Actually they are not. God did not write the law of Moses, Moses did, given by God. God both spoke and wrote God’s laws. This is the only scripture in the entire Bible written by the hand of God and spoken by Him found in Exodus 20. They are different, were placed in different areas of the Ark. Some laws ended at the cross, God’s laws will never end. That said, I think its more interesting to understand the sanctification process and get back to your other questions....?
Yes, I agree that the Sabbath rest is not from physical work but rather it is spiritual rest.
And it was. . .Moses actually tells us why.
Deuteronomy 31:26 (ESV) “Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
Hi imge,
The Sabbath is a commandment and says to keep the Sabbath day holy. Exodus 20:8 It’s literal and spiritual. Just like thou shalt not lie, that is literal, thous shalt not murder, adultry, literal, but also starts in our hearts. Sabbath is a day of communion with God. You do not receive spiritual rest by breaking the Sabbath commandment.
God tells us to do all our work in six days. The seventh day we are told to keep Holy. Exodus 20:8-11. I think God wants us to be productive and doing things for our own pleasure as long as they are not sinful should be completed from days 1-6. God’s day is Holy and we are told to hallow His Sabbath day. Ezekiel 20:20
I’m not denying God gave instruction to Moses on the other laws, but God’s laws are different, do you not think so? God made a point by writing them with His own hand on stone set apart differently than all other laws, so we know they are different. Like you said previously, everything God does is for a reason. I agree with that.By all means, we should discuss sanctification.
But we must understand that God Himself says that He wrote all the law. What we often overlook, due to translation, is that written on the “tablets” were actually “ten words”.
Those “ten words” were the overview of His law. To put it into terms we can understand, the ten words were like ‘chapters’ and the law was an detail description of those ‘ten words’.
Exodus 24:12 (ESV) The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
He wrote them all. For their instruction. All of them. All carried with the Ark. All inseparable from each other.
Yes, all of God's commandments are related, aren't they?
I was referring to:
Honestly, I think that undermines God. He could have easily made a larger Ark or placed all the laws inside the Ark, or not wrote with His own finger the 10. That’s not what happened. His laws are eternal. Each one applies today. He set His laws aside by design so we would know they are different.
God wants us to also keep the letter. His laws are literal and spiritual and when you put your own interpretation on something that God gave a direct command I would be careful of that. We could use that excuse for any of God’s commandments I am going to cheat on my wife, but in my mind I am faithful. Which commandment do you find the most difficult to keep?
Sorry, you stopped making sense. You say in one breath God does everything for a reason, but than when He choose to write the only scripture in the entire Bible written by His own finger, God had no reason other than the other laws that were ceremonial and ended, wouldn’t fit in the Ark with the law that He wrote. We are not going to agree on this point.
Hello imge, how about the two greatest commandments Jesus was referred to in Matthew 22...which is Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul AND Love your neighbor as yourself...these two were written in the book of the law outside the Ark Not inside..
Do you believe that one the scripture says,
