Where does the Bible make a disctinction between the moral and levitical law? It seems that covenant theologians are frequently making this distinction and yet I can find it nowhere in the Bible?
Hi there,
If we read the scriptures carefully- God made the distinction between the Ten Commandments and the law of Moses.
God alone wrote the Ten Commandments- this is
His work- not Moses Exo 32:16 Exo 31:18 after God wrote and spoke the Ten Commandments-
He added no more- God is perfect and would be impossible for Him to make a mistake with something He personally engraved- put His stamp on it by writing it with His own finger and contains His seal. God makes no mistakes, man does. God’s law is perfect converting the soul Psa 19:7 and after He wrote and He spoke His holy law He added no more because nothing more could be added to make His holy commandments complete. Exo 5:22 Exo 34:28 Deut 4:13
After God wrote and spoke the Ten Commandments in stone (eternal) by His own finger - He had Moses place them
inside the ark of the Covenant Exo 40:20.
In contrast (distinction) all of the law of Moses , written on paper (fades) by a human hand - Moses- was place
outside the ark. Deuteronomy 31:26. It was placed outside as witness against for not what keeping the Ten Commandments that was inside the ark of the covenant. Clear distinctions.
Paul also contrast these laws-
1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing,
but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
Jesus in His own Words said He did not come to destroy the law and not one jot or tittle can be removed Mat 5:17-30 because no one has the authority above God to change His work. It’s a very prideful teaching that we can, like we are above God, something He wrote and spoke and is also in His heavenly Temple Rev 11:19 this teaching comes from another spirit. Isaiah 14:13
Jesus quoted from the same Ten Commandments and said when we keep our rules/traditions over the commandments of God our heart is far from Him (opposite of the NC- God’s law in our heart Heb 8:10) Mar 7:7-13 Mat 15:3-14 and why we see Him and His disciples keeping the Ten Commandments (His version) in His life and the life of the disciples. The doctrine that the Ten Commandments ended at the cross is a teaching of man leading people down the wrong path Mat 5:19 Rev 22:14 we are to live by faith and by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Mat 4:4 God does not change- His character which is the foundation of His law. Psa 119:151, Psa 119:172 Psa 19:7