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received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God...

Some Christians, in reading the words of the Old Testament prophets, conclude
that, under the new covenant, Yahweh will take an exact copy of the Law delivered to
Moses and write it on the hearts of men. This is great error. When Yahweh testifies
that He will write His law on the hearts of men, He is speaking of that much fuller,
richer, and substantial revelation of His being that can only be perceived through the
Spirit.

Jeremiah 31:33-34
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those
days, says Yahweh: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their
hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall
every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know
Yahweh,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of
them, says Yahweh.

God is speaking here of placing His Spirit within man to serve as a Guide and
Instructor. The Law communicated only a shadow of the mind of God, but the Spirit
will reveal the substance. The apostle John refers to the passage above in one of his
epistles.

I John 2:27
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you
have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about
all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide
in Him.

The Spirit of Christ is the anointing. It is He that teaches us. The Spirit of Christ
has become our Torah, Yahweh’s Instruction, written on our hearts.
Is the Old Testament still profitable for instruction? Of course it is! However, if
we see only its shadows, and are content with them, the Old Testament will actually
hinder the saint from advancing toward maturity in Christ.
This is a topic I have often raised with the people of God. We must move past the
shadows of the Law to the substance found in Christ. One example I often give is
found in the shadow of Sabbath rest found in the Old Testament. Many saints today
declare themselves to be “Sabbath Keepers.” Yet they are doing nothing more than
keeping the shadow. They have fallen short of entering into the substance of Sabbath
rest. Yahweh will not be satisfied until His sons and daughters enter into the
substance of Sabbath rest.

Hebrews 4:9-10
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered