The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ

If a person comes to faith in the Messiah today, how should this believer now live, under the Law of Moses or under the Law of Christ? What is the relation, if any, between the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ? This question is especially important to Jews. God gave...

The Dispensations of God

One way to gain an overall perspective of God’s special revelation is to focus on the Biblical covenants (as we recently did). Another way to understand the meta-story of the Bible — “to rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) — is to focus on the doctrine...

Biblical Covenants Part 8

The Mosaic Law is described by Paul as the “the middle wall of partition” (Ephesians 2:14 ASV), that is to say the “law of commandments contained in ordinances” (Ephesians 2:15). If, during the time that the Mosaic Law was applicable – from Sinai to the cross of the...

Biblical Covenants Part 7

Jeremiah 31 was written when Israel had become apostate through disobedience to God to such an extent that their entire national rescue from Egypt was effectively reversed into exile (Barrick 1999:228). The Theocratic kingdom was established at Mount Sinai, but was...