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First lets study Hebrews 7:1 to 10:27

Hebrews 7

   ¹For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

   ²To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

   ³Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

   ⁴Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

   ⁵And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

   ⁶But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
(King Melchisedec, separate from the law that required priest to be under levical pristhood, received tithes)

   ⁷And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

   ⁸And here men that die receive tithes; (in this present time and situation after the crucifixion, resurrection and acesion of Christ) but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

   ⁹And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

   ¹⁰For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

   ¹¹If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

   ¹²For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
(What law needed to be changed? Of course THE law that required the High Priest to be of the tribe of Levi. See vs. 28. In this verse it is NOT talking about any other law. The context is priesthood, not law. However, this verse does show and prove that at least SOME Law has been changed. Therefore we CANNOT use Matt. 5:17-19 to try to prove that NO Law has been changed.)

   ¹³For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

   ¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

   ¹⁵And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

   ¹⁶Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
(What commandment? The commandment that says the person born in the tribe of Levi be the priest. The new command/oath/instruction came from the Father that Christ would be the New High Priest. See vs. 17, 18, 21, 28 and Heb. 8:10 and Heb. 10:16)

   ¹⁷For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

   ¹⁸For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
(disannulling of what commandment? NOT the 10 commandments, NOT the entire Law. It is still talking about the command that the Levi be Priest. The context remains priesthood.)

   ¹⁹For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
(The law does NOT make any person perfect, does not make any priest perfect and does not give us hope and does not cleanse our consceince. But Christ does do all of that! Our Focus is not on the law but rather on our High Priest)

   ²⁰And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
(He was made High Priest by Command/Oracle/Appointment by the Father)

   ²¹(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

   ²²By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
(a better law? NO. A better testament/covenant. He wasn't appointed by law. The context now transfers from the fact that there is a new High Priest to the discussion of Why we need a new better priest and better covenant than that of the blood of animals)

   ²³And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

   ²⁴But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

   ²⁵Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
(The sacrifice of animals did not save anyone. It just temporary forgave/relieved the person from those sins. It was a temporary bandaid)

   ²⁶For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

   ²⁷Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. (Christ committed an eternal sacrifice one time. He has become our Passover Lamb. There is no longer any animal sacrifice needed. So we can now say that the sacrifices are done away! So far we have these things done away: 1. The commandment that the priest be levi. 2. The animal sacrifice)

   ²⁸For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Hebrews 8

   ¹Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

   ²A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

   ³For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

   ⁴For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

   ⁵Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
This verse simply says that the priest, Moses and the tabernacle foreshadow heavenly and of course better things

   ⁶But now hath he (Christ) obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
(What promises? Promises of a Better High Priest and of Forgiveness under a better covenant! Rather than: if you kill an animal I will cleanse you from your sins but you still need to go wash and strub and hide for so many days. That covenant was not as good of a promise as what we have now under Christ as High Priest of the New Covenant of His Blood Cleansing us from our sins and saving our souls)

   ⁷For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

   ⁸For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

   ⁹Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

   ¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
(:8-13 Notice that He puts His Laws in our minds and Hearts!!! The Laws are NOT done away! If they were done away, He would not use them and place them. They would have been discarded. But instead of discarding/throwing them away, He places them in our hearts and minds instead of having to rewrite them in stone. BUT they ARE being rewritten as part of this New Covenant! But also notice this: Now it is starting to say that even the New Covenant ALSO points/foreshadows to better Heavenly things!!! It foreshadows thingns to come, a new Heaven, new earth and the perfection of the saints of GOD!)

   ¹¹And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
(We still do this in this current society. So this part is not to the fullest point yet. But the New Covenant is already in effect now. Christ is not a High Prist without an active Covenant. It is active and effective right now! But it will continue to reach toward the future just as the Old Covenant always did while it was still in effect.)

   ¹²For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

   ¹³In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Hebrews 9

   ¹Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
(The old covenant HAD/it's gone. The OC had ordinances/ceremonies.)

