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old covenant vs. new

  1. BrotherJJ

    The misunderstood Book of James & parsing the covenants.

    Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (MY NOTE: ALL scripture is written for our LEARNING. ALL scripture isn't written for our DOCTRINE. Example related directly to the post...
  2. BrotherJJ

    Hebrews Chapter 9

    The 1st physical/temporal old covenant Tabernacle (blueprints are given to Moses Ex chapters 25-31 & 35-40) for building the Tabernacle. It was a glimpse of the heavenly Tabernacle. Ex 25:40 See that you make them [exactly] after their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain. (Also see...
  3. BrotherJJ

    Hebrews chapter 9

    The 1st physical/temporal old covenant Tabernacle (blueprints are given to Moses Ex chapters 25-31 & 35-40) for building the Tabernacle. It was a foreshadow/glimpse of the heavenly Tabernacle. Ex 25:40 See that you make them [exactly] after their pattern which was shown to you on the mountain...
  4. BrotherJJ

    Rom 7, marriage, sin, death & eternal life

    The Romans & Corinthians epistles cited, are both written to believers (Rom 1:7 - 1 Cor 1:2) Rom 1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her...
  5. BrotherJJ

    No living person has ever been under the Mosaic law covenant

    The Mosaic law covenant cut on Mt Sinia. Was between the house of Jacob - the children of Israel only! (Ex 19:3) High Priest: Israels Levitical order high priest served as a mediator between God & the people. Feasts: 7 Feasts of the Lord. 3 (Passover-Pentecost-Tabernacles) required a mandatory...
  6. BrotherJJ

    Warning! Don't Mix the Old - With the New Covenant

    Matt 9:16-17 Old cloth/old covenant - New cloth/new covenant (17) Old wineskins/new covenant. Don't mix um! (Also see: Mk 2:21-22, Lk 5:36-17) Rev 3: 15 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm & neither hot nor...
  7. BrotherJJ

    High Priest (physical/temporal) - High Priest (Spiritual/Eternal)

    The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people. God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9) Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and...
  8. BrotherJJ

    OT/covenant water purification vs NT/covenant

    Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. (MY NOTE: New Testament/covenant believers are Purified by the Living Water/Christ's Holy Spirit [Jn 4:10, 7:37-39, Rev 22:17] thur faith placed in Christ's sin atoning death & resurrection) Ceremonial water...
  9. BrotherJJ

    Old Priestly Covenant to New

    From the old physical/temporal Levitical Priestly order covenant To the new spiritual/eternal Priestly Order of Melchizedek covenant Levitical priestly order is established/begins here: Lev 8:1-2 God tells Moses; get some anointing oil, vs 6 now wash (full mikveh/baptism) Aaron & his sons...
  10. BrotherJJ

    Galatians 4 two opposing covenants

    Gal 4: 21 Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman [Hagar] and one by the free woman [Sarah]. 23 But the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh...
  11. BrotherJJ

    The law, It's purpose, Sin, Believers are under grace

    Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. PARSING: Gal 3:19 The law was in effect, (TIME SENSITIVE WORD >>>) ""UNTIL""" the promised seed...
  12. Kilk1

    Not under law: Not under its condemnation or its commands?

    Hello! Various passages of Scripture suggest we're not under the law, which I understand to be the law of Moses. Do these passages suggest that its commands are no longer binding on us today? Acts of the Apostles 15 seems to be about circumcision and keeping the law of Moses in general (Acts of...
  13. Kilk1

    The Sabbath: Universal law or Mosaic shadow?

    Hello everyone! I've been doing some study on whether the Sabbath (i.e., ceasing from work on the seventh day of the week, Saturday) was a universal law for all of mankind or a Mosaic commandment for the Jews. While some things are commanded in the Old Testament for Israel (and thus are not...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Dangerous Doctrines I

    Romans 16:17-20 ESV “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive...
  15. BrotherJJ

    Sins Remedy

    Adam, mankind's patriarch sinned/transgressed against a soveriegn Creator's law. 1 Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Rom 6:23 [A] the wages of sin is death Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men...
  16. BrotherJJ

    Jesus Propitiation Fulfilled the Law

    KJV Dictionary Definition: PROPITIATION, n. propisia'shon. 2. In theology, the atonement or atoning sacrifice offered to God to assuage his wrath and render him propitious to sinners. Christ is the propitiation for the sins of men. Rom.3. 1 John 2. Amplified Bible Rom 3:25 whom God displayed...
  17. BrotherJJ

    Christian Living - Greatest Commandments - Royal Law - Law of Christ - Love

    The Risen Christ mediated, new covenant believers reason to avoid ungodly living/sinning. Shouldn't done out of fear of punishments assessed in the old obsolete Mosaic/Sinai covenant law ordinances (Deut 28). The sin atoning death of our Lord/God & Savior Jesus the Christ. Fulfilled/PAID IN...
  18. BrotherJJ

    Old Mosaic Law Covenant Obsolete!

    12 verses Gal 4:26 & 30 alone say it all Source Amplified Bible BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages. Galatians 4: 21 Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]? 22 For it is written that...
  19. BrotherJJ

    Old - New Covenants Parsed

    Long before any Mosaic covenant Adam sinned against His creators God breathed rule. Point: No Mosaic law doesn't mean, No, laws at all. The Mosaic covenant was between God & the Nation of Israel only (Ex 19:3 & ALL the Israelis Agreed to it Ex 19:8) Under the Mosaic Covenant obedience to it's...
  20. BrotherJJ

    Parsing Hebrews 10

    Context is always key: Who is the speaker/writer? Who is the speaker/writer talking to? What is the speaker/writer talking about? 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is "God-breathed" & useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteousness,” Who is the writer talking to? Well, the title...