The Issue of Limited Atonement

Thank God!
Thank God that you trust in the flesh ? Let me tell you Jer 17 5

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

Phil 3

3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Confidence in ethnicity is in opposition to the Righteousness is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
 
Thank God that you trust in the flesh ? Let me tell you Jer 17 5

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Can't you read? I said, Thank GOD."
Phil 3

3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Confidence in ethnicity is in opposition to the Righteousness is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Saul remained obedient to the Law of Moses as a born-again Christian.

24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. Acts 21:24.

I rest my case.
 
Can't you read? I said, Thank GOD."

Saul remained obedient to the Law of Moses as a born-again Christian.

24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. Acts 21:24.

I rest my case.
I rest my case, that you trust in the flesh, something Paul renounced.
 
I rest my case, that you trust in the flesh, something Paul renounced.
Saul renounced?

Let's see.

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, nan Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:4–6.

Saul remained a rabbi and Pharisee throughout his life, and he was obedient to the Law of Moses.

He celebrated the Law and the Feast of Pentecost:

16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. Acts 20:16.

He obeyed the Law and the Prophets:

14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: Acts 24:14.

Saul's 'walk' as a rabbi and Pharisee was impeccable:

7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. Acts 25:7–8.

Saul, a born-again Christian taught other born-again Christians out of the Law of Moses as Jesus did:

23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. Acts 28:22–23.

Saul partook of vows under the Law and shaved his head (Nazarene Vows.)

23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. Acts 21:23–24.

Imagine that. Saul teaching born-again Jews the Law of Moses and the Prophets. There is a reason he did this. Jesus did this too.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal. 3:24.

Saul taught Christians the Law of Moses. And for those that say the Law is "abolished" or "obsolete" the Scriptures say to you that without the Law no one can be saved. The Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets are the totality of the Hebrew Scripture, and they testify of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

16 All [Hebrew] scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:16–17.

and one more:

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:25–27.

Jesus did not abolish or make the Law of Moses obsolete. Don't be a fool, Jesus says. Moses and the prophets testify of me. If you abolish the Law or make it obsolete, then you are working against God. The word for that is "adversary."
And it is translated "Satan."
 
I dont understand how that has anything to do with anything Im talking about.
It has everything to do with it, especially for one who believes the Law/covenant of Moses is "abolished" or "obsolete."

What is the Law of Christ but the Mosaic Covenant?

The Law of Christ - NOT Jesus - since Saul says the "Law is spiritual" and so is the Spirit. Many don't know or are ready to understand that the Law is type and shadow of the Holy Spirit. It is He whom God promised in Ezekiel and Jeremiah to put in the inward parts of God's people.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and fa new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:26–28.

and

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
And write it in their hearts;
And will be their God,
And they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33.

When we are born again by the Spirit there is something called "justification." What is justification?
The doctrine that those who are born-again have been judged by God as "Not Guilty!" of transgressing His Law.
It is the basis by which our clearance before God has been satisfied by the complete and total obedience of the Law by His Son, Jesus Christ. It is His Work of obedience to God's Law that is transferred to us because of the doctrine of substitution. The soul that sinneth shall die. The truth is that one who has transgressed one Law is guilty of transgressing ALL the Law. But Jesus Christ as lamb of God and the one who died in our stead so that we may be called sons of God has fulfilled every command and precept under the Law yet who has received the punishment for sin which is death died and took the punishment for sin which is death - physical, spiritual, and eternal - death.
His sacrifice is applied to us as He took upon Himself the sins of those to whom salvation is given, and that is, to the Hebrew people in covenant with God.

The Law does not change. But something needed to be done so that the guilty can be declared "Not Guilty!" of transgressing God's Law, which we know is not the means of salvation but is the instruction of righteousness AFTER we have been born again so that we may live under said Law as innocent partakers of the atonement that was accomplished by Jesus Christ. It is we who have changed. Natural Olive tree Israel has since Pentecost have become spiritual Olive tree Israel and from the standpoint of our justification the Law which was meant for life can now be applied to us as life to live under God's Law. The problem was that no one could keep the Law, that everyone transgression meant transgression of ALL God's Law. The reason who the letter of the Law killeth was because we were flesh - no spirit. Now that we are spirit the Law cannot "touch" us. In our justification our relationship to the Law has changed. Jesus Christ has been imputed our sin nature, and we have been imputed His Righteous nature and partake of the divine nature of God.

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, 2 Peter 1:4.

Those under the Law - the Hebrew children of Israel - are the inheritors of those "great and precious promises" and in their new birth their relationship to the Law has changed and it is now become our instruction in righteousness, as Saul wrote to Timothy, "That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works"
2 Timothy 3:17.

The result?

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus," Romans 8:1.

Our sins we might commit as Christians has all been atoned by Jesus Christ and any sin we commit does not alienate us from salvation, but it does in our relationship with God (and man) if we do not repent and not commit those same sins as before. And through our sanctification we overcome those sins because Jesus Christ overcame the world, and having overcome the world, we, too, are conquerors of the world because of Christ.

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Galatians 4:9.