   ²For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

   ³And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

   ⁴Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

   ⁵And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

   ⁶Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

   ⁷But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

   ⁸The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

   ⁹Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
(Those ritual ceremonies could not clear the conscience and save our souls)

   ¹⁰Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
(What stood in meats, drinks, washings, etc.??? Answer: The sacrificial/ceremonial laws/system. It is NOT talking about any other laws. It is not talking about clean and unclean foods for the entire population. It is not talking about the Sabbath or Holy Days or any other commandments of GOD. It is talking only about the actions of the priest for the temporary relief of sins, sacrificing an animal, eating the lamb and drinking a sacred cup of wine and shewbread and scrubing and washing.)

   ¹¹But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

   ¹²Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

   ¹³For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (and not of the spirit)

   ¹⁴How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
(What dead works? Sin! The Blood of Christ purges us of our sins! What is sin? 1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." How can you transgress a law that is done away? Deadworks is connected with the conscience of sins committed. see Heb. 10:3, The blood of the OC could not purify our conscience)

   ¹⁵And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
(What is the New Covenant? That by His Death and Blood that we have Redemption/Salvation/Forgivess of our sins when we transgress/break the laws!)

   ¹⁶For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
(death of the animals in the old. Death of Christ in the new)

   ¹⁷For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

   ¹⁸Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

   ¹⁹For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

   ²⁰Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

   ²¹Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

   ²²And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. (what law? ceremonial law.)

   ²³It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

   ²⁴For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

   ²⁵Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

   ²⁶For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

   ²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

   ²⁸So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Hebrews 10

   ¹For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

   ²For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

   ³But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

   ⁴For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

   ⁵Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

   ⁶In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

   ⁷Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

   ⁸Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law (of ceremonies);

   ⁹Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

   ¹⁰By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

   ¹¹And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

   ¹²But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
(It is Finished! Christ sat down! Christ fulfilled His Work. Now in vs. 19-24 we pick up the work and enter in to full relationship as well as enter into the House of GOD spiritually & physically to edify one another & to worship GOD and to accept His Sacrifice!)

   ¹³From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

   ¹⁴For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

   ¹⁵Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

   ¹⁶This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

   ¹⁷And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

   ¹⁸Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

   ¹⁹Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

   ²⁰By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

   ²¹And having an high priest over the house of God;

   ²²Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. (instead of physically scrubbing and washing by the old ceremonial/ritual law of the OC)

   ²³Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised;

   ²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

   ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
(Many are forgetting about this verse and not applying it)

   ²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (This verse and the rest of the chapter is solid proof against the "always saved" error.)

   ²⁷But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

   ²⁸He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

   ²⁹Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

   ³⁰For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

   ³¹It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

   ³²But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

   ³³Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

   ³⁴For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

   ³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

   ³⁶For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

   ³⁷For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

   ³⁸Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

   ³⁹But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

GODs Moral Law existed BEFORE and SEPARATE from the Old Covenant! Just as the law exist right now AFTER and Separate from the Old Covenant:
Ex. 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Ex. 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Ex. 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make [them] know the statutes of God, and his laws. (All 3 of these verses were BEFORE the Mount Sinai Covenant!)

GODs Moral Laws still intact. BUT there are SOME changes in His Laws! The Ceremonial Ritual Laws have been removed!
Christ is our Passover, We no longer need to kill a lamb in order to receive forgiveness of sins. We no longer need to sacrifice an animal after every sin. Jesus Christ is the one time eternal sacrifice to cover all our sins. The Old Laws said we were to kill a witch, kill a prostitute and kill homosexuals. They were deserving of death. These sins and sinners still exist today. The moral law that finds them guilty still exist today. But are we to obey that old law commanding us to kill these people? Of course not! Now, the new High Priest and Judge of all, Jesus Christ is the one that will bring these people to justice or punishment if they do not repent. See the example of John Chapter 8:
John 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
:9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

The Old Law said this woman MUST be killed. The pharisees knew the law! This is truly what the law really did say! But Jesus let her go! Why??? Because we are no longer required to judge one another on spiritual sin nor should we condemn one another. We are all guilty of sin. Isn't that what Jesus was telling the people? We have need of a Saviour. Jesus is that Saviour and He can judge more fairly than any law focused pharisee! Mostly all of Lev. 13-15 as well as some other laws are changed or removed because the law has been changed to where Jesus is the Judge, NOT us! We no longer need to go to the local priest/minister to confess to him our sins and have him burn an atonement for our sins. Jesus is now in Charge!

Keeping of the Moral Law by the Spirit of the Law, not in oldness of the Letter
Does Christ live within you? I assume you say YES. If Christ lives in you, what would He do? What would Jesus do?
Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever".
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.
:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (For Truly I say unto you, until Heaven & Earth be renewed again, one jot or tittle will not in any way pass until it be fulfilled, BUT see verse 17, I HAVE come to FULFILL!)
:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Christ Jesus came to fulfill the law. Fulfill means to "fill to the full", which does constitute a change! It's NOT destruction of EVERY law of GOD. It's a change in the law and it's the abolishing of the temporary ceremonial laws. It's adding more spiritual meaning to the moral laws of GOD. I will discuss this further later. But first let's study the word "all" in Strongs:
Strong's G3956 - pas πᾶς
Transliteration pas, Pronunciation = pä's Part of Speech= adjective
Outline of Biblical Usage 1) individually
a) each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
2) collectively
a) some of all types

"... 'The whole world is gone after him.' Did all the world go after Christ? 'Then went all Judea, and were baptized of him in Jordan.' Was all Judea, or all Jerusalem baptized in Jordan? 'Ye are of God, little children', and 'the whole world lieth in the wicked one.' Does 'the whole world' there mean everybody? If so, how was it, then, that there were some who were 'of God?' The words 'world' and 'all' are used in some seven or eight senses in Scripture; and it is very rarely that 'all' means all persons, taken individually. The words are generally used to signify that Christ has redeemed some of all sorts—some Jews, some Gentiles, some rich, some poor, and has not restricted his redemption to either Jew or Gentile." (Charles H. Spurgeon, Particular Redemption, A Sermon, 28 Feb 1858).

Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 1243 AV — all 748, all things 170, every 117, all men 41, whosoever 31, everyone 28, whole 12, all manner of 11, every man 11, no +3756 9, every thing 7, any 7, whatsoever 6, whosoever +3739 +302 3, always +1223 3, daily +2250 2, any thing 2, no +3361 2, not tr 7, misc 26

Okay, so from our study of the word "all", let's remember that it can also mean "individually". Many people say that the Bible says that "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled". Yes it does say that, but many misunderstand what it is saying. It is NOT saying that NONE of the law has been done away. Rather, It is saying that none of it will pass until it individually has been fulfilled. Christ has fulfilled his birth, death, resurrection and ascension. He now fills the office of High Priest and has taken the place of all animal sacrifices, all ceremonial laws and rituals of blood and washings by filling to the Full the Office of High Priest of the New Covenant. Physical Circumcision has been done away. Now we are circumcisied in the heart. Now the Blood of Christ is over us instead of the blood of goats and bulls. So very clearly, some laws were done away! But NOTHING has taken the place of the Holy Days, Sabbaths and 10 Commandments! They are still necessary. Christ fulfilled Passover but we still keep Passover in Remembrance of Him as He instructed us to do. The other Holy Days and Weekly Sabbath have not yet been fulfilled. But there is a chance in the way we keep those days. We no longer keep them according to the letter of the law as written in stone. Now, we keep GODs Laws in our hearts according to the Spirit of the Law. In other words, we don't have to be afraid to buy a soda from a drink machine on the Sabbath. The reason we are not to buy or sell on the Sabbath has nothing to do with purchasing food. The Sabbath was made so we can rest and have a determined day of Worship and to picture the Millinuim. When we go to a restaurant or grocery store on the Sabbath, we are breaking the spirit prinicipal of the Law by forcing people to work for us on that day of rest. But at a drink machine, there is no breaking of rest and no other person involved. Therefore we are not breaking the principal of the Sabbath by buying a drink from a machine on the Sabbath. We follow the Law in the Spirit, not in the old letter. The old letter taught us, trained us until we are mature enought to know by the Spirit what we are allowed to do. Please see our article "Newness of the Spirit".

