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Removing the laws of God- what does it really mean?

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I think it goes deeper than that. We know what the Ark is, so it brings an awareness that God had Moses put the tablets in there - precisely because he broke the first set.

Inside the Ark, they would remain unbroken.
Maybe. Interesting thought, I don’t think God ever intended His covenant to be anything other than eternal. Even if the first one wasn’t broken I don’t think that would change God’s intention about the 10 commandments. My father has his PhD in Theology I will get his take on it.
 
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In the Ark they are eternal.

[Rev 11:19 ESV]

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
 
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In the Ark they are eternal.

[Rev 11:19 ESV]

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
I think God writing them on stone was a symbol that they were meant to be eternal, before being placed in the Ark.
 
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I think God writing them on stone was a symbol that they were meant to be eternal, before being placed in the Ark.

But in the Ark, they remain eternally unbroken.
 
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Well, it may.

The version of The ten commandments that God wrote with his finger, the first time that Moses went up on the mountain,

did God write with his finger the part about how He had worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th?

Is it possible that that is a later editorial addition?
 
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That's interesting, I always assumed that the old covenant was temporary.

A covenant based on laws written in stone would always be something external to us.
But a covenant written on our hearts would be internal.
 
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I think God writing them on stone was a symbol that they were meant to be eternal, before being placed in the Ark.
That's interesting, too!

Stone lasts a long time, but it is not eternal.

Our hearts are eternal, in Ecclesiastes it talks about how God has set eternity in our heart.
 
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Because the Ark was not built yet.
 
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That's interesting, I always assumed that the old covenant was temporary.

A covenant based on laws written in stone would always be something external to us.
But a covenant written on our hearts would be internal.
The thing many miss is the old is also the new in that it was to be in their hearts also.
 
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You think Romans 3:9-20, Romans 9, etc. are in our hearts?
No, the commandments, God's Laws, His Word through Christ; is in our hearts, minds, and mouths.
 
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Those are are examples of a time period in a story. Not in actual teaching.
The teaching would be that after Christ's resurrection the follows of Christ got together on the Sabbath and were taught.
 
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HIM said:
The teaching would be that after Christ's resurrection the follows of Christ got together on the Sabbath and were taught.
They got together all the time, not just on the Sabbath.
Yep this is true as is they were still observing the Sabbath.
 
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Yep this is true as is they were still observing the Sabbath.

Oh I have no doubt they kept the Sabbath. I would bet they did not “observe” it the same way as the Pharisees though.

But, that’s just a guess, we do know Peter waffled a little in his Faith and Paul had to call him out on it.
 
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They got together all the time, not just on the Sabbath.
There is no other command from God to keep any other day except the seventh Holy. No other day was blessed or was Sacred or was God’s Holy Sabbath that was made for man to keep Holy.
 
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Oh I have no doubt they kept the Sabbath. I would bet they did not “observe” it the same way as the Pharisees though.

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They rested and worshipped on the Sabbath through Christ as we are to do today.
 
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Oh I have no doubt they kept the Sabbath. I would bet they did not “observe” it the same way as the Pharisees though.

But, that’s just a guess, we do know Peter waffled a little in his Faith and Paul had to call him out on it.
I agree, the Pharisees were more concerned with what people were doing or not doing than observing it for the blessing it was meant to be by keeping Gods Sabbath in our hearts and doing the will of God by getting to know Him in prayer, scripture reading and fellowship on His Sabbath. God bless
 
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There is no other command from God to keep any other day except the seventh Holy. No other day was blessed or was Sacred or was God’s Holy Sabbath that was made for man to keep Holy.

Ok, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t get together and meet other days.
 
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