God has given us the means of overcoming sin when we remind God - although He already knows - that Christ who is our Advocate and Mediator has taken those sins to Himself, and it is His Righteousness we have been given that overcomes the world. God "looks" upon His Son and says, "You are right!" and we are changed into the image of Christ in our sanctification. When we respond accordingly, we are changed into the image of Christ from glory to glory as we reach our measure of faith, that "pre-mold" of what we will become at the end of our lives, and we are called "home" to God.

We still live under the Law. It is the Law which tells us how to live. But instead of obeying the Law written on stone from without, we live unto God by the Law, or Spirit, which God has put in our inward parts from within. When we sin the Law, who is the Spirit within us convicts us of sin from within, we repent, and because we are absolved, we move forward and live in the newness of life. The New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah to both Houses does not contain any new requirements upon man but describes instead that God has forgiven us and does not remember our sin ever. There is no mechanism for salvation Jeremiah speaks/writes of, for the mechanism is found in the Law of Moses. All the New Covenant is, is the Mosaic Covenant fulfilled by Christ. The mechanism for our salvation is found in the Law and it is the Ceremonial Law of substitution through which we are saved. Christ died for His people. He is our Mediator, our Intercessor, our Advocate, and our King. And in His reign His people have been atoned. There is no more condemnation for our sins because Christ has paid the penalty, which is death, and by His obedience to the Law we are saved. We walk in the newness of life. We are free.
 
Saul renounced?

Let's see.

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, nan Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:4–6.

Saul remained a rabbi and Pharisee throughout his life, and he was obedient to the Law of Moses.

He celebrated the Law and the Feast of Pentecost:

16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. Acts 20:16.

He obeyed the Law and the Prophets:

14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: Acts 24:14.

Saul's 'walk' as a rabbi and Pharisee was impeccable:

7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. Acts 25:7–8.

Saul, a born-again Christian taught other born-again Christians out of the Law of Moses as Jesus did:

23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. Acts 28:22–23.

Saul partook of vows under the Law and shaved his head (Nazarene Vows.)

23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. Acts 21:23–24.

Imagine that. Saul teaching born-again Jews the Law of Moses and the Prophets. There is a reason he did this. Jesus did this too.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal. 3:24.

Saul taught Christians the Law of Moses. And for those that say the Law is "abolished" or "obsolete" the Scriptures say to you that without the Law no one can be saved. The Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets are the totality of the Hebrew Scripture, and they testify of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

16 All [Hebrew] scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy 3:16–17.

and one more:

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:25–27.

Jesus did not abolish or make the Law of Moses obsolete. Don't be a fool, Jesus says. Moses and the prophets testify of me. If you abolish the Law or make it obsolete, then you are working against God. The word for that is "adversary."
And it is translated "Satan."
You still have confidence in the flesh.
 
It has everything to do with it, especially for one who believes the Law/covenant of Moses is "abolished" or "obsolete."

What is the Law of Christ but the Mosaic Covenant?

The Law of Christ - NOT Jesus - since Saul says the "Law is spiritual" and so is the Spirit. Many don't know or are ready to understand that the Law is type and shadow of the Holy Spirit. It is He whom God promised in Ezekiel and Jeremiah to put in the inward parts of God's people.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and fa new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:26–28.

and

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
And write it in their hearts;
And will be their God,
And they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33.

When we are born again by the Spirit there is something called "justification." What is justification?
The doctrine that those who are born-again have been judged by God as "Not Guilty!" of transgressing His Law.
It is the basis by which our clearance before God has been satisfied by the complete and total obedience of the Law by His Son, Jesus Christ. It is His Work of obedience to God's Law that is transferred to us because of the doctrine of substitution. The soul that sinneth shall die. The truth is that one who has transgressed one Law is guilty of transgressing ALL the Law. But Jesus Christ as lamb of God and the one who died in our stead so that we may be called sons of God has fulfilled every command and precept under the Law yet who has received the punishment for sin which is death died and took the punishment for sin which is death - physical, spiritual, and eternal - death.
His sacrifice is applied to us as He took upon Himself the sins of those to whom salvation is given, and that is, to the Hebrew people in covenant with God.

The Law does not change. But something needed to be done so that the guilty can be declared "Not Guilty!" of transgressing God's Law, which we know is not the means of salvation but is the instruction of righteousness AFTER we have been born again so that we may live under said Law as innocent partakers of the atonement that was accomplished by Jesus Christ. It is we who have changed. Natural Olive tree Israel has since Pentecost have become spiritual Olive tree Israel and from the standpoint of our justification the Law which was meant for life can now be applied to us as life to live under God's Law. The problem was that no one could keep the Law, that everyone transgression meant transgression of ALL God's Law. The reason who the letter of the Law killeth was because we were flesh - no spirit. Now that we are spirit the Law cannot "touch" us. In our justification our relationship to the Law has changed. Jesus Christ has been imputed our sin nature, and we have been imputed His Righteous nature and partake of the divine nature of God.

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, 2 Peter 1:4.

Those under the Law - the Hebrew children of Israel - are the inheritors of those "great and precious promises" and in their new birth their relationship to the Law has changed and it is now become our instruction in righteousness, as Saul wrote to Timothy, "That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works"
2 Timothy 3:17.

The result?

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus," Romans 8:1.

