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See Mat 5 and Mat 19:7. Jesus doesn't seem to see the Law of Moses as unchangeable. Indeed 19:7 implies that at least some of it depended upon the particular situation of Israel at the time.

Many Christians think that the full Law applies only to Jews and not Christians. Acts 15 implies that. But Jesus was speaking to fellow Jews, so I think for him the whole Law wasn't necessarily eternal even for Jews.

Jesus' attitude towards that Law is interesting. Mat 5:17 implies that the Law really is eternal. But he was fairly free about keeping all of its details. When you look at how he dealt with some provisions of the Law in the rest of Mat 5, I think he distinguished between the principles behind the Law and the specific regulations.
 
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I think he distinguished between the principles behind the Law and the specific regulations.

The whole "The sabbath is made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" is a nice example of what you're referencing. He seems very much about the "spirit" of the law.
 
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This is kind of irrelevant, but why was Jesus writing on the ground?

Great question! We don't know. But it does seem that whatever he writes has some connection to why they begin to drop their stones and walk away. I wish I knew. Maybe he wrote down the commandment not to covet. Coveting is something we do in our hearts. When he said the sinless one should cast the first stone he was speaking to their hearts. Just a guess, though.
 
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This is kind of irrelevant, but why was Jesus writing on the ground?


Well, the first reason is because what he was writing was not something he wanted to speak out loud.
Second, my guess would be that he wrote down the sins of the Pharisees that were there and they would want those kept secret so they left. It would also scare them that Christ could even know such things.

Joh 8:6 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.
Joh 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.
Joh 8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
 
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Hi, I'm new to Bible and I have a question:

On John 8, the pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and said to Jesus that Moses said that they should stone the woman, then Jesus said Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her".

The laws that Moses brought were directly from God and although I didn't read the entire OT yet, I don't remember it saying that they should stone a woman for adultery, but God said that they should stone a man because he was working on sabbath day.

It's not the same thing, obviously, but why Jesus didn't keep the laws from Moses and God of stoning people?

John 8:1-12 is an example of Jesus acting in accordance with the Mosaic Law requires. There was no judge to pronounce a sentence (Deuteronomy 19:17-21), there was no man accused (Leviticus 20:10), he didn't have any witnesses to examine (Numbers 35:30, Deuteronomy 19:15), and he did not have a confession, so if he had condemned her, then he would have acted in violation of the Mosaic Law. Just a few verses later Jesus said that he judged no one (John 8:15) and he also said that he came not to judge (John 12:47), so he did not exercise authority as a magistrate and did not condemn her, but he did recognize her action as sin, and told her to go and sin no more.
 
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So what? We are discussing the situation described before this...

"The young man said to him, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich."

The parable is about a young man, so clearly age is a factor in the verses before the ones you cited. Do you think that the Bible should be changed to match what you think it should say?

If his age wasn't important why is it a factor in the story?


Jesus says in Matthew 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.


Do you see an age in these verses, this was said after the conversation of the young man (But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich). Those verses implies on anyone in that position in life, with riches and or wealth. for there is no respect of persons with God. (Romans 2:11)
 
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Hi, I'm new to Bible and I have a question:

On John 8, the pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and said to Jesus that Moses said that they should stone the woman, then Jesus said Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her".

The laws that Moses brought were directly from God and although I didn't read the entire OT yet, I don't remember it saying that they should stone a woman for adultery, but God said that they should stone a man because he was working on sabbath day.

It's not the same thing, obviously, but why Jesus didn't keep the laws from Moses and God of stoning people?

Well, for one, the crowd that had gathered and trying to stone her was unlawful, they were taking the law into their own hands.

The Torah did not proscribe mob violence, it proscribed a court of law--the Sanhedrin--at which charges were brought against the accused, witnesses came and bore testimony, and then it was up to the Sanhedrin--the court--to rule on the verdict.

A group of people picking up rocks to kill someone was not in keeping with the laws which God gave to Israel through Moses, they were acting unlawfully.

