattern in the scriptures that certain laws can be associated with this model of heaven. The Noahide Laws can be associated with the Inner Court, the Sinaide Laws are associated with the Holy Place and the Davidide Laws are associated with the Holy of Holies. Those who are Born Again and keep the Torah commands inherit the House of the Son. ​

Inner Court	Holy Place	Holy of Holies
Realm of the Spirit	House of the Son	House of the Father
Noahide Laws	Sinaide Laws	Sinaide Laws ​Davidide Laws

Marriage in the Resurrection
Marriage in the resurrection is a big controversy. The scriptures appear to indicate that marriage does not continue past the resurrection – Matthew 22:30. But we must consider this statement is a paradox or a poor translation when we consider other concepts in the Bible.
 
When we look at the creation story, God is both male and female.  Consider this analysis by Dr. Gileadi on the Book of Isaiah.
 
“That the idea of “male and female” first appears on the son/servant level means that those who reach this level do so within male–female relationships, not as single individuals. It further implies that male–female relationships below the son/servant level have no permanence (see Figure 87). People may contract marriages on lower levels, but these are temporary. God can’t validate such marriages beyond this life except where people ascend to the son/servant level. To do so, they must observe the terms of God’s individual covenant. That includes fulfilling marriage obligations in conjunction with proxy functions. Isaiah, for example, served as a “prophet” but his wife as a “prophetess.” (Isaiah 8:3; 38:1.)
Male–female relationships become permanent as God’s sons/servants fulfill patriarchal and matriarchal roles following a divine pattern. We ascend by acquiring God’s attributes until God “creates” or “re-creates” us in his image and likeness. As the Book of Genesis asserts, that image is both male and female: “God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.” “When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God: male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27; 5:1–2; emphasis added.) Thus, on the son/servant level and above, “What God has joined together, let not man separate,” neither in this life nor in the next. (Matthew 19:6.) “

Marital Status of Persons Who Ascend

Seraphim—Male and Female Sons/Servants—Male and Female Zion/Jerusalem—Male or Female Jacob/Israel—Male or Female