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Many people including some Christians try to claim that in the new covenant that Gods Law or the 10 Commandments are done away with or no longer in effect. The problem with this conclusion is we have texts like Rom 3:31 which says very clearly that we do not make void the law thru faith we establish the law. If you look at what establish really means it certainly is not anything like "thrown away" or "nailed to the cross" , i.e. done away with. So either we have a clear contradition in scripture or we are misinterpreting what Paul is actually saying in the texts used to say the law is done away with. I think the latter is most likely the case. It seems to me that a lot of folks think that a new covenant means new laws when in fact the old laws are still in place for the new covenant. The only thing that has changed is the place they are written now.
To show evidence that this is the case lets look at two sets of texts that I think shows the 10 Commandments laws are definetely part of the new covenant that Paul was describing to us.
Lets look at Jer 31:31-33 and Heb 8:8-11, 10:16. When looking at these texts you will find that they are nearly identical in what they say almost word for word.
Jer 31:31 "Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them saith the Lord. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts and will be their God and they shall be my people."
Heb 8:8-11 " For finding fault with them he saith Behold the days come saith the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued not in my covenant and I regarded them not saith the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their minds and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they sahll be to me a people. "
Now from about any reasonable perspective one has to come to the conclusion that the wording in the texts in Hebrews comes directly from the texts in Jeremiah because :
They are nearly identical in wording, the Old Testament text and the New.
The author of Hebrews was very well studied in the Old Testament books of scripture.
So what specific laws was Jeremiah speaking of for this new covenant? It would be the 10 Commandments law of God and to be written on their inward parts and in their hearts instead of on stone. The ceremonial laws of Moses was a shadow to be fulfilled at the cross of Christ, but Gods Moral Law or 10 Commandments continue as long as He exists.
Therefore the law spoken of in Hebrews was also the 10 Commandments law of God.
To show evidence that this is the case lets look at two sets of texts that I think shows the 10 Commandments laws are definetely part of the new covenant that Paul was describing to us.
Lets look at Jer 31:31-33 and Heb 8:8-11, 10:16. When looking at these texts you will find that they are nearly identical in what they say almost word for word.
Jer 31:31 "Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them saith the Lord. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts and will be their God and they shall be my people."
Heb 8:8-11 " For finding fault with them he saith Behold the days come saith the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued not in my covenant and I regarded them not saith the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord I will put my laws into their minds and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they sahll be to me a people. "
Now from about any reasonable perspective one has to come to the conclusion that the wording in the texts in Hebrews comes directly from the texts in Jeremiah because :
They are nearly identical in wording, the Old Testament text and the New.
The author of Hebrews was very well studied in the Old Testament books of scripture.
So what specific laws was Jeremiah speaking of for this new covenant? It would be the 10 Commandments law of God and to be written on their inward parts and in their hearts instead of on stone. The ceremonial laws of Moses was a shadow to be fulfilled at the cross of Christ, but Gods Moral Law or 10 Commandments continue as long as He exists.
Therefore the law spoken of in Hebrews was also the 10 Commandments law of God.