Why does it say in Zech. 14 that all nations will be expected to keep the Feast of Tabernacles AFTER Christ return?
Matt. 5:19 says to keep the commandments! Not do away with them. Read it again!
The 10 Commandments including the Weekly Sabbath were NOT done away with. Their pricipals remain. That is to Love GOD and one another. They have been added to. Now by the Spirit, it's actually HARDER to keep the Commandments! You can break them by just LOOKING in lust or by just hating, thereby becoming guilty of murder! So that part of the law has not been removed.

Matt. 19:17 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.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Acts 24:14 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:

What about Galatians 3:10? The context of the chapter is Faith versus focus on the law. Our focus must be Christ, not the law. But that doesn't mean we must NOT obey the law. Notice vs.10 "...Cursed is every one that continuedth NOT in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." Who is curesed? The one that does not keep the law! You have to read each sentence one at a time and think about it. Don't hurry thru it. Take your time to read and think.
vs. 11-12 no man is justified by the law. We are saved by the blood of Christ and thru Grace, not the law. So our focus must be Christ Jesus who is the Passover Lamb who died on Passover as ordained. He set us an example by dying on Passover and even did the passover meal the evening before in accordance with the law and said "as often as you do this" NOT "don't do this".
vs. 13 the curse of the law is that if you depend on the law to save you, you would have your focus wrong because the law cannot save you, Only Christ. In other words, Don't be a Pharisee who focused on the law and did not accept Christ as the Passover Lamb/Savior. But that still does not mean we can break the law.

What is sin? 1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Here in the U.S. we have a "free" country. But our freedoms come with laws. Our laws are important and must be kept. However we do not depend solely on the laws but rather on the law officers and judges to enforce the laws in a fair manner. We depend on the judge to be fair and righteous to us if and when we accidentally or on purpose break a law and come to court. We want and need the judge to Pardon us and take all things into consideration. When he pardons us it's not because the law doesn't exist but rather that he has grace on us. If the law did not exist, there would be no need for pardon. How can you pardon some one that is not guilty because there is no law to break? I use the analogy of 2 men who have experience with drugs. The one still uses drugs and is always worried when the law will take him away to prison. He is under the law. The law is a burden to him. But the other man was also guilty but has been pardoned and set free from drugs. The law is still in effect but the man has been delivered and is no longer worried about the law because he lives in obedience to the law but doesn't have to focus on it or worry about it. He has been set free and is no longer under the weight of the law! But the law is there in effect! The law is not for the righteous but for the sinner. 1 Timothy 1:9 "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"
But when anyone transgress the law, you are a sinner and you feel the weight of the law.

Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Romans 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not Romans 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Acts 24:14 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:

James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Yes, the Old Covenant is done away with. But people forget there are many covenants in the Bible! The "Covenant" does not mean the entire old testament, all laws and obedience to God. The apostles and followers of Christ Continued to keep the Sabbath and all the Holy Days after His return to Heaven! They continued to Keep Pentecost, Unleavened Bread the Feast of Tabernacles and all the other commanded assemblies. What was done away with was the old covenant of IF YOU SIN, KILL AN ANIMAL and you would be cleansed of your sins. Christ became the Passover Lamb for us. So He fulfilled (added meaning to, filled to the full) the Passover. He did NOT do away with the Passover, He added onto it and became the Passover!

The Upgrade of the Law of GOD: He said He would write the law in our hearts! Why would He write something in our hearts if the thing He is writing is done away with! The law is now Spiritual, NOT done away with and not turned "bad"! In fact it has gone wireless! Now instead of being required to go by the very letter of the law as written in stone, we are encouraged to go by the Spiritual principal of that law.

Every nation has laws! What would a nation be without laws? Total Chaos!
We, the people of God, are a Holy Nation.
1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
Yes, according to the Old AND New Testament Scriptures, we are a Holy Nation. We are ambassadors of the Kingdom of God. What good is an ambassador of a nation if he represents a lawless nation? Do we not have honor? Honor your Father and your mother? How do you do that? With respect through obedience! If you don't obey your father, He says you don't respect Him and then He punishes you. How can He punish you if there was no law to break? He is righteous! He is not unfair. His laws are not grievous.

