dwight92070
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The answer to this is "No". First of all, the Law of Moses was ONLY given to the Jewish nation of Israel, so Gentiles were never commanded to keep the Law, unless they wanted to become a proselyte, i.e. to convert to Judaism.
The Law of Moses, also called the Old Covenant, ended, when Christ brought in the New Covenant, which was in the first century A.D., so really no one has been required to keep the Law of Moses since then - not Jews, not Gentiles, not Christians and not non-Christians.
God gave all those who were or are interested a strong "hint" that He was done with the Law of Moses, when Jesus was crucified, which was about 30 A.D. Right after He died, the Scripture tells us that the curtain in the temple in Jerusalem, between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies - was supernaturally torn in two, from top to bottom. God was indicating that when Christ died, He "opened up the door" into the very presence of God, which is the actual Holy of Holies in heaven, for all who by faith in His shed blood and resurrection, have received His forgiveness of sins and indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
No longer was it necessary to offer temple sacrifices, or to even use the temple at all. Nonetheless, it appears that the Jews who rejected Christ, most likely repaired the curtain, hardly even phased by the miracle of it being torn supernaturally, and went right back to their sacrifices.
Then, forty years later, in 70 A.D., God gave an even stronger hint - He had the Romans totally destroy the temple and the city of Jerusalem. A huge part of keeping the Law of Moses had to do with animal sacrifices and other sacrifices in the temple, so it was impossible to continue obeying that part of the Law of Moses.
Since Christ came, He requires those who wish to follow Him - Christians - to keep His commandments, which Paul called the Law of Christ. There are several laws in the Law of Moses, which were also given in the New Covenant. For example, 9 of the 10 commandments were repeated in the New Covenant - only the 4th commandment, keeping the Sabbath day was not repeated Why? Because it was a ceremonial law, not a moral law. The other 9 law were moral laws, which do not change. The Sabbath Day law is considered a ceremonial law, not a moral law. Moral laws originate from the moral character of God.
The laws in the Law of Christ are to be kept by the power of the Holy Spirit through faith, unlike the Law of Moses, which was often only obeyed by their own will power. However, many Jews realized that if they put their faith in God, even though they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit, they were still enabled to keep the Law more completely, than without faith in God.
So faith was exercised in both the Old Covenant and now in the New Covenant.
The Law of Moses, also called the Old Covenant, ended, when Christ brought in the New Covenant, which was in the first century A.D., so really no one has been required to keep the Law of Moses since then - not Jews, not Gentiles, not Christians and not non-Christians.
God gave all those who were or are interested a strong "hint" that He was done with the Law of Moses, when Jesus was crucified, which was about 30 A.D. Right after He died, the Scripture tells us that the curtain in the temple in Jerusalem, between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies - was supernaturally torn in two, from top to bottom. God was indicating that when Christ died, He "opened up the door" into the very presence of God, which is the actual Holy of Holies in heaven, for all who by faith in His shed blood and resurrection, have received His forgiveness of sins and indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
No longer was it necessary to offer temple sacrifices, or to even use the temple at all. Nonetheless, it appears that the Jews who rejected Christ, most likely repaired the curtain, hardly even phased by the miracle of it being torn supernaturally, and went right back to their sacrifices.
Then, forty years later, in 70 A.D., God gave an even stronger hint - He had the Romans totally destroy the temple and the city of Jerusalem. A huge part of keeping the Law of Moses had to do with animal sacrifices and other sacrifices in the temple, so it was impossible to continue obeying that part of the Law of Moses.
Since Christ came, He requires those who wish to follow Him - Christians - to keep His commandments, which Paul called the Law of Christ. There are several laws in the Law of Moses, which were also given in the New Covenant. For example, 9 of the 10 commandments were repeated in the New Covenant - only the 4th commandment, keeping the Sabbath day was not repeated Why? Because it was a ceremonial law, not a moral law. The other 9 law were moral laws, which do not change. The Sabbath Day law is considered a ceremonial law, not a moral law. Moral laws originate from the moral character of God.
The laws in the Law of Christ are to be kept by the power of the Holy Spirit through faith, unlike the Law of Moses, which was often only obeyed by their own will power. However, many Jews realized that if they put their faith in God, even though they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit, they were still enabled to keep the Law more completely, than without faith in God.
So faith was exercised in both the Old Covenant and now in the New Covenant.