Our sins we might commit as Christians has all been atoned by Jesus Christ and any sin we commit does not alienate us from salvation, but it does in our relationship with God (and man) if we do not repent and not commit those same sins as before. And through our sanctification we overcome those sins because Jesus Christ overcame the world, and having overcome the world, we, too, are conquerors of the world because of Christ.

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Galatians 4:9.

God has given us the means of overcoming sin when we remind God - although He already knows - that Christ who is our Advocate and Mediator has taken those sins to Himself, and it is His Righteousness we have been given that overcomes the world. God "looks" upon His Son and says, "You are right!" and we are changed into the image of Christ in our sanctification. When we respond accordingly, we are changed into the image of Christ from glory to glory as we reach our measure of faith, that "pre-mold" of what we will become at the end of our lives, and we are called "home" to God.

We still live under the Law. It is the Law which tells us how to live. But instead of obeying the Law written on stone from without, we live unto God by the Law, or Spirit, which God has put in our inward parts from within. When we sin the Law, who is the Spirit within us convicts us of sin from within, we repent, and because we are absolved, we move forward and live in the newness of life. The New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah to both Houses does not contain any new requirements upon man but describes instead that God has forgiven us and does not remember our sin ever. There is no mechanism for salvation Jeremiah speaks/writes of, for the mechanism is found in the Law of Moses. All the New Covenant is, is the Mosaic Covenant fulfilled by Christ. The mechanism for our salvation is found in the Law and it is the Ceremonial Law of substitution through which we are saved. Christ died for His people. He is our Mediator, our Intercessor, our Advocate, and our King. And in His reign His people have been atoned. There is no more condemnation for our sins because Christ has paid the penalty, which is death, and by His obedience to the Law we are saved. We walk in the newness of life. We are free.
Confidence in the flesh.
 
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What is the Law of Christ but the Mosaic Covenant?

Christ has done what was required of the entire Mosaic Law economy, He has completely fulfilled its purpose for Gods People Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

All that the Law required to obtain Righteousness/Eternal Life as Per Matt 19:

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

See no one could keep the commandments to enter into eternal life because of the weakness and sinfulness of the flesh Rom 8:3-4


3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Now whoever Christ has fulfilled and obeyed the entire Law for, as well as condemned all their sins against the law, they will be given Faith to believe on Him, because He has did all this for them, and so they will believe and walk/live by Faith. Every True Believer, regardless of nationality has kept the commandments and earned the inheritance of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, He earned it, and gives it to them as a free gift.
 
@jeremiah1five



Christ has done what was required of the entire Mosaic Law economy, He has completely fulfilled its purpose for Gods People Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

All that the Law required to obtain Righteousness/Eternal Life as Per Matt 19:

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

See no one could keep the commandments to enter into eternal life because of the weakness and sinfulness of the flesh Rom 8:3-4


3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Now whoever Christ has fulfilled and obeyed the entire Law for, as well as condemned all their sins against the law, they will be given Faith to believe on Him, because He has did all this for them, and so they will believe and walk/live by Faith. Every True Believer, regardless of nationality has kept the commandments and earned the inheritance of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, He earned it, and gives it to them as a free gift.
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew 19:16–22.

Here is a Jewish man. But not just any man. This many had office, had position, had authority. And having authority can only be discharged based upon the choices of Rome for as an occupying force in Israel were the one's who placed certain Jews in positions of power and authority. In the case of this man, he was a student of the Law of Moses.

The man's question is "what shall I do, that I may have eternal life.
Jesus responds by directing him to the Law of Moses, specifically, the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments.
The Laws Jesus quotes are Laws that have to do with a person's behavior towards his fellow Hebrew/Jews among the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses comes down from the mountain holding two tablets. The first tablet concerns man's relationship towards God, and the second instructs man's relationship to man.

The man replies that those things Jesus references he has kept since his youth, referring to after the man's bar mitzvah, the age of accountability to God and among society in general. The man states he has kept these Laws perfectly, the same thing Saul says in one of his letters. But the man is unsatisfied. He thinks there must be more. Jesus keeps it simply within the confines of the Law. Still, the man asks, "What lack I yet?"

Of this question Jesus responds with three things the man is instructed to do:

1. Sell what you have (own)
2. Give the proceeds to the poor
3. Come, and follow me.

After hearing this the man walks away sorrowful for, he had great possessions.

Many say this man never received eternal life because he loved mammon and would not part with his possessions. I disagree. The man did gather his possessions, gave them all to the poor, and went to follow Jesus.
Of these three things it occurs to the man later that what he lacked was Jesus, and so when Pentecost came, the Jewish Feast of Harvest, this man was among the three thousand Jews that became born-again by the Holy Spirit of Promise when the Spirit descended in Acts 2. Days later after this Feast had ended there was a sharing of resources among the Jewish Christians which was recorded in Acts 4:34.

34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. Acts 4:34–35.

Some may say "but it doesn't say that in Scripture." My response is that it does, when Jesus told the man, "Come, and follow me." These words echo the command of Jesus to Andrew and Peter when Jesus commanded them to "follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

It is the same command spoken to Philip:

43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. John 1:43.

Jesus said this to an unnamed disciple:

21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Matthew 8:21–22.

Jesus said the same thing to Matthew:

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Matthew 9:9.

