http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/08/06/mother-of-the-free/ Theology you can eat and drink Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/08/06/mother-of-the-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4084 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:05:30 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=5686#comment-4084 I remember years ago when I first read “To a Thousand Generations”, I found Wilson’s explanation of the difference between the covenants very persuasive. Since reading Rob Rayburn’s dissertation, however, I have reread it and am unimpressed. Galatians 3:15-29 is the explanation, not of Abraham vs Moses, but of faith vs works. 2 Cor 3 says the letter kills. So, it’s not possible to say what most evangelicals say, that The-Old-Covenant/The-Old-Testament/Moses is not as good and The-New-Covenant/The-New-Testament/Jesus. What Hebrews and other places say is that one covenant is death and the other life.
The key is to see that “law” as it is used in the NT context, refers not always to Moses, but often to the “law as it is taken” i.e. legalism.

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