They wanted to kill her for her sin, without a trial. Jesus directs them to ask themselves if they--the violent and angry mob--could honestly stand there and go through with their act. He says, "let the one without sin cast the first stone", none could do this, because it provoked their conscience.

So here we have a violent, angry, and unlawful mob; they weren't even interested in the Law, they were interested only in violence. So that's the first thing to take note of.

Secondly, our Lord did not come to bring judgment and condemnation, but salvation. Our Lord did not come to preach Moses, but His Gospel of the kingdom and salvation. Our Lord, the Messiah, come in weakness, humility, lowliness, having come to serve not to be served. Betrayed, handed over to wicked men, suffered and condemned by Pilate, crucified, buried, raised again.

He fulfills the Law by His own righteous obedience, and by His work brings conclusion and consummation to the reason for being of the Old Covenant.

The Law proscribes death to sinners; but Christ has come to redeem and save sinners.

See then how the Law brings death, but Christ brings life.

The ancient fathers of the Church frequently saw in the Parable of the Good Samaritan a deeper allegory of Christ: The man who was beaten and left for dead is Adam, and Adam is all of us, all humanity. The bandits who attacked him are the devils, who have attacked and beaten man and left him to die. Then comes along first a priest, and then a Levite; Aaron and Moses. Neither Aaron nor Moses--the Law--can give any aid to the beaten man on the road; the Law cannot save sinners, it can only condemn them. But our Good Samaritan, Jesus Christ, finds the left-for-dead man--all of us--and carries us to the inn, patching up our wounds, paying for it all by Himself, bringing us back from death to life.

The Law cannot bring life, but only death. The woman caught in adultery probably would have faced the judgment of the Sanhedrin (though, under Roman occupation could not carry out a legal death sentence).

Christ brings something else, He does not bring death, but life. Rather than the condemnation and judgment of the Law, our Lord brings mercy and forgiveness.

And so the woman received Gospel, not Law on that day.

And that's not just good news for her, but for us as well.

Moses cannot save us, Moses cannot help us, Moses cannot make us better. No amount of commandment keeping can ever increase our holiness, righteousness, or goodness before God. We remain, ever before the Law, condemned men--left on the side of the road to die.

We need a Savior, a merciful Friend, who comes to save us.

Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and you and me, we are the profound sinners.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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Thanks for the response, really useful.

Just one more question: God said on Leviticus and Numbers 15:32-36 that people that commit things like that should be stoned/killed, so why people don't do that nowadays?

I'm not Jewish, my mother was not Jewish, I did not undergo Brit Milah. I am a goy, reckoned uncircumcised by the Law of Moses, and therefore outside of the Covenant God established with national Israel on Mt. Horeb.

I am a Christian, and whether Jew or Gentile it doesn't matter; I have received spiritual circumcision in Jesus Christ, baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit; born again of God, with my life found in Jesus who died and rose again. I am therefore reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. And am found in God apart from the Law, with a righteousness that is not my own, a righteousness apart from the Law--the righteousness which is through faith. Through faith having been justified freely by God's mercy, with Christ's shed blood covering my sins.

If I thought I needed to observe the commandments of the Old Covenant, I would convert to the only religion that still practices these things: Judaism. But I have no reason to convert to Judaism, I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And He is for me, a sinful human beggar.

If I were Jewish, I may very well--out of my freedom and liberty--observe the Sabbath, or choose to eat kashrut. Nothing wrong with these things, and many Jewish Christians throughout history have continued, out of their own freedom of conscience, to pay respect to their Jewishisness in this way. But there is no obligation to do so for those who are in Christ--whether Jew or Gentile.

Most groups that say that Christians are obligated to do these things are quite fringe, at worst they are Judaizers who are actively at work against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At best they have been deceived, and are now pretending to be Jewish.

I'm not Jewish, and I don't see a reason to pretend to be Jewish. To do so would be an insult to God, to the Gospel, and to actual Jewish people for whom these things have significance and meaning. It's the religious equivalent of wearing blackface.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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Jesus says in Matthew 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.