These were not suggestions. They were not requests. They were imperatives, commands from the Lord Jesus Christ who speaks these words to all whom God shall save. Just as Jesus spoke to the tomb where Lazarus was laid. Jesus commanded Lazarus, to "Come forth!" and Lazarus came forth. It has been said that if Jesus did not specify exactly who was to come out of his tomb, that all persons who were dead would have arose from their graves.

This makes sense. It is reasonable. Jesus was a man who had authority, who walked among men with a mission. Even the people would say of Jesus, "Never had a man spoke like this."

This young man's question, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life" was answered by Jesus directing the man to the Law of Moses and then instructing the man to obey the Law of Moses. And he did. He did all three of those things Jesus told the man to do. He was a Hebrew man of the seed of Abraham and was also an heir according to the promise (Gal. 3:28-29.) And after the man was born-again his relationship to the Law changed. And as with all who were of Jewish descent the man became zealous of the Law of Moses.

20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Acts 21:20.

It is through the Law of Moses that a Jew in covenant with God and heir of the promises that all under the Law of Moses became saved. And this is because the Law of Moses brought all Jews to the realization that Jesus bar Joseph of the tribe of Judah saved all who were under the Law:

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24.

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:4–5.
 
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew 19:16–22.

Here is a Jewish man. But not just any man. This many had office, had position, had authority. And having authority can only be discharged based upon the choices of Rome for as an occupying force in Israel were the one's who placed certain Jews in positions of power and authority. In the case of this man, he was a student of the Law of Moses.

The man's question is "what shall I do, that I may have eternal life.
Jesus responds by directing him to the Law of Moses, specifically, the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments.
The Laws Jesus quotes are Laws that have to do with a person's behavior towards his fellow Hebrew/Jews among the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses comes down from the mountain holding two tablets. The first tablet concerns man's relationship towards God, and the second instructs man's relationship to man.

The man replies that those things Jesus references he has kept since his youth, referring to after the man's bar mitzvah, the age of accountability to God and among society in general. The man states he has kept these Laws perfectly, the same thing Saul says in one of his letters. But the man is unsatisfied. He thinks there must be more. Jesus keeps it simply within the confines of the Law. Still, the man asks, "What lack I yet?"

Of this question Jesus responds with three things the man is instructed to do:

1. Sell what you have (own)
2. Give the proceeds to the poor
3. Come, and follow me.

After hearing this the man walks away sorrowful for, he had great possessions.

Many say this man never received eternal life because he loved mammon and would not part with his possessions. I disagree. The man did gather his possessions, gave them all to the poor, and went to follow Jesus.
Of these three things it occurs to the man later that what he lacked was Jesus, and so when Pentecost came, the Jewish Feast of Harvest, this man was among the three thousand Jews that became born-again by the Holy Spirit of Promise when the Spirit descended in Acts 2. Days later after this Feast had ended there was a sharing of resources among the Jewish Christians which was recorded in Acts 4:34.

34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. Acts 4:34–35.

Some may say "but it doesn't say that in Scripture." My response is that it does, when Jesus told the man, "Come, and follow me." These words echo the command of Jesus to Andrew and Peter when Jesus commanded them to "follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

It is the same command spoken to Philip:

43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. John 1:43.

Jesus said this to an unnamed disciple:

21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Matthew 8:21–22.

Jesus said the same thing to Matthew:

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. Matthew 9:9.

These were not suggestions. They were not requests. They were imperatives, commands from the Lord Jesus Christ who speaks these words to all whom God shall save. Just as Jesus spoke to the tomb where Lazarus was laid. Jesus commanded Lazarus, to "Come forth!" and Lazarus came forth. It has been said that if Jesus did not specify exactly who was to come out of his tomb, that all persons who were dead would have arose from their graves.

This makes sense. It is reasonable. Jesus was a man who had authority, who walked among men with a mission. Even the people would say of Jesus, "Never had a man spoke like this."

This young man's question, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life" was answered by Jesus directing the man to the Law of Moses and then instructing the man to obey the Law of Moses. And he did. He did all three of those things Jesus told the man to do. He was a Hebrew man of the seed of Abraham and was also an heir according to the promise (Gal. 3:28-29.) And after the man was born-again his relationship to the Law changed. And as with all who were of Jewish descent the man became zealous of the Law of Moses.

20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Acts 21:20.

It is through the Law of Moses that a Jew in covenant with God and heir of the promises that all under the Law of Moses became saved. And this is because the Law of Moses brought all Jews to the realization that Jesus bar Joseph of the tribe of Judah saved all who were under the Law:

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24.

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:4–5.
Christ has fulfilled the Law of Moses for everyone that is believing Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

All the righteousness the Law of Moses Required of Gods People has been kept and honoured by Christ for them Isa 42:21

21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Now if Christ did that for you, He will give you faith in Him and cause you to rest in Him
 
Christs atonement is limited to a specific people that He was a High Priest for, a special chosen people, typified by Aaron the High Priest of Gods chosen people Israel, observe Heb 2 17

17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

He is merciful only towards the people He made reconciliation for. In the original its the people with the definite article


ὅθεν ὤφειλεν κατὰ πάντα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁμοιωθῆναι ἵνα ἐλεήμων γένηται καὶ πιστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν εἰς τὸ ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ λαοῦ

Even sins has the definite article, its all for a definite people for definite sins,

Say with me Definite atonement or Definite reconciliation/propitiation
 
Christ has fulfilled the Law of Moses for everyone that is believing Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

All the righteousness the Law of Moses Required of Gods People has been kept and honoured by Christ for them Isa 42:21

21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Now if Christ did that for you, He will give you faith in Him and cause you to rest in Him
Christ directed a Jew to the Law of Moses and then instructed the man to obey the Law of Moses.

