We don't follow the ceremonial laws because Jesus followed and fulfilled all of them for us.

the Temple was destroyed by the Romans and there has been not one single sacrifice since. Paul says no day has precedence over any other day. All of the Ten Commandments are repeated in the Old Testament except one: 'remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Sabbath is no longer to be obeyed. The Sabbath is not an eternal day of worship. The verses about the Sabbath are no longer valid. Once per year the High Priest went into the Holy of Holies and brought the blood of the bulls and goats as a sin offering to the Lord ( Leviticus 16:18-19).Īll of the ceremonial and sacrificial laws pointed to and were fulfilled by Christ on the cross ( Hebrews 9:11-14). Either we die for our sin, or God will allow an animal to be sacrificed in our behalf. The sacrificial system was the heart of all Old Testament worship. Israel really had three.įirst, The Ceremonial Laws Governed Israel’s Worship. Let me flesh out the three types of Old Testament Laws.

That doesn't make any sense to me though, since laws about touching dead bodies ( Numbers 19:11) or dealing with rape ( Deuteronomy 22:28-29) were probably considered spiritual. How do we know which Old Testament Laws should be acknowledged and which ones can be ignored? My pastor says that some laws were cultural (like eating shellfish and wearing mixed cloth) while others were spiritual (like adultery and witchcraft), and that we can discard the cultural ones while still following the spiritual ones. Barrier puts nearly 40 years of experience in the pastorate to work answering questions of doctrine or practice for laypeople, or giving advice on church leadership issues. Editor's Note: Pastor Roger Barrier's ' Ask Roger' column regularly appears at Preach It, Teach It.

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