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This can only occur within the New Covenant where the individual Believer receives the Eschatological downpayment of the Holy Spirit, this is something that was completely unknown to those who were under the Old Covenant. You need to remember that our Salvation and regeneration is both Christological where Christ took our punishment on the Cross and Pneumatological where the Holy Spirit was given for our strengthening and growth; for Israel who, were under the Old Covenant, they were on their own and if they couldn't fully submit to the Law in their own strength then they were doomed, which is actually the outcome that we see in Ezekiel 36.The Holy Spirit did play a role in the OT and His role is to lead us in obedience to God:
I hate to have to point out the obvious flaw in your reasoning regarding Ezek 36, but this is talking about the End Days where the rebellious Israel will be returned to its own land (1948) and where sometime in the future they will leave their time of rebellion and seperation from God once they recognise that Jesus is their Messiah who they once crucified.Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
I sampled a number of paragraphs on differenct pages but as it seems to be more of a cessationist document where the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit is rarely understood then I will leave it alone.http://www.bbc.edu/council/documents/2011/5A_Stallard_ The Holy Spirit in the OT Final.pdf
All I can say is that your position stands not only square against the Written Word of God but with 2000 years of church understanding on this very simple issue.It is only by faith that we can receive God's laws as a divine privilege and delight as they were intended and as the Psalmists understood (Psalms 1:1-2, Psalms 119) and as Paul understood (Romans 7:22). I don't know how anyone could read Psalms 119 and get the impression that God had saddled them with a horrendous burden. The Jews frequently give thanks to God for giving them the Torah as instructions for life. There's such a huge disconnect between how most Jews view the law and how most Christians view it, and after spending time studying the Jewish cultural context of the Bible, I came to the conclusion that the Jews had it right.
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