ALL Jews that became born again remained obedient to the Law of Moses - even Saul.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Acts 21:17–24.

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts 21:26.

That's what it says. But you, a Gentile, in order to steal Israel's Inheritance must first cheapen the Law and say it is abolished so that you and other Gentiles can steal another person's inheritance.

God gave the Mosaic Covenant to the Hebrew people. It is their Law and you, being a Gentile, believe you have authority to tell another race what they can have and what they can't is despicable.

That's like Muslims telling America the Constitution is no longer effective, that it is abolished.

Lord, this country is in for destruction because of people like you.
Imagine that, telling another people their Laws are no longer effective, that they are obsolete. Racist.
Remember Native Americans. Same crap.
 
Christ directed a Jew to the Law of Moses and then instructed the man to obey the Law of Moses.

ALL Jews that became born again remained obedient to the Law of Moses - even Saul.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Acts 21:17–24.

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts 21:26.

That's what it says. But you, a Gentile, in order to steal Israel's Inheritance must first cheapen the Law and say it is abolished so that you and other Gentiles can steal another person's inheritance.

God gave the Mosaic Covenant to the Hebrew people. It is their Law and you, being a Gentile, believe you have authority to tell another race what they can have and what they can't is despicable.

That's like Muslims telling America the Constitution is no longer effective, that it is abolished.

Lord, this country is in for destruction because of people like you.
Imagine that, telling another people their Laws are no longer effective, that they are obsolete. Racist.
Remember Native Americans. Same crap.
Christ has fulfilled the Law of moses for everyone that is believing, that was the Laws end Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
He came to fulfill it Matt 5:17


Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Even all of its ceremonial demands He fulfilled Matt 3:15

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
 
Christ has fulfilled the Law of moses for everyone that is believing, that was the Laws end Rom 10:4

4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
He came to fulfill it Matt 5:17


Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Even all of its ceremonial demands He fulfilled Matt 3:15

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
I agree. Jesus Christ did fulfill the Law of Moses. The Ceremonial Laws have been fulfilled and since His death and resurrection there no longer needs to be animal sacrifices anymore on Yom Kippur and other national Holydays.

However, the Law of Moses such as the Moral Law and the Social Law still exist and are valid as commands to God's people for their daily lives. We still are under the Law commanding "Thou shalt not have any gods before us," we must still obey the commands to "not take the Name of the Lord in vain" and other commands given to God's Chosen people Israel. Non-Hebrew Gentiles were never under the Abraham Covenant, never under the Mosaic Covenant, nor are they included in the New Covenant as prophesied by Jeremiah.
The New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah in 31:31-34 is a covenant between the God of Abraham and the House of Israel (ten northern kingdom tribes), and the House of Judah (two southern kingdom tribes.)

It says in Jeremiah's prophecy that:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
And write it in their hearts;
And will be their God,
And they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying,
Know the LORD:
For they shall all know me,
From the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:
For I will forgive their iniquity,
And I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 31:33–34.

Several questions need to be asked and answered.

QUESTIONS:
1. What Law is God going to put in the inward parts of the House of Israel?
2. What is it that God is going to "write in their hearts"?
3. What does God mean when He references "neighbor" and "brother"?
4. It says that God "will forgive their iniquity" and "remember their sin no more." How will God do this? What mechanism is there that will enable God to forgive Israel's iniquity? Under the Law God is able to forgive Israel's sins for one year called the most Holy day in Israel which is Yom Kippur. This Passover included the high priest offering a sacrifice as commanded by God in which the high priest lays his hands on the animal, and places" the sins of Israel upon the animal's head. This is called Substitutionary Sacrifice commanded and directed by God as part of the ritual yearly by which the sins of Israel are "placed" upon the animal, the animal is sacrificed, and the animal's blood is then sprinkled upon the people. God teaches us that "the soul that sinneth shall die." If Israel's sins are placed on the head of the animal, then this animal is supposed to die. But it does not die naturally as result of the sins of Israel the high priest symbolically placed upon its head, this is a representation, and so the animal must be physically killed. Thus, it is to show that the result of sin is death. After this the high priest sprinkles the blood of the just sacrificed animal upon the people (Israel) and this blood is supposed to cover Israel for one year adding God's intention to Passover Israel's sins for one year. After that one year, the process is repeated.