It is interesting that the same people who say "the law is done away with" are the same ones who say "thou shalt not commit adultery", "homosexuality is a sin", "do not lie, steal or cheat", "give your tithes to God", "do not do drugs, do not smoke", "do not curse", etc. etc. etc. Seems to me, that they do have laws. It's just that they want to pick WHICH laws they recognize. I'm sure the only laws on this website that people disagree with is that we are to keep the Holy Days and Sabbaths of the Lord (and the diet laws). Does not every nation have days of celebration? Does not the U.S. have the 4th of July to show respect and honor to the founders of this nation? How much more should we celebrate and show honor/praise to the Greatest King and Kingdom?

You have no problem keeping the pagan celebration days that was instituted in the Roman and Babylon empires. Why do you resist the Holy Days of the Kingdom of God? Why do you not want to give up your customs and traditions of x-mas and easter that was handed down to you by tradition? Why do you not want to submit to a great authority? Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess. But NOW is the time to submit to the authority of God. How does He have authority without instructions? He does have instructions/laws and He does want us to obey. We have the SAME problem today as Paul and Jesus and Moses and Noah did! People want to celebrate Baal instead of the true Eternal God. Who is your God? What are His laws? How do you show Him respect and Honor? Do you NOT obey him?

As far as the diet laws go, (clean and unclean animals), you already say "do not smoke, do not do drugs", etc. You recognize that our bodies are the Temple of God. Would it not be an abomination to bring a pig into the temple? Isn't this what happened in the destruction of the temple? IS not the pig an unclean thing? Would Christ waste the thousands of swine that He cast the demons into if that meat was good for Food for the people? Why did the demons want to go there? Did they not recognize them as being unclean? Does not even the human doctors tell us NOT to eat pork? How much more would the Lead Physician tell us NOT to eat a trash can called the pig? IS not God the author of our bodies AND spirits? Are we not to serve Him with both?

Keeping of Sabbath and Holy Days AFTER Christ returned to Heaven 1 Cor. 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: :8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Acts 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter (Passover, NOT Easter! G3957 πάσχα pascha pas'-khah the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): - Passover.) to bring him forth to the people. Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Act 20:16 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. 1Co 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

Prophecy of Holidays/Holy Days AFTER CHRIST RETURN TO EARTH in future! Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. :2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. :3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. :4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. :5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. :6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: :7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. :8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. :9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. :10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. :11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. :12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. :13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. :14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. :15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. :16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. :17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. :18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. :19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. :20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. :21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. Isa. 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

