jeremiah1five
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I have a "closet" for that.
When Jesus died and the "[Law] was nailed to His cross" it underwent no change but the born-again 'new man' did. Natural Olive tree Israel became spiritual Olive tree Israel when they in turn and in time became born again. Saul said, "the Law is spiritual." The Holy SPIRIT is also that Law God promised to put in their (Israel's) inner parts according to Jeremiah. Thus, the Law/Holy Spirit would no longer lead and guide (and command) Israel from without written in stone, but from within written on fleshly tables of the 'heart.' In other words, when Jesus resurrected so did the Law as well for the flesh dies but the spirit lives on and the Law is spiritual, and this was the reason the "letter killeth" but the spirit is eternal. Men who were only flesh died when the Law was applied to their unregenerate lives. But a regenerated, justified new man in Christ is eternal (as in eternal life.)
Justification is the teaching that comes from the Judge applying the Work of Christ to a person who receives the Holy Spirit of Promise PROMISED TO ISRAEL (Joel) and is declared "Not Guilty!" (of transgressing the Law.)
There is only One Mediator between God and man now just as there was One Mediator between God and man while Israel was under the Law. The high/High priest/Priest.