ANSWERS:
1. and 2. The Scriptures reveal that the Law of Moses serves as a symbolic precursor to the Holy Spirit of Promise. The Ten Commandments, the bedrock of God's moral law, were divinely inscribed, outlining the outward obedience required of Israel. Yet, Israel's repeated failures to uphold even one commandment exposed their fundamental inability to perfectly adhere to God's entire Law. This inherent human failing underscored the necessity of a divine intervention: God sent His sinless Son, Jesus Christ, as the perfect, unblemished sacrifice. During His earthly ministry, Jesus fulfilled every aspect of the Mosaic Law. As a result, God mercifully transferred Israel's sins onto His Son, decreeing His death as the singular, eternal atonement, replacing the temporary animal sacrifices. Jesus, God's own sinless Lamb, willingly bore the weight of Israel's iniquities, His sacrificial blood providing ultimate cleansing and appeasing God's righteous wrath. "Nailing the Law to His cross" symbolizes Jesus' substitutionary role for sinners. In Roman culture, the condemned person's crimes were often posted on their cross. In Jesus' case, "the Law" was nailed to His cross, signifying that He bore the guilt of Israel's failure to obey God's Law. This act identifies Jesus not as inherently sinful, but as the one who was accused and condemned in the place of sinners, taking on their transgressions as if they were His own. At His final Passover, Jesus established a New Covenant through His body and blood. This covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah (31:31-34), promised to forgive Israel's sins and remember them no more. This forgiveness isn't based on the old sacrificial system, but on Jesus' ultimate sacrifice, which fulfilled that system. Because of His sacrifice, God can now truly forgive Israel's sins and remember them no more. Furthermore, as Ezekiel 36 foretold, God gives Israel a new heart. This miraculous transformation happens through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus described as the "kingdom of God... within you." When someone experiences spiritual rebirth, or is "born again of the Spirit," it signifies the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This Spirit is described as the Law God places within a person's "inward parts," enabling it to directly guide and lead their behavior. If they sin, the Holy Spirit convicts them from within, much like the Law written on stone once convicted from without.

ANSWERS
3. The terms "neighbor" and "brother" in Jeremiah 31 are not general references, but specific identifiers for individuals within the twelve tribes of Israel. Following the construction of the Tabernacle, God systematically allocated land, arranging three tribes each to the north, east, west, and south. Consequently, if someone from one tribe sinned against their "neighbor," it meant they had wronged a member of an adjacent tribe. The use of "brother," however, indicated a sin committed against a person from their own tribe.

ANSWERS:
4. The Scriptures declare God will "forgive their iniquity" and "remember their sin no more." But what mechanism allows for such profound forgiveness? Under the Mosaic Law, God instituted Yom Kippur, the most holy day, to achieve annual atonement for Israel's sins. Central to this Passover ritual was a divinely commanded substitutionary sacrifice. The high priest would symbolically transfer Israel's sins onto an animal by laying hands on its head. This animal, now bearing the nation's guilt, was then physically put to death, illustrating the universal truth that "the soul that sins shall die." This forced death, rather than a natural one, powerfully underscored that sin leads to death. The subsequent sprinkling of the animal's blood upon the people served to cover Israel's sins for a single year, a temporary measure of God's mercy, necessitating its yearly repetition.
With the arrival of God's sinless and unblemished Son, He was ordained as "the Lamb of God." God intended to place Israel's sins upon Him and sacrifice Him on Passover, Israel's holiest day. This sacrifice was accepted by God as a final and eternal atonement for Israel's sins.

Because this human sacrifice took place "under the Law" and aligned with the existing sacrificial system God commanded in Israel's past, it became the very mechanism God used to atone for Israel's sins. Now, through Jesus' blood, God is able to forgive Israel's sin and remember it no more, just as the prophet Jeremiah foretold. Thus, the New Covenant is only the Mosaic Covenant fulfill by Christ.
 
I agree. Jesus Christ did fulfill the Law of Moses. The Ceremonial Laws have been fulfilled and since His death and resurrection there no longer needs to be animal sacrifices anymore on Yom Kippur and other national Holydays.

However, the Law of Moses such as the Moral Law and the Social Law still exist and are valid as commands to God's people for their daily lives. We still are under the Law commanding "Thou shalt not have any gods before us," we must still obey the commands to "not take the Name of the Lord in vain" and other commands given to God's Chosen people Israel. Non-Hebrew Gentiles were never under the Abraham Covenant, never under the Mosaic Covenant, nor are they included in the New Covenant as prophesied by Jeremiah.
The New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah in 31:31-34 is a covenant between the God of Abraham and the House of Israel (ten northern kingdom tribes), and the House of Judah (two southern kingdom tribes.)

It says in Jeremiah's prophecy that:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
And write it in their hearts;
And will be their God,
And they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying,
Know the LORD:
For they shall all know me,
From the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:
For I will forgive their iniquity,
And I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 31:33–34.

Several questions need to be asked and answered.

QUESTIONS:
1. What Law is God going to put in the inward parts of the House of Israel?
2. What is it that God is going to "write in their hearts"?
3. What does God mean when He references "neighbor" and "brother"?
4. It says that God "will forgive their iniquity" and "remember their sin no more." How will God do this? What mechanism is there that will enable God to forgive Israel's iniquity? Under the Law God is able to forgive Israel's sins for one year called the most Holy day in Israel which is Yom Kippur. This Passover included the high priest offering a sacrifice as commanded by God in which the high priest lays his hands on the animal, and places" the sins of Israel upon the animal's head. This is called Substitutionary Sacrifice commanded and directed by God as part of the ritual yearly by which the sins of Israel are "placed" upon the animal, the animal is sacrificed, and the animal's blood is then sprinkled upon the people. God teaches us that "the soul that sinneth shall die." If Israel's sins are placed on the head of the animal, then this animal is supposed to die. But it does not die naturally as result of the sins of Israel the high priest symbolically placed upon its head, this is a representation, and so the animal must be physically killed. Thus, it is to show that the result of sin is death. After this the high priest sprinkles the blood of the just sacrificed animal upon the people (Israel) and this blood is supposed to cover Israel for one year adding God's intention to Passover Israel's sins for one year. After that one year, the process is repeated.

