The old was ratified by the blood of a Ram.
Exo 24:7-8
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
The blood of the Ram was used to seal the deal.
I do not claim to be under the old covenant. The old was nailed to the cross.
The old covenant failed. Not by God or anything that God did. It was the people that failed.
The laws were only part of the covenant.
Obedience to the laws was were the people failed and understanding which laws were a burden and which laws were holy and good makes a big difference.
Do you presume all of the laws give at Sinai are made void?
Not killing, not lying, not committing adultery, not taking God's name in vain are not void today.
You manage to find a way to allow these laws into the new covenant but the 4th commandment is made void.
Moses was shown the pattern of the heavenly ministry. The Shadow of what was to come.
Heb 8:6-10
Heb 8:6 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.
Better because Jesus is the lamb and priest and it is no longer a shadow but the real deal. JESUS. Jesus is the more excellent ministry and mediator of the better covenant.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Did God give faulty laws? It was not the 10 commandments that were faulty. The second was needed because of the peoples faulty attitudes. And the blood of animals did not forgive our sins.
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: 9 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. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
The new covenant is about Jesus and how we relate to His gift. It is not about making all the perfect laws void.
It is about true freedom from sin.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
These perfect holy laws do not change.
But ... Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Does the yoke of bondage include the 10 commandments. Or keeping the 600 plus laws to save yourself???
The allegory of the two covenants in Galatians 4 explains the difference between the "children of the flesh," who rely on human efforts to achieve righteousness, and the "children of promise," who receive salvation through faith in Christ.
This comparison uses the history of Abraham’s two sons, Ishmael and Isaac, to illustrate the transition from the restrictive Sinai covenant to the liberating new covenant.
Just as Hagar could only bring forth children into a state of slavery, the Sinai covenant "gendereth to bondage" because it relies on the promises and works of the carnal mind, which is unable to subject itself to the law of God Galatians 4:24.
Sarah, the freewoman, represents the "Jerusalem which is above," which is the mother of all true believers Galatians 4:26. This covenant is based on the better promises of God and is characterized by spiritual freedom rather than legalistic servitude.
Ishmael was the result of Sarah and Abraham’s attempt to fulfill God’s promise through their own human inventions and distrust. He represents those who seek righteousness by their own works and remain in the "bondage of sin," typified by Egyptian servitude Galatians 4:23
Isaac (Born of the Spirit) was born by the supernatural power of God according to a divine promise when birth was humanly impossible. He represents the "children of promise" who are justified by faith and have the law of God written in their hearts by the Spirit, Galatians 4:28.
While the "yoke of bondage" and ceremonial ordinances are set aside, the new covenant actually establishes the moral law (the Ten Commandments) by writing its principles of righteousness directly into the minds and hearts of believers, Hebrews 10:16.
As children of the new covenant we are free in Christ.
Not free to sin and transgress the law. We are free from the bondage of sin.
The price has been paid.
But also the Spirit is given to overcome sin in Christ. Justification and sanctification Are both gifts to free us from the bondage of sin.
