i just dont agree with your opinions regarding the old testement law the entire concept you are talking about is why I disagree
I don’t think it needs interpretation we’re meant to learn from Jesus and his apostles and the revelation they had of those things in the ot …..that they revealed in the nt
yes God has always been the only God we agree there neither of us has suggested any different ….at any point that I’m aware of
Listen ….. The Old covenant made through Moses intercession was handed over to angels after they worshipped the calf by the one God
“And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices By the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
Acts 7:41-43
that’s what Paul’s saying here
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
Moses went up to get the tables of the testimony when he did the people he had made the covenant with had already broken the very first commandment God told them all this from the Mount this
“And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;”
Exodus 20:1-5 KJV
this is what they did as Moses was receiving the commandment tables
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
( he’s decided to destroy them all but for Moses but Moses Intercedes and saves them but he also judges them in his angry disposition )
And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? ….( Moses makes a plea and recalls abrahams promise ) And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. ( he’s not going to consume them all but watch what happens this is what Stephen is talking about in acts seven )
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
….And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
………then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
( Moses puts his own life on the line for his people )
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.”
Exodus 32:7-11, 14-16, 19-21, 26-28, 30-35
Whatbhaopened eas just what stepehen is saying God turned and appointed an angel this angel with this disposition towards mankind
“Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:20-21 KJV
note that jesus is the exact opposite of this angel who will not pardon transgression. He is all about pardoning our sins remitting them in his death were told to go to jesus and hear and believe in him …..of the angel it says beware of him for he will not pardon so you have this disposition hanging over everything in the law
“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”
Leviticus 23:3 KJV
Now you have this disposition Spoken by the angel in Gods name
“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Numbers 15:32, 35-36 KJV
You can see this disposition throughout the law because that angel who will not pardon sin is the ordaining authority bearing the name of the lord exactly like he said to Moses there “I’m sending my angel with you to lead you into the promised land beware of him obey his voice because he will not pardon your sins “
He’s handing the people over to Moses and the angels because of the sinfulness of the people he had already decided to destroy them all until Moses interceded but wow they had already made a golden calfe and worshipped it the king it for saving them from Egypt exactly what Gods first commandment said not to do and what the law says must be punished by death
The thing is the law doesn’t go together with the gospel the gospel stands on its own and so does the law each has its own ordination , preisthood mediator sacrifices ordinances and commandments we hear one covenant t from Moses the one made with Israel’s offspring
and then the one made by and through and of Jesus Christ with all creation beginning with them in Israel who had believed which is the gospel
There’s always been one God we can certainly agree there but he’s made a new covenant and also the new covenant is actually given to all people not only the children of Israel
What makes it different is it’s not the same ordination , priesthood mediation , mediator , sacrifice of atonement , words of the covenant itself , Moses never interceded for Christian’s so they aren’t beholden to his law
Jesus interceded for us so we belong to his covenant , his words , his preisthood his sacrifice and bloodshed his atonement not the one Moses commanded
It’s just an entirely better covenant based upon better promises made by Jesus Christ our Lord rather the covenant Moses had mediated between the same God yes but having an angelic ordination because of rhier sin and also having a mediator and intercessor Moses. Who saved them under the law rather than Christ who saved the world who believes including even Moses himself ….
Its okay though people don’t always agree here I don’t think it’s an issue until we make it one there’s actually a lot regarding th e law and the angels disposition upon it it’s why it seems so unforgiving because it’s not meant to forgive like the gospel is
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