And herein is the problem, you are stating that the Ten Commandments are mine. They are God's immutable, unchangeable Law.
They were COMMANDMENTS written on tablets of STONE - expressions of His immutable, unchangeable CHARACTER and HOLINESS.
Those tablets were The Law - the 10 commandments given through Moses at Sinai -
that Covenant was a conditional covenant.
that covenant was made only with
one nation, Israel.
that covenant included blessing and curses - it was a CONDITIONAL COVENANT.
the blessings were conditional on Israel keeping the commandments.
Deuteronomy 28-29
clearly shows the conditional nature of the Mosaic Covenant (Old Covenant).
Jeremiah prophesied
the New Covenant would eventually replace the Old Covenant BECAUSE Israel did not keep their end of the covenant.
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Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables
the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Deuteronomy 4:13
And he declared unto you
his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
okay? do we agree that
the Old Covenant, from Sinai was:
- between God and Israel only.
- it was conditional
- Israel did not keep the covenant
- God had promised a NEW covenant, which would NOT be like the Old Covenant.
- the New Covenant would supercede and abolish the Old Covenant
- the New Covenant was based on better promises
- the New Covenant would do what the Old Covenant could never do
HOW MANY COVENANTS IS GOD HONORING TODAY?
HOW MANY COVENANTS ARE IN PLACE TODAY?
Hebrews 8:6-9
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord...."
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In that he saith, "A new covenant," he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 Above when he said, "Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein;
which are offered by the law";
9 Then said he, "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God."
He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
is the First (Old) Covenant existent?
is God in Covenant with anyone according to the Old Covenant?
HOW MANY COVENANTS IS GOD UPHOLDING TODAY?
Jesus took His disciples to a Mountain and gave a Sermon where He gave 10 of His own commandments.
These commandments are based on the same principles or "spirit" of the Old Covenant 10 commandments.
But, they are not identical - they are new.
you will note He did not teach Sinai sabbath.
Jesus was actually superseding the Old Covenant - not commanding them to return them to a better understanding/better way to keep the Old Covenant!
His Covenant is NEW.
Jesus said He came to fulfill The Law - to finish or conclude it - replacing The Old Covenant Laws with the New Covenant Promise, just as God had said!
it's A GOOD THING HE DID THIS!
the moral requirements are the same - God is the same, but His Covenants have changed.
why is this NOT a good thing.
The word "fulfill" means to bring to its proper conclusion. He concluded the Old Covenant by:
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In that he saith, "A new covenant," he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
just as Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of His coming, He fulfilled the requirements of the Old Covenant...He also called down those covenant curses upon apostate Jerusalem.
Jesus fulfilled the Law over His entire ministry by walking in perfection
and by becoming the sacrifice of which the Law was THE SHADOW, or prophecy about HIM.
i think ppl get confused because they don't understand that the transition between the Two Covenants took 40 years - from 30AD when john the baptist and Jesus announced the New Covenant - until the destruction of the Temple in 70AD.
Biblical Judaism can not be practiced anymore!!
that was The Lord's doing!
Hebrews 8:13 says that the Old Covenant was
waxing old and it
was about to vanish away.
and so came the destruction of the temple and the city and the apostates by the Romans (the prince Titus).
Jesus had decreed this destruction on the jews who had refused to accept the New Covenant.
during Jesus' ministry,
the two covenants existed along side one another - in 3 1/2 years Jesus had fully inaugurated the New Covenant, and God mercifully allowed them until 70AD for the Old Covenant to fully expire (imo).
we know for certain long after the Day of Pentecost the Lord through His Apsotles was still pleading with the nation of Israel to accept the gospel....the New Covenant.
And herein is the problem, you are stating that the Ten Commandments are mine. They are God's immutable, unchangeable Law.
no. that Covenant is over.
His Moral law never changes - His Covenants and commandments
did.