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--- gospel_ordinances_limited_to_righteous_church_members [2011/12/28 17:56] – steve
+++ gospel_ordinances_limited_to_righteous_church_members [2013/05/08 00:34] (current) – steve
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 ====== Gospel ordinances limited to righteous church members ======
-Not limited to people born in the covenant, since people who convert are adopted into the house of Israel.
+  * [[Exodus 12|Exodus 12:43-46,48]] - strangers cannot partake in the ordinance of the passover, but if they are converted, they may.  I believe that in this case, that circumcision symbolizes that they have joined the church.
+  * [[Leviticus 22|Leviticus 22:10]] - strangers cannot partake of the items consecrated to God's servants
-=== Scriptures ===
+  * [[Leviticus 22|Leviticus 22:12]] - marrying outside the covenant forfeits rights
+  * [[Numbers 16|Numbers 16:40]] - strangers cannot perform priesthood ordinances
-  * Exodus 12:43-46,48 - strangers cannot partake in the ordinance of the passover, but if they are converted, they may - "And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no bstranger eat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.  A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.", "And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof."
+  * [[Deuteronomy 17|Deuteronomy 17:15]] - a holy nation has a ruler chosen of God
-  * Leviticus 22:10 - "There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing."
+  * [[Ezekiel 44|Ezekiel 44:6]] - strangers cannot go into the temple; not just strangers though, but anyone whose heart is not right as well: "No stranger, **uncircumcised in heart**, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel."
-  * Leviticus 22:12 - marrying outside the covenant forfeits rights, "If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things."
-  * Numbers 16:40 - "To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord"
-  * Deuteronomy 17:15 - "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother."
-  * Ezekiel 44:6 - "No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel."