Messianic Judaism: Is The Old Covenant Still Valid?

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/messianic-judaism-5/">website</a>.</p><p>Main ideas:</p><ul><li>Law and covenant are integrally connected. Nearly the entire book of Deuteronomy is cast in the form of a covenant, the conditions of which are the commandments of the Law of Moses.</li><li>Although key components of the old covenant (Gen 17:13; Exod 12:24; 29:9; 31:16; 40:15; 1 Ki 8:13) seem to be "forever," the original word ( Heb: <i>'olam,</i> Gk: <i>áiōn</i>) normally means a period of time, with an emphasis on <i>quality</i> of time over <i>quantity</i> of time. This is amply illustrated in the OT (Gen 6:4; Ex 21:6; Deut 15:17; Lev 25:34; 1 Chr 16:15; Ps 105:8; 1 Sam 1:22; Ezra 4:15,19; Ps 24:7; Prov 22:28; Jon 2:6; 1 Sam 2:30).</li><li>The first covenant predicted its own replacement (Jer 31:31-34; Isa 59:20-21; Heb 8:7-13).</li><li>Will = testament (Gk: <i>diathēkē,</i> Lat: <i>testamentum</i>). Like the first covenant, the new covenant, which replaced it, did so only after the death of Jesus (Heb 9:15-18).</li><li>Today God has no separate arrangement, or covenant, for the Jews. For in Christ there is no Greek (Gentile) or Jew (Gal 3:28).</li></ul>