"Applying the Old Testament Law Today" by J. Daniel Hays
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What do you think of this article? Where are its errors?
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"Applying the Old Testament Law Today" by J. Daniel Hays
What do you think of this article? Where are its errors?
What do you think of this article? Where are its errors?
Christians violate a number of Old Testament laws with some regularity (e.g., "A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing," Deut. 22:5; "Rise in the presence of the aged," Lev. 19:32; "The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses," Deut. 14:8).
The distinctions between the moral, civil, and ceremonial laws are arbitrary, imposed on the text from outside the text.
The Law, therefore, is clearly part of the Pentateuchal narrative and is firmly embedded into the story of Israel’s exodus, wandering, and conquest. One’s interpretive approach to the Law should take this into account. Connecting texts to their contexts is a basic tenet of proper interpretive method.
Obviously, then, the Law is tightly intertwined as part of the Mosaic Covenant. Several important observations about the Mosaic Covenant, therefore, merit discussion.
Not completely accurate. We must learn to go to the law for Information but not for Evaluation once we are In Christ.