Right. It was limited to only their physical lives. The law could never deliver life everlasting.
true but the tribes of Israel are different brother after the messiah had come he was the living part of thier law (in other poorly chosen words probably . )
i tend to harp to those who have good understanding of the two testaments and thier distinctions
about the ordination of angels and mediation of Moses that create the disposition of the law .
The tribes of Israel at scarce points did indeed obey the law and keep all his ways and commandments for a generation or two and received a good testimony from God
for instance moses had to die for his sin like I was saying because he
struck the rock twice , rather than doing what God told him to do and speak to
the rock
and so Moses died indeed because the angel did not pardon transgression but then he was told something particular before he died as he was being told he must die
He is told “
you are going to sleep with your fathers before you “ he isn’t told “ you are going to perish “ but you’re going to
rest with those who were before you who passed away , your ancestors “
So this does offer a form of life but it is sort of a life anticipating when w resurrection of those who pass into rest should come and then we see Jesus
“Jesus said unto her,
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
and
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:
I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.”( fulfilling all of
the promises of life in the law and prophets )
John 11:25-27 KJV
and so when Jesus shows up notice Moses isn’t asleep anymore
“And,
behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elijah:”
Luke 9:30 KJV
these ot saints aren’t napping now
“and
the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
Matthew 27:52-53 KJV
what I’m getting at is the Old Testament law and prophets do have a promise of eternal life in them , many of them are already with the lord in his kingdom such as Abraham Isaac and Jacob before the law but Moses also and Elijah we know many more there many saints it says we don’t really know which ones but lol
My point is there is a witness of Christ and eternal life , of remission of sins by faith in him and his atonement fornour sins his resurrection his birth and purpose in coming ect in the law and prophets within Israel’s covenant and so there was technically life bit not life yet rewlly just a promise for life to come when Jesus did
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believ
eth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but
is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
thats what Jesus the Lords word is now that he’s come so we don’t need the other less glorified thing that isn’t for born again with remission of sins but is made to hold guilty the sinful
Jesus our a lord in heaven needed to be born and fulfill life as a man before his words were spoken to man for life Moses words arent the same words (
you inderrrsnd all of this already brother I know and
have more insight hopefully lol I’m just sort of
talking about it not trying to tell you about it
I hope you understand that
I don’t suppose if we reject the resurrection when it comes there’s going to be another restoration again given the nt docrrines I’m pretty sure this is our chance to grasp hold of everlasting life and the lord sure explained alot about it
Jesus has always been but there was a time when he would come fulfill those things hed been saying since Eden about the swho would be born
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