Ten Commandments (Moral Law)	Ceremonial Law {the temporary law for sin offering "the ordinances)
1. First spoken by God Himself. Exodus 20:1, 22
2. Written by God’s finger. Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:16	2. Written by Moses hand. Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 31:9
3. First written on stones. Exodus 31:18	3. Written in a book. Exodus 24:3, 7; Deuteronomy 31:24
4. Handed by God its writer, to Moses. Exodus 31:18	4. Handed by Moses, its writer to Levites. Deuteronomy 31:25-26
5. Placed by Moses “inside the ark.” Deuteronomy 10:5	5. Placed by the Levites “on the outside of the ark.” Deuteronomy 31:26, ARV
6. Deals with moral precepts. i.e. love and relationships with God and man. Exodus 20:3-17	6. Deals with ceremonial, ritual matters. (See parts of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
7. Reveals sin. Romans 7:7	7. Prescribes offerings for sins. (See book of Leviticus)
8. Breaking this law is “sin.” 1 John 3:4	8. No sin in breaking, for now “abolished.” Ephesians 2:15 (Where no law is, there is no transgression. Romans 4:15)
9. We should “keep the whole law.” James 2:10	9. Apostles gave “no such commandment” to “keep the law.” Acts 15:24
10. We “shall be judged” by this law. James 2:12	10. We are NOT judged by it. Colossians 2:16
11. The Christian who keeps this law is “blessed in his deed.” James 1:25	11. The Christian who keeps this law is not blessed. (See for example, Galatians 5:1-6)
12. “The perfect law of liberty.” James 1:25 (See also James 2:12)	12. The Christian who keeps this law loses his liberty. Galatians 5:1, 3
13. Paul said, “I delight in the law of God.” Romans 7:22 (See also Romans 7:7)	13. Paul called this law a “yoke of bondage.” Galatians 5:1; Galatians 4:3, 9 (See Acts 15:10)
14. Established by faith in Christ. Romans 3:31	14. Abolished by Christ. Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14
15. Jesus was to “magnify the law and make it honorable.” Isaiah 42:21	15. Blotted “out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us.” Colossians 2:14
16. Eternal? Yes. Psalms 111:7-8; Matthew 5:18; Luke 16:17	16. Eternal? No. Hebrews 7:12; Galatians 3:19; Colossians 2:14
17. Points out sin. 1 John 3:4; Romans 7:7	17. Points to Christ. Leviticus 4:27-31
18. Obey Now? Yes. Matthew 5:19	18. Obey Now? No. Colossians 2:14-17; Galatians 4:9-10
19. Liberty? (freedom) Yes. James 2:12; James 1:25	19. Liberty? No. It was bondage. Galatians 4:9; 5:1 Note: Freedom and bondage are exact opposites.
20. Perfect? Yes. James 1:25; Psalms 19:7	20. Perfect? No. Hebrews 7:19
21. Good? Yes. Romans 7:12	21. Good? No. Colossians 2:14; Galatians 4:9

Partial List of Laws done away:
Circumcision: Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
Rom 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
Rom 3:30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Rom 4:9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Killing of sinners: Matt. 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Jhn 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Unclean foods: See our article on meats
sacrifices of animals: Hbr 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hbr 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hbr 10:4 For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Hbr 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

The words "moral law" and "ceremonial law" are no where in the bible. We use these terms to help describe the difference between the laws that WERE TRULY DONE AWAY and those laws that ARE NOT DONE AWAY. The reason that the Sabbath, other 10 commandments and Holy Days are "moral" or in other words, NOT done away, is that these laws are not fulfilled and still have purpose. The first commandment will always exist. The second commandment will always exist. etc. The Sabbath MIGHT not always exist as it will be fulfilled in the Millenium and even more so after the New Heavens and New Earth. But right now, it still exist. Hebrews 4:9.

The following is from http://www.ceremoniallaw.org/
"What is the difference between the Ten Commandments and the Ceremonial Law? The Ten Commandments are God’s law of love and breaking of these Commandments is what defines sin. 1 John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” Scripture shows us the Ten Commandments are also a reflection of God’s loving Character and so clearly the Commandments are a law of love as God is love. (1 John 4:8)
The Ceremonial Law on the other hand is not a law of love. It is a law of sacrifices that must be carried out to make atonement for sin. This law ended at the cross when Jesus said “it is finished” and bowed His head and died. At this time, an unseen hand tore the temple curtain from top to bottom exposing the most holy place signifying an end to the sacrificial system forever as Christ became that one final and perfect sacrifice for us. Mark 15:37-38 “And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.”
The animals sacrificed on the alter did not take away sin themselves but pointed forward to Christ’s work on the cross which redeemed us from the consequences of sin, which is death. Hebrews 10-14 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins … we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. … And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: … But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; … For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified.”
So was there a relationship between the Ceremonial Law and the Ten Commandments? When a man sinned he broke LAW No. 1, the moral law of the Ten Commandments. To receive forgiveness for his sin he had to bring his sacrificial offering, according to LAW No. 2, the law of sacrifices. LAW No. 1 defines sin, for sin is the transgression of the moral law, the Ten Commandments. (1 John 3:4) LAW No. 2 defined sacrifices, the Ceremonial Law which was the remedy for sin. When the Israelite sinned, he broke the first law, God’s law of love. To secure forgiveness he had to obey the second law, which is not a law of love but a law of sacrifices to make atonement for breaking God’s law of love the Ten Commandments. Here are two very distinct laws of which there can be no doubt." END Quote from http://www.ceremoniallaw.org/.

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