Do you see an age in these verses, this was said after the conversation of the young man (But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich). Those verses implies on anyone in that position in life, with riches and or wealth. for there is no respect of persons with God. (Romans 2:11)

Okay, let's take two verses from Matthew's gospel and a single verse from Paul's letter to the church at Rome, then combine them to try to prove a doctrinal point.

Here is a verse for you to contemplate: Exodus 10:26a, "Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind!" So you must never be without your livestock -- ever! That's in the Bible!!

Please read my "signature" below...
 
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Okay, let's take two verses from Matthew's gospel and a single verse from Paul's letter to the church at Rome, then combine them to try to prove a doctrinal point.

Here is a verse for you to contemplate: Exodus 10:26a, "Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind!" So you must never be without your livestock -- ever! That's in the Bible!!

Please read my "signature" below...

I'm not getting your point with that scripture. I'm not interesting in going backward and forward about this. peace in Jesus name
 
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Hi, I'm new to Bible and I have a question:

On John 8, the pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and said to Jesus that Moses said that they should stone the woman, then Jesus said Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her".

The laws that Moses brought were directly from God and although I didn't read the entire OT yet, I don't remember it saying that they should stone a woman for adultery, but God said that they should stone a man because he was working on sabbath day.

It's not the same thing, obviously, but why Jesus didn't keep the laws from Moses and God of stoning people?

A. Moses and Elijah stand "with Jesus" in glory - before the cross - in Matt 17.

B. Mark 7:6-13 says that to reject the writing of Moses is to reject the Word of God.

C. Luke 16 concludes with this lesson "if they do not listen to Moses - then they will not listen though one rises from the dead".

==============================

In the case of the woman caught in adultery - there are three subtle details

1. The Jews were not allowed to kill someone - that is why they went to Pilate and asked him to give them permission to kill Jesus. So "it was a trap" for Jesus since the nation of Israel was no longer in a Theocracy - its civil laws about the death penalty could not be enforced.

2. John 8 - tells you something is wrong - and the one who is guilty is not the woman

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

If she was "in the very act" then the man is guilty and should be stoned as well. The truth is the man is right there - he is one of the leaders who wants to stone her. This is perverted justice by the church leaders!!! They should all have been stoned.

So Jesus says "let him who is without sin - cast the first stone" - then Jesus begins writing the sins of the men standing there - in the sand, starting with the oldest. And as they draw near to see what he is writing they depart sheepishly - starting with the oldest.

3. At the end Jesus says "where are your accusers" -- according to the Law of scripture she would have to have accusers - and she said "there are none" -- all had left. But that left one accuser - who was without sin -- Jesus was her Savior not her accuser -- John 3 "He did not come to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved" --

So Jesus answered her unspoken thought "neither do I accuse thee - go and sin no more".


This is kind of irrelevant, but why was Jesus writing on the ground?

now you know.
 
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Well, the first reason is because what he was writing was not something he wanted to speak out loud.
Second, my guess would be that he wrote down the sins of the Pharisees that were there and they would want those kept secret so they left. It would also scare them that Christ could even know such things.

Joh 8:6 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.
Joh 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.
Joh 8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 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.

That verse behind the ones you posted which says, "they which heard it" reminds me of

Romans 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another

That picture always reminded me of that, it just seems to fit with it with one exception Romans 2:15 is speaking of those without the law not those under it though.

So I think I would need to let that one go.
 
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Although we know the picture is supposedly not in Codex Sinaiticus, and so take it as it is written regardless, pointing out how this was handled incorrectly, the verse Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge used to throw me a little, why are these more specifically mentioned over others given the picture we are looking at?
 
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I'm not getting your point with that scripture. I'm not interesting in going backward and forward about this. peace in Jesus name

The point is that you take separate verses from two verses from Matthew's Gospel and a single verse from Paul's letter to the Romans and combine them to prove some doctrine. I did the same to show you that anyone can select verses from anywhere to try to prove a point. It proves nothing.

