ONLY 4 MAJOR LAWS ABOLISHED: SACRIFICE, CIRCUMCISION, LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD, AND THE AUTOMATIC DEATH PENALTY FOR SINS COMMITTED BY LAW KEEPING CHRISTIANS

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Christians are no longer under the UNFORGIVING part of the ORIGINAL, WHOLE law (Galatians 5:3, James 2:10) codified by Moses, which even required the AUTOMATIC death penalty for some sins and which, in addition, did not provide for repentance for breaking God’s laws. So, it is true, in a sense, that you “are not under the law.” REMEMBER, though, that according to the complete, ultra literal Greek definition of “under” in anti-law keeping verses, Christians are MODERATELY or COVERTLY not under the law, meaning that they are still under the law, but not in the original, unforgiving way. Also, “not under the law” CANNOT be absolute because of the large number of NT verses supporting and even commanding obedience to the law. The old, whole law was not modified or moderated by the new gift of grace, which now allows for forgiveness upon repentance. Christians ALSO are no longer under

1) The now abolished SACRIFICE laws (Hebrews 7:27,9:9-13, 10:10: “Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.” (New Living Translation) 9:9 “…… the present time in which …… sacrifices are offered …… 10 until the time of reformation.” 10:10: ” …… we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”), which were specifically discussed and identified by name. “The time of reformation” refers to the time after Jesus came.

2) The now abolished CIRCUMCISION law (Acts 15:24: “…… some who went out from us …… saying ‘You must be circumcised ……’ to whom we gave no such commandment ……” 1 Corinthians 7:19: “Circumcision is nothing …… but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.”), which was specifically discussed and identified by name.

3) The now abolished LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD (Hebrews 7:11-16,18,23,24,27,28: “…… the priesthood of Levi …… why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron? 12 …… the priesthood is changed ……. 13 For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe ……. 14 …… our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe. 15 This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. 16 Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. 18 Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside …… 23 There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office. 24 But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever. 27 Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins. 28 …… God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.” New Living Translation), which was specifically discussed and identified by name.

4) MOST IMPORTANTLY BY FAR is the now abolished AUTOMATIC DEATH PENALTY FOR SIN (Romans 8:2: “…… Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of SIN and DEATH.”), which was also specifically discussed and identified by name, thanks to the sacrificial death of our Savior, Jesus Christ. And that’s it, period, end of discussion, case closed, because the NT DOES NOT single out as abolished any more OT laws. Previously, under the old death penalty, you should have, for example, ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED AND QUICKLY BURIED MANY TIMES for repeatedly working on Saturdays (Numbers 15:35) or for cursing your parents when you were younger (Mark 7:10), if you did that, REGARDLESS of whether or not you had later repented of those sins. Due to the severity of this monumental law of sin and death we all must still experience a physical death unless Jesus Christ returns before we die. This law of sin and automatic death, though, has been annulled ONLY for REPENTANT, baptized, Holy Spirit led Christians (Galatians 5:18) continuing to obey the remaining OT laws that were never abolished plus NT modified OT law who also continue to repent whenever they “stumble” and sin (1 John 2:1, Romans 8:2, 1 Corinthians 9:27). Romans 8:2 was a MAJOR change in the ORIGINAL OT. The Old Covenant, though not literally a part of the original law itself, has been changed and improved greatly (2 Corinthians 3:11). The Biblical use of the word “covenant” generally simply refers to an agreement or promise, not to something that contains a set of laws, as demonstrated in Genesis 9:12-17 where the covenant was between God and man, including animals. Since animals cannot understand laws, that covenant logically did not involve laws to be obeyed. Yes, the OT Old Covenant was abolished, but OT laws were separate from the Old Covenant, so that does not mean that all the OT laws were abrogated. The New Covenant now promises 1) complete forgiveness of sin that has been repented of, 2) the Holy Spirit, and 3) immortality which were not available in the physical blessings and protection for obedience based Old Covenant.

So now you can see how the Bible CLEARLY, UNAMBIGUOUSLY, and WELL BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT explains the abolishment of the 4 laws above. No such clear and unambiguous verses are found in the Bible, however, about the annulment of the obviously safe meat, mostly prophetic festival, enriching tithing, and rejuvenating Saturday rest laws. You can read the New Testament forwards and backwards many dozens of times, and you will NEVER find the safe meat, mostly prophetic festival, Saturday Sabbath, and enriching tithing laws specifically identified by name in a discussion that even implies that those laws were abolished. Instead, you will find verses positively referring to the continued observance of the safe meat, festival, tithing, and Saturday rest laws as practiced by Jesus and Paul who also commanded us to imitate them.

