VictorC
Jesus - that's my final answer
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It isn't conducive to a conversation when a post is written in complete disregard to what you quoted from me. This is yet another example of denial of context in action...
Let's return to the topic of context, shall we?
I made this statement in the post you responded to:
Note too that Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 as the greatest commandment in the entire law. If you would return to the context where this quote comes from, you would confirm for yourself that the greatest commandment in the entire law was spoken by Moses; not God, and not what God wrote onto tables of stone.
The first covenant was a single entity that stands or falls as a unit of the entire "one law" (Numbers 15:16) that comprised it. Diverting attention to the ten commandments does not answer the point above that the greatest commandment was spoken by Moses.
Hebrews 8 does describe Moses being shown the sanctuary in heaven, and being instructed to make a copy of it when he embarked on the fabrication of the tabernacle, the tent that was later replaced by Solomon's temple. It doesn't infer that there was a covenant comprised of the ten commandments, for the reason that the ten commandments are not a part of the sanctuary.Jesus, the Iam, wrote the 10 Commandments, that is the ultimate authority. Even Moses is subordinated to that. The earthly sanctuary was modeled after the heavenly. In the earthly sanctuary inside the ark of the covenant was the two tablets with the 10 Commandments written on them.
Revelation 11:19 describes the temple being opened in heaven, and the narrative describes the appearance of the interior from a vantage outside the temple. There are a couple of items missing from the description:Therefore, we can conclude that from Hebrews 8 where it states clearly that everything in the earthly was made according to the pattern of the heavenly, that the Rev. 11:19 describes is where the original tablets are stored.
- There is no curtain seperating a division of the HP and the MHP where the ark of the covenant was contained in the earthly example, and was only seen once a year by one individual.
- There is no appearance of the book of the law that is placed outside of the ark of the covenant, and it is that book of the law we read the ten commandments from and was to remain as a witness against Israel, as recorded in Deuteronomy 31:26.
Making a claim that the ten commandments will stand forever isn't cognizant of the temporal nature of the first covenant, which was the ten commandments. We know the origin of the ten commandments, which was initially given through Moses and wasn't made with anyone in a generation prior to Moses (Deuteronomy 5:2-3). We also know the termination of the ten commandments, which was abolished as far as jurisdiction over God's redeemed children was concerned when God made a new covenant to replace the former (Hebrews 8:13). An entity with a known origin and disposition isn't eternal, and your claim isn't compliant with Scripture.And why wouldn't they be there? God's Law is will stand forever.
Claiming that God's Hand that took away the first covenant (Hebrews 10:9) is comprised of the Evangelical community is misplacing Who God is. God is Sovereign, and He has every right to abolish the temporal "ministry of death" (2 Corinthians 3:7) that He created in the first place.You are in denial of the most compelling evidence as to the enduring nature of God's holy law. SDAs didn't make this up, its all in the Bible. With all of the lawlessness is very puzzling why so many evangelicals want to do away with God's law!
Let's return to the topic of context, shall we?
I made this statement in the post you responded to:
Note too that Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 as the greatest commandment in the entire law. If you would return to the context where this quote comes from, you would confirm for yourself that the greatest commandment in the entire law was spoken by Moses; not God, and not what God wrote onto tables of stone.
The first covenant was a single entity that stands or falls as a unit of the entire "one law" (Numbers 15:16) that comprised it. Diverting attention to the ten commandments does not answer the point above that the greatest commandment was spoken by Moses.
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