From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:08:16 -0400
But many of the followers of Jesus do say that he cancelled our
Covenant with G-d - or replaced it, which is the same thing,
especially since G-d didn't say that. If you say that Jesus supports
and expands G-d's covenant with us, then why doesn't Jesus say, or
Christians practice, to observe our Covenant, in its entirety, and
then if you want to add, then add? Or otherwise, if you choose not
to observe it, but to do other things, then just admit that you have
composed something changed, new and different and "other"?
Shoshanna
Harold,
The only obstacles here are the misinterpretation of the Scriptures
which led to erroneous conclusions. You know Hashem changes not (Mal.
3:6). He gave One Covenant which is eternal. The covenants with Noah,
Avraham, Moses do not alter Hashem's plan. Looking at it in a linear
(rather than cyclical) fashion creates this problem. The Avrahamic
covenant did not nullify the Noahide any more than Y'shua's nullified
the previous ones. It built upon them. The Renewed Covenant contains
all prior ones from Adam to David except it was an upgrade; made full
of meaning by Y'shua as the Pesach Lamb of Eloah rather than the
blood of goats and bulls. It was both a renewal and new (in the sense
that Y'shua was the superlative sacrifice). Y'shua supports and
expands the prior covenants, He did not cancel them.
Regards,
David Fenton
Re: [b-hebrew] Dying, you will die Gen 2:17
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