If the technique is valid then the verse that I chose is valid: "Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind!" So you must never be without your livestock -- ever!
 
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A. Moses and Elijah stand "with Jesus" in glory - before the cross - in Matt 17.

B. Mark 7:6-13 says that to reject the writing of Moses is to reject the Word of God.

C. Luke 16 concludes with this lesson "if they do not listen to Moses - then they will not listen though one rises from the dead".

==============================

In the case of the woman caught in adultery - there are three subtle details

1. The Jews were not allowed to kill someone - that is why they went to Pilate and asked him to give them permission to kill Jesus. So "it was a trap" for Jesus since the nation of Israel was no longer in a Theocracy - its civil laws about the death penalty could not be enforced.

2. John 8 - tells you something is wrong - and the one who is guilty is not the woman

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act.

If she was "in the very act" then the man is guilty and should be stoned as well. The truth is the man is right there - he is one of the leaders who wants to stone her. This is perverted justice by the church leaders!!! They should all have been stoned.

So Jesus says "let him who is without sin - cast the first stone" - then Jesus begins writing the sins of the men standing there - in the sand, starting with the oldest. And as they draw near to see what he is writing they depart sheepishly - starting with the oldest.

3. At the end Jesus says "where are your accusers" -- according to the Law of scripture she would have to have accusers - and she said "there are none" -- all had left. But that left one accuser - who was without sin -- Jesus was her Savior not her accuser -- John 3 "He did not come to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved" --

So Jesus answered her unspoken thought "neither do I accuse thee - go and sin no more".




now you know.

It is important to realize that the story of the woman caught in adultery is almost certainly a later addition to the Gospel and therefore its authenticity is questionable. Most Bibles include this as a footnote and/or put the section in double brackets to show this.

That being said, how can you say "... the man is guilty and should be stoned as well. The truth is the man is right there - he is one of the leaders who wants to stone her." How do you know this?

"This entire section, 7:53-8:11, traditionally known as the pericope adulterae, is not contained in the earliest and best mss and was almost certainly not an original part of the Gospel of John. Among modern commentators and textual critics, it is a foregone conclusion that the section is not original but represents a later addition to the text of the Gospel."

There is no indication of what Jesus wrote on the ground. None.

Jesus was not her accuser. "Jesus stood up straight and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” She replied, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

Now you know.
 
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The point is that you take separate verses from two verses from Matthew's Gospel and a single verse from Paul's letter to the Romans and combine them to prove some doctrine. I did the same to show you that anyone can select verses from anywhere to try to prove a point. It proves nothing.

If the technique is valid then the verse that I chose is valid: "Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind!" So you must never be without your livestock -- ever!


That's not what I did, you turn those verses into all of this. I never knew this would be hard for a person to understand unto you created all of this. Your example is not making sense according to the Jesus and the young man situation.
 
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That's not what I did, you turn those verses into all of this. I never knew this would be hard for a person to understand unto you created all of this. Your example is not making sense according to the Jesus and the young man situation.

Not making sense according to you. To me it's perfectly clear.

Exegesis and eisegesis are two separate things. There is a real danger to take a verse or two from here and there, written by different people at different times about different things, and combine them to prove doctrine -- falsely.

I did the same thing to show you the error of interpreting Scripture to make it "say" what you want it to say instead of what it really says -- in context.
 
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This is kind of irrelevant, but why was Jesus writing on the ground?

What did Jesus write on the ground in John 8?

John 4:14 says,

"...the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."​

John 7:37-39 says,

37 "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"​

This relates. We can know what Jesus was writing in the ground when the Jews tested him in regards to the woman caught in the act of adultery by looking at other Scripture. By Scripture, we see a reference to the LORD [Jesus], the fountain of living waters [the Holy Spirit].