ANSWERS:
1. and 2. The Scriptures reveal that the Law of Moses serves as a symbolic precursor to the Holy Spirit of Promise. The Ten Commandments, the bedrock of God's moral law, were divinely inscribed, outlining the outward obedience required of Israel. Yet, Israel's repeated failures to uphold even one commandment exposed their fundamental inability to perfectly adhere to God's entire Law. This inherent human failing underscored the necessity of a divine intervention: God sent His sinless Son, Jesus Christ, as the perfect, unblemished sacrifice. During His earthly ministry, Jesus fulfilled every aspect of the Mosaic Law. As a result, God mercifully transferred Israel's sins onto His Son, decreeing His death as the singular, eternal atonement, replacing the temporary animal sacrifices. Jesus, God's own sinless Lamb, willingly bore the weight of Israel's iniquities, His sacrificial blood providing ultimate cleansing and appeasing God's righteous wrath. "Nailing the Law to His cross" symbolizes Jesus' substitutionary role for sinners. In Roman culture, the condemned person's crimes were often posted on their cross. In Jesus' case, "the Law" was nailed to His cross, signifying that He bore the guilt of Israel's failure to obey God's Law. This act identifies Jesus not as inherently sinful, but as the one who was accused and condemned in the place of sinners, taking on their transgressions as if they were His own. At His final Passover, Jesus established a New Covenant through His body and blood. This covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah (31:31-34), promised to forgive Israel's sins and remember them no more. This forgiveness isn't based on the old sacrificial system, but on Jesus' ultimate sacrifice, which fulfilled that system. Because of His sacrifice, God can now truly forgive Israel's sins and remember them no more. Furthermore, as Ezekiel 36 foretold, God gives Israel a new heart. This miraculous transformation happens through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus described as the "kingdom of God... within you." When someone experiences spiritual rebirth, or is "born again of the Spirit," it signifies the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This Spirit is described as the Law God places within a person's "inward parts," enabling it to directly guide and lead their behavior. If they sin, the Holy Spirit convicts them from within, much like the Law written on stone once convicted from without.

ANSWERS
3. The terms "neighbor" and "brother" in Jeremiah 31 are not general references, but specific identifiers for individuals within the twelve tribes of Israel. Following the construction of the Tabernacle, God systematically allocated land, arranging three tribes each to the north, east, west, and south. Consequently, if someone from one tribe sinned against their "neighbor," it meant they had wronged a member of an adjacent tribe. The use of "brother," however, indicated a sin committed against a person from their own tribe.

ANSWERS:
4. The Scriptures declare God will "forgive their iniquity" and "remember their sin no more." But what mechanism allows for such profound forgiveness? Under the Mosaic Law, God instituted Yom Kippur, the most holy day, to achieve annual atonement for Israel's sins. Central to this Passover ritual was a divinely commanded substitutionary sacrifice. The high priest would symbolically transfer Israel's sins onto an animal by laying hands on its head. This animal, now bearing the nation's guilt, was then physically put to death, illustrating the universal truth that "the soul that sins shall die." This forced death, rather than a natural one, powerfully underscored that sin leads to death. The subsequent sprinkling of the animal's blood upon the people served to cover Israel's sins for a single year, a temporary measure of God's mercy, necessitating its yearly repetition.
With the arrival of God's sinless and unblemished Son, He was ordained as "the Lamb of God." God intended to place Israel's sins upon Him and sacrifice Him on Passover, Israel's holiest day. This sacrifice was accepted by God as a final and eternal atonement for Israel's sins.

Because this human sacrifice took place "under the Law" and aligned with the existing sacrificial system God commanded in Israel's past, it became the very mechanism God used to atone for Israel's sins. Now, through Jesus' blood, God is able to forgive Israel's sin and remember it no more, just as the prophet Jeremiah foretold. Thus, the New Covenant is only the Mosaic Covenant fulfill by Christ.
The believer in Christ, those whom He represented, both jew and gentile have the righteousness of the Law fulfilled in them, who walk not after the flesh[ethnicity included] but after the Spirit Rom 8:3-4

3 For what the law[of moses] could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law[of moses] might be fulfilled in us[believers, jew or gentile], who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

In light of this, the mosaic law covenant has been abrogated, in its fulfillment in Christ Heb 8:

13 n that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Jesus has fulfilled the Righteousness required by the Law, for all or everyone [jew or gentile] believing. Rom 10:4


4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

See there were Gentile proselytes who had regard for the Law as well, well Jesus has fulfilled the law for everyone that believes, jew or gentile.
 
