Book of Nehemiah ~ Chapter 10: HE Metroplitan Youssef
Nehemiah 9:38 (last verse of chapter 9)
“And because of all this,
We make a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.”
Verse 1-29:
- We have entered into a Covenant with God which was sealed not by signatures and a document, but by the Blood of Christ: "Take drink, this is my Blood of the New Covenant"
- A contract is signed by men and can be annulled... but a covenant cannot.
- "all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God"
- We are different and separated from the rest of the world.
- "Separate for me Barnabas and Paul" means Consecrate them to Me
- To make holy
- There are levels of consecration
- All Christians are one level of consecration
- He who consecrates himself to monasticism is another level of consecration
- He who consecrates himself to a life of service as a consecrated servant is another level of consecration
- He who consecrates himself to the priesthood is another level of consecration
- They entered into the oath to walk in God's Law which was nothing new, but a renewal for them
The seven ordinances and statutes:
- We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;