Does the Old Testament Have Authority Over Christians Today? - Herman L Hoeh - October 1957

Herman L Hoeh

The Old Covenant is abolished. Then why turn to the Old Testament to learn which LAWS we are to observe? THE OLD covenant was the marriage agreement that united the LORD and the nation Israel into a husband and wife relationship. When Israel sinned, the covenant was broken. When Christ, the husband, died, the covenant ceased to be in force. Death ended the marriage agreement - the old covenant. Today the terms and conditions of a new covenant - a new marriage agreement - are opened to us as Christians. In the new covenant the laws of God will be written in our hearts and minds not on tables of stone or in a book (II Cor. 3:3). Therefore, since the old covenant is abolished, why refer to Exodus 20 - a part of the old covenant - to prove that the ten commandments are still in force today? And, why refer to Deuteronomy 16 to prove how we ought to observe the annual festivals? To Leviticus 27:30 to prove that tithing is one of God's laws for us today? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library