The believer in Christ, those whom He represented, both jew and gentile have the righteousness of the Law fulfilled in them, who walk not after the flesh[ethnicity included] but after the Spirit Rom 8:3-4
Jesus said, "Scripture cannot be broken.
There are NO GENTILES named, mentioned, or identified as being included in any of the three Hebrew covenants.
Thus, any teaching today that seeks to add Gentiles after the fact and after these covenants have been closed violates Jesus' word and breaks Scripture. It also teaches that Jesus did not only fulfill the Law but that He changed it by those who claim He added Gentiles after the covenants have been closed.
3 For what the law[of moses] could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law[of moses] might be fulfilled in us[believers, jew or gentile], who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
You are adding to Scripture:

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Revelations 22:18–19.
In light of this, the mosaic law covenant has been abrogated, in its fulfillment in Christ Heb 8:

13 n that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Jesus has fulfilled the Righteousness required by the Law, for all or everyone [jew or gentile] believing. Rom 10:4
God's Word is eternal:

Psalm 119:89: Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Psalm 119:160: The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

When you come to passages of Scripture that seem to oppose each other it is suppose to garner more study, NOT allow your to ignore it if it contradicts your position. But tell me, you passage says it is ready to "vanish away." Does it give a date when this happened?
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

See there were Gentile proselytes who had regard for the Law as well, well Jesus has fulfilled the law for everyone that believes, jew or gentile.
NO JEW would ever seek to circumcise any Gentile nor compel or instruct Gentiles to obey or teach the Law of Moses.
ALL JEWS KNOW the Law was given to the children of Israel and that there are no Gentiles included in the Law.
And you seem to overlook Jeremiah's prophecy that the New Covenant is between God and the House of Israel (ten northern kingdom tribes), and the House of Judah (two southern kingdom tribes.
We are NOW in the New Covenant era, and the New Covenant does not include Gentiles.

The Jerusalem Council recorded in Acts 15 concerns Hellenized mixed heritage Jews who grew up in Gentile lands heavily influenced by Greek culture. From the Assyrian Conquest and Exile (722 BC) of the ten northern kingdom tribes to Assyria, and later Babylon's conquest of Assyria and later, Judah in 586 BC, captured the remaining two tribes as well as take the Jewish residents in Assyria back to Babylon are 29-35 generations of Jews who grew up Gentile. They were uncircumcised when they became born-again by the Holy Spirit of Promise PROMISED TO ISRAEL - Joel) and there was the question if these individuals should be circumcised to be rejoined into the Abraham Covenant but the decision the apostles and elders (including elders of the Sanhedrin who were born again) reached was to compel them to obey four aspects of the Law of Moses:

29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Acts 15:29.

For a time, Christianity was seen as a sect of Judaism. It was called The Way. These Jewish Christians enjoyed good company with the Jews and Judaizers as Acts 21 reveals:

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: Acts 21:17–20.

Saul, a rabbi, and Pharisee was welcomed by James (a Judaizer) and ALL the elders of the Sanhedrin and Saul was a Jewish Christian who also enjoyed good company with Jews and Jewish Christians. Saul went first into the synagogues wherever he traveled and taught Christians the Law of Moses. SO, TELL ME HOW THE LAW IS ABOLISHED IF THE GREAT SAUL THE APOSTLE TAUGHT THE LAW OF MOSES TO JEWS AND JEWISH CHRISTIANS?

21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. Acts 21:21–24.

There were some who said Saul taught Jews to FORSAKE MOSES, but they are nothing (verse 24)
"But that thou thyself ALSO walkest orderly and KEEPEST THE LAW "(verse 24.)

It is clear Saul joined in a Jewish vow, shaved their heads so that ALL MAY KNOW that you are under the Law, STILL.
Here is Saul practicing obedience to the Law:

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. Acts 21:26.

What is Saul doing obeying Moses? He still went into the Temple and observed purification rituals under the Law.

1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. Acts 22:1–3.

17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, Acts 22:17.

Jewish prayers, NOT prayers the way we speak and pray today. Rabbi's knew how to pray. They prayed the Psalms and other rabbinical prayers.

You believe the Law is abolished or vanished away? When did this happen because some twenty years after Jesus' ascension Saul still practived obedience to the Law of Moses:

14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: Acts 24:14.

It is not me who is in error. NO JEW would ever seek to circumcise a non-Hebrew or command them to obey the Law. Doing so would cause riots among the Jews and Saul would not enjoy the respect the Judaizers and the Sanhedrin gave him.

True, Biblical Christianity in the New Covenant era was moored to the Law of Moses, and the Prophets.
When the Holy Spirit of Promise PROMISED TO ISRAEL (-Joel) arrived three thousand Jews were born-again and their love for God's Word went deeper and zealously upon Jews and Scripture above bears this out. But YOU want to contradict and oppose God in the things of God. The relationship of Jews to the Law of Moses took on a deep, abiding, love for God's Word. One thing that occurred to me when I became born-again was my love for God's Word went deep and I was zealous about the Word and Jesus. I was called a "Halleluya" and a "Jesus freak." The same happened to born-again Jews in the first century. To them the Law of Moses was the foundation of their Christianity. So, you cannot tell me the Law of Moses was "abolished" or "obsolete" or vanished away" when Jews adhered more lovingly to Moses and the Law.
 
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