Jeremiah 17:13 says,

"O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD [i.e. Jesus], the fountain of living waters [i.e. the Holy Ghost]."​

Note 1: The words in brackets in light blue (above) is my commentary to the text.

Note 2: Words in bright red are references to the Holy Spirit. Words in green is in reference to the Tree of Life, the door, who is Jesus.

Note 3: In the words in the above verse, you will notice that they (the Jews) that were accusing Jesus in regards to the woman caught in the act of adultery, their names were written down in the earth. This is what Jesus was writing in the Earth. Jesus was writing down the names of those who had forsaken the Lord. I highlighted the words in purple above in Jeremiah to show that their names written in the earth as we behold in the scene in John 8.

Note 4: We tie this together because of the words, "the LORD, the fountain of living waters" in Jeremiah 17:13 is tied to John 7:38 that says, "out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

Again, John 7:38 says,

"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."​

Here is the scene with Jesus writing in the ground with the Jews in regards to the woman caught in the act of adultery:

John 8:4-6 says,

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. "​

What is interesting is that the very previous chapter (John 7), we are told that anyone who believes in Jesus out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Yet, in Jeremiah 17:13, we learn that this fountain of living waters is what these Jews rejected and their names were written in the ground because they forsaken the Lord.
 
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Hi, I'm new to Bible and I have a question:

On John 8, the pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and said to Jesus that Moses said that they should stone the woman, then Jesus said Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her".

The laws that Moses brought were directly from God and although I didn't read the entire OT yet, I don't remember it saying that they should stone a woman for adultery, but God said that they should stone a man because he was working on sabbath day.

It's not the same thing, obviously, but why Jesus didn't keep the laws from Moses and God of stoning people?

Jesus was making changes to the Law (even before the New Covenant went officially into effect with His death). For Jesus was primarily teaching New Covenant teachings and not Old Covenant teachings during His earthly ministry.

How so?

Jesus clearly was making changes to the Law (even before the cross):
(Which means He was not teaching primarily Old Covenant, but New Covenant):

The Old Way says:
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth"
(Matthew 5:38 cf. Exodus 21:23-25).

The New Way (by Jesus) says:
"But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:39).


The Old Way says:
"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" (Matthew 5:21 cf. Numbers 35:30-32).

The New Way (by Jesus) says:
"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." (Matthew 5:22).


The Old Way says:
"Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:" (Matthew 5:34 cf. Numbers 30:1-2, Deuteronomy 23:21).

The New Way (by Jesus) says:
34 "But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." (Matthew 5:34-37).


The Old Way says:
"And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant." (Psalms 143:12).

"And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent." (Joshua 6:17).

"And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword." (Joshua 6:21).

16 "But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee" (Deuteronomy 20:16-17).

"They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them" (Psalms 106:34).

The New Way (by Jesus) says:
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" (Matthew 5:44).

Note: Yes, I am aware that the Old Way (Old Testament) also teaches to love one's enemies (Exodus 23:4-5) (Proverbs 25:21), but this was in context to their own Israelite people, and not pagan nations. Pagan nations were to be destroyed when God commanded the Israelites to destroy them. But Jesus taught a radically different way. Love your enemies, and do good to them that hate you, and to pray for those who persecute you.


The Old Way says:
20 "But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel." (Deuteronomy 22:20-22).

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?" (John 8:4-5).

The New Way (by Jesus) says:
"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. " (John 8:7).


Even after the cross, there were changes being made:

The Old Covenant says this about circumcision:
"And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant." (Genesis 17:14).

Yet, the New Covenant says this about circumcision:
"Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing."
(Galatians 5:2).


The Old Covenant says this about the Sabbath:
32 "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses." (Numbers 15:32-36).

Yet, the New Covenant says this about the Sabbath:
"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" (Colossians 2:16).

So it appears things have changed.

This makes sense because again, Hebrews 7:12 says the Law has changed.

"For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law."
(Hebrews 7:12).

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
(John 1:17).

Jesus said,
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." (Matthew 5:17).
 
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