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Heb.6:7 For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; 6:8 but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Each of us should uses decrement when reading God's word the bible, not being legalistic willing to destroy a person spiritual life over words written thousand's of years and taken out of context. Context mean all the scriptures discussing the verse written in our bibles so we can get the full import of the writers message. Out of context means using a verse or two like an attorney building a case for a clients agenda.

The writer of the letter of Hebrews purpose was to show the Christ as superior to the Old law, its that simple, this is the context of the letter to the Hebrews. If God waters something it will grow not a new message, but one known since Adam and Eve lost the waters of God, that is, contact with His Holy Spirit being put out of the garden of Eden into a curse land where thorns and thistles grew! What are these thorns and thistles? They are the condition of mankind fallen into sin, creating unproductive land of thorns and thistles, which are hard to deal with, and live with, frankly.

1 Corinthians 3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

John 4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Sinful human are not the tree of life, nor what they created as god's. Christ Jesus producing only good fruit having no thorns or thistles. The law was good and righteous, but it could not remove the thorns and thistles created by our sins, what the law did was give the power too our sins, because the power of sin is the law. The law brought each of us under a judgment a judgment we could not get out of, proving we are not god's, but instead an unproductive land of thorns and thistle, producing no good fruit at all for eternal life when compared against the Christ the new law of the new covenant, the tree of life.

Matt.7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

In fact, the Jews had been mislead about the laws purpose in thinking it would produce a paradise for them, but it did not, what it did do was show mankind's sinfulness. Those believing the law produce life, and/or paradise of life found instead a deception, and an illusion of the tree of life, where ones go to pick, and eat of mankind's fruit in government, religion, and commerce, getting instead bloody fingers picking its fruits of life.

Now at this writing, God law had watered Israel for thousand's of years, so where were its productive lands of everlasting life? There were none! But just a small remnant of Jew's putting faith in the true paradise tree, eating of his everlasting life, as the bread of life, Christ Jesus.

John 6:32 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. 6:33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

Subsequently, the context of this writing was; go back to the law of thorns and thistles judging yourself and others wicked proving we cannot be righteous by the law, and/or move into the Christ having your judgment removed and accept the tree of life, Christ Jesus, and produce works of eternal life.

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

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