Jesus said ours was a better covenant. I would hate to have lived thousands of years ago, or even hundreds, under the law, such that it was. We are not under the law, for it has been nailed to the cross of Christ, who fulfilled all the requirements of the law, lived a blameless life, and gave Himself willingly as a payment for sin under the requirements of the law.
We have made so much progress and gained much freedom and yet there remains the struggle for ultimate control and power, mostly through governments, which are meant to serve as well as lead, yet they are prey to many forces that seem to have questionable motives, some simply pecuniary. Yet no matter how much progress we make, much is always lacking, and I see this so much clearer in today's polarized political climate. It is interesting to realize the climate has always been polarized. It never used to interest me much before, but world conditions from a Christian perspective especially, have really made me sit up and take notice. Humanity, at least in what we know as the western world, seems to have reached an impasse, and nothing short of Christ's return will suffice, for man is deeply flawed in his fallen state.
We have made so much progress and gained much freedom and yet there remains the struggle for ultimate control and power, mostly through governments, which are meant to serve as well as lead, yet they are prey to many forces that seem to have questionable motives, some simply pecuniary. Yet no matter how much progress we make, much is always lacking, and I see this so much clearer in today's polarized political climate. It is interesting to realize the climate has always been polarized. It never used to interest me much before, but world conditions from a Christian perspective especially, have really made me sit up and take notice. Humanity, at least in what we know as the western world, seems to have reached an impasse, and nothing short of Christ's return will suffice, for man is deeply flawed in his fallen state.