All commands are necessary for salvation, but God gives you grace and mercy for not following all of them. Every command has a benefit and in the case of the dietary rules, the benefits are health wise. God was literally just teaching what is food vs what isn't food. You should look up instances like shrimp and all the problems it carries health wise. Same with Pork. Does it mean you aren't going to heaven if you don't follow it? No... If your life it cultivated by sin vs not, that's what matters as far as salvation is considered, but dietary restrictions are still apart of His commands.
You counter your own points.
"It is"..."It isn't" ???
Yes. Those 8 chapters discuss the new temple during the millennium period.
They discuss the temple to be built at the return from Babylon.
The vision that he saw about this temple has never been built. So either it's millennial reign (I have more reasons but it would be a huge discussion to go over everything) or his vision is wrong.
It sure was built, and the book of Ezra records it.
The new temple was dedicated in Ezra 6.
Same answer as the first one I said. It's a life characterized by sin vs not. But if he backtracked completely on law keeping, he would be in danger of losing salvation. God would try and correct of course, but every withered branch is pruned and thrown into the fire.
It seems then, that you are a Judaizer, and must keep all 600 plus rules to be saved.
I will then remind you of what Paul wrote..."Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace." (Gal 5:1-4)
Good, I would hate to think you were anti-Paul's teachings regarding the end of the Law.
There is a whole other thread...but I will not derail this one.
Salvation was ALWAYS grace and mercy.
You forgot the keeping of the Law, in the OT.
What Christ did was fulfillment to breaking the 1st covenant God made with Abraham when He put Abraham to sleep and it was keep the covenant or the penalty is death. Hence, a new covenant with Christ was made.
That was undicipherable...care to rephrase ?
Separate question, do you hate Jews or something? You asked me like it was a derogatory remark.
I hate nobody.
The Jesus hating Jews were adamant in their adherence to the letter of the Law, while being ignorant of the Spirit of the Law.
The Law made nobody perfect, but the bringing of another hope did.
Jesus paid the penalty for the first covenant broken.
Rephrase, please.
Salvation was always the same.
Save it for another thread.
