What a great post, thank you for your insights here. So again we have confirmation that it really and truly is not a salvation issue but rather a question of how God wants people to live (either just the Jews or everybody or some other option).Recommend asking the group what the stated reward was at Sinai for following the Law and all the statutes.
There was a knowledge of resurrection in the OT, which we can discuss if you want. However, there was no mention of eternal life for following the Mosiac law. The reward was earthly and tangible. A plot of land living in peace with no disease or miscarriage. There's more but it was all temporal.
I would argue the Big Ten, the Decalogue, Exodus 20 applied to all humans since Eden.
We know specially murder, adultery, theft, honoring mother and father and idolatry were all things indicated as wicked. All prior to Sinai. Other sins such as not taking care of the poor, widow or orphan were also emphasized.
Sounds like the Greatest commandment doesn't it?
So do you think you should be trying to obey the OT law as a way of living the life God wants of you, out of obedience rather than out of some concern for salvation or do you believe that the injunction were it meant for you and no longer represent the kind of life God wants you to live?
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