THINK!!

An extremely awkward, highly embarrassing consequence of mainstreamers’ incorrect belief that ALL or MOST of the Old Testament laws have been abolished, which they never seem to mention much less acknowledge, is that bestiality (sex with animals), vandalizing mob membership, harmfully hitting pregnant women (which ultimately would include the abortion of live fetuses), eating leprous armadillos, forbidden in the safe meat laws (armadillos often carry leprosy, so just carelessly handling them before cooking them can give you leprosy), eating “bush meat” Ebola infected monkeys, again forbidden in the safe meat laws (which some black people in Africa like to eat), property landmark removal, bribery, arson, convicting an innocent son for a crime committed only by his father, and placing stumbling blocks in front of blind people are all now “Biblically” legal, since the OT laws forbidding them have supposedly been “abolished,” which of course is intensely ridiculous, totally absurd, and sometimes even criminal, punishable by fines or confinement in a steel and concrete cage. None of those above crimes prohibited by common sense, very essential OT laws are mentioned in the New Testament probably because the authors considered listing them was redundant since they they were already clearly, sometimes repeatedly, listed in the Old Testament which they read or had access to every Sabbath.

You can confidently assume that God is not deliberately lying to you in any verse because He told us that He does not lie. Hebrews 6:18: “……it is impossible for God to lie ……” 1 Corinthians 14:33: “For God is not the author of confusion.” Therefore we can confidently assume that the original Greek in the New Testament is not really self contradictory concerning law keeping. Since God will not lie or try to confuse us then we need to really believe LITERALLY the following verses that plainly tell us that Christians still need to obey the law.

1 John 3:4: “…… SIN IS THE VIOLATION OF THE LAW.” The original Greek for LAWS is nomos which refers to the first 5 books in the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)) where all the Mosaic laws are listed.

Romans 2:13: “For not the hearers of the LAW are just in the sight of God, but the DOERS of the LAW will be justified.” Again, the Greek for LAW here as well as in the following verses is the same nomos.

Romans 6:1,2: “…… Shall we continue in SIN that grace may abound? 2 CERTAINLY NOT! How shall we …… live any longer in it?”

Romans 6:15: “…… Shall we SIN because we are not under LAW but under grace? CERTAINLY NOT!”

Romans 3:31: “Well then, if we are saved by faith, does this mean that we no longer need to OBEY God’s LAW? JUST THE OPPOSITE! In fact, only when we trust Jesus can we truly OBEY Him.” (The Living Bible)

Romans 6:16,18,19: “Do you not know that …… you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of SIN leading to death, or of OBEDIENCE leading to RIGHTEOUSNESS? …… 18 And having been set free from SIN, YOU BECAME SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS …… 19 …… For just as you presented your members as slaves of UNCLEANNESS, and of LAWLESSNESS leading to more lawlessness, SO NOW PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS AS SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HOLINESS.” The Greek definition of UNCLEANNESS includes the Levitically “unclean” or forbidden foods. The Greek definition of LAWLESSNESS refers primarily to breaking the Old Testament, Mosaic LAWS. The word “righteousness” in these Roman verses usually refers to the Jewish LAW keeping type of righteousness. So according to the green, capitalized phrase above, Paul clearly commands us to start or to continue obeying the LAW.

Matthew 19:17: “….. BUT IF you want to enter into life, KEEP the commandments.”

Revelation 22:14: “Blessed are those who DO His commandments, that they may HAVE THE RIGHT to the tree of life ……”

JUDE 1:4: “…… (impious, PROFANE) persons …… PERVERT THE GRACE …… of our God into LAWLESSNESS ……” (The Amplified Bible)

Matthew 7:23: “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART from Me, you who practice LAWLESSNESS.”

Matthew 13:41,42: “…… His angels …… will gather …… those who practice LAWLESSNESS 42 and will cast them into the FURNACE OF FIRE ……”

Remember, only 7 verses in the entire Bible say literally that Christians are no longer under the law, but every single one of those 7 contextually constricted verses is limited to the very few, specific laws that the Apostles said were now abolished. Those laws are the sacrifice, circumcision, Levitical priesthood, and eternal death penalty laws. The topic is never the general law, so that means the safe meat, mostly prophetic, hope filled festivals, and enriching tithing laws are still in full force despite what the popular, verse skipping, added verse supporting (the last sentence in Mark 7:19, which is highly deceitful and therefore sinful, in most translations, IS NOT in the original Greek),mainstream churches fanatically preach. Please read the page ROMANS 6:15: “SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT UNDER LAW BUT UNDER GRACE?” GOD FORBID!”

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