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To: fortheDeclaration
No new convenant is written on the Christian's heart. That is a promise made to Israel (Heb.8:8, Jer.31:31) for the Millnennial reign of Christ.
On the contrary, the Christian is commanded to remain under the control of the Holy Spirit, to 'yield to him' and not to sin (Rom.6:16,19) and to grow from being a 'babe in Christ' to an adult by going from the milk (1Pet 2:2) to meat (Heb.5:14) of the word of God.

Christians are part of spiritual Israel.

In Romans 11, Paul compares Israel to natural branches of God's promises and gentiles as branches "grafted" on to that promise.

When Jesus said the "whole law" and the prophets hang up on the law of love, he was referring to the 10 commandments.

Paul understood this concept:

2Co 3:3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart.

He clearly made a comparasion between the letters written on the tables of stone with God's finger, the 10 commandments, to letters written in our hearts by God.

Though I do agree that there will be a thousand year kingdom and that the law will be at that time written in everyones heart.

16 posted on 04/02/2002 11:25:11 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
No new convenant is written on the Christian's heart. That is a promise made to Israel (Heb.8:8, Jer.31:31) for the Millnennial reign of Christ. On the contrary, the Christian is commanded to remain under the control of the Holy Spirit, to 'yield to him' and not to sin (Rom.6:16,19) and to grow from being a 'babe in Christ' to an adult by going from the milk (1Pet 2:2) to meat (Heb.5:14) of the word of God. Christians are part of spiritual Israel. In Romans 11, Paul compares Israel to natural branches of God's promises and gentiles as branches "grafted" on to that promise.

That is true, but that is temporaly until the 'fullness of the Gentiles come in'(vs.25). The Israel that Paul then begins to speak of is the National Israel,

There shall come out of Sion, the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (vs.26)
The chapters 9-11 are dealing with racial/national Israel and its history and future. 'my kinsmen according to the flesh,(vs.3) 'concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen (vs.5)

The mention of the 'spiritual Isreal'(Gal.3:7) was to explain the mystery of the hardening of Israel as the Church, the body of Christ (Eph.1:28) and His Bride (Eph.5:25-32) was being formed. Once that is complete then the Old Testament promises will be fulfilled (Rom 11:29) which include the 'writing of the Laws upon their hearts (Heb.11:11, Jer.31:31)

We are New Testament that is New Covenant. It states,

when I will make a new conveant with the house if Israel and the house of Judah
Thus, bringing the 12 tribes back to one people (Zech 12-14, Rev.7)

When Jesus said the "whole law" and the prophets hang up on the law of love, he was referring to the 10 commandments.

He was referring to all the Law that had been written, which consisted of some 600+ laws and precepts, not just the Ten.

Paul understood this concept: 2Co 3:3 Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written: not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God: not in tables of stone but in the fleshly tables of the heart. He clearly made a comparasion between the letters written on the tables of stone with God's finger, the 10 commandments, to letters written in our hearts by God.

In that passage, the Ten Commandments is being alluded to, but I do not think the Lord was referring to the Pharisses abuse of just the Ten Commandments.

Besides what difference does that make anyway? No one can keep the Ten, no less the 600. That is why the Lord put in the issue of the heart because He knows our hearts are desperately wicked; who can know it(Jer.17:9)

Though I do agree that there will be a thousand year kingdom and that the law will be at that time written in everyones heart.

It only says the Jews heart,(Heb.8:8) so I have to stay with what is revealed in Scripture. The Lord will however, be king of the whole earth (Zech.14:9)

48 posted on 04/02/2002 11:02:34 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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