Hi newgene,
Here is LoF part 11 'The Depth of Satan - Who is Antipas?' where Ray speaks on the old covenant/law vs. the new covenant.
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CHRIST AFTER THE FLESH VERSUS CHRIST AFTER THE SPIRIT
"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after [according to] the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, YET NOW HENCEFORTH KNOW WE HIM NO MORE [after the flesh]" (II Cor. 5:1).
"Therefore if any man be IN Christ, he is a new creature [creation]: old things are passed away; behold ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW" (II Cor. 5:17)!
How many Christians believe that "IN Christ" we are a NEW creation and that ALL the old things have passed away and that ALL things are become NEW? How many pastors teach the NEW Covenant?
Christians sing: "Give me that OLD TIME religion—it’s good enough for me."
There was an OLD covenant, and now there is a NEW covenant. Do you know what the NEW COVENANT is? Theologians teach that the New covenant is keeping the OLD covenant, BETTER! That is unscriptural nonsense! They teach that we are to keep the law of Moses, BETTER, and we will fulfill the NEW testament.
Is the New Covenant patterned according to the Old Covenant? Let’s read it:
"For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come says the Lord, when I will make a NEW covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah [he is a JEW who is circumcised in his heart and spirit, Rom. 2:29]: NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT that I made with their fathers…" (Heb. 8:8-9).
So then, is the NEW covenant "according" or "NOT according" to the Old covenant?
Then why does the Church continue making the Old Covenant binding on Christians?
Christendom is attempting to believe in the New Covenant, while at the same time trying to live in the Old Covenant. This can’t be done. In fact, Jesus sternly warned against attempting to do such a contradictory and damaging endeavor:
"And He [Jesus] spoke also a parable unto them [the Pharisees]: No man puts a piece of new garment upon an old: if otherwise, then both the new makes a rent [tear], and the piece that was taken out of the new agrees not with the old [‘NOT according with the covenant which I made with their fathers (the OLD Covenant, Heb. 8:9)]. And no man puts new wine into old bottles [wineskins]; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish [be RUINED]. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desires new; for he says, The OLD is better" (Luke 5:36-39).
This is a parable! Jesus is speaking of the Old and New Covenants. We cannot, we dare not, try to put the old with the new. BOTH WILL BE RUINED! Why don’t we believe Jesus? We can’t put the Old and the New together. And true to Jesus’ words, when people come into a knowledge of the New Covenant, they PREFER THE OLD BETTER!
Did you also notice that when we put these two covenants in their proper places (the Old is for babes to bring them to Christ, while the new is for those maturing into Sonship), that they are BOTH PRESERVED? Yes, both are preserved, but only if we don’t MIX THEM. Could anything be clearer.
The "Chosen" live by the New Covenant: The "Called" try to live by the New and the Old Covenants. They have never learned this simple lesson: "No servant can serve TWO masters…" (Luke 16:13). The two covenants are not even in "according" with one another—they are not to be "unequally yoked together," seeing that they are not equal. If you want to be a New Testament Christian, then you need to learn and know what the New Testament is all about.
THE OLD COVENANT VERSUS THE NEW COVENANT
Here is the most concise Scriptural description of the Old and New Testament that I can give you:
"For the Law was given by Moses [that would be the OLD Covenant], but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ [that would be the NEW Covenant]" (John 1:17).
Law is good, but grace and truth is better. Grace and truth is a much more demanding and much higher calling. If you aspire to be among the "chosen" you must learn what the New Covenant really is.
Here is a chart I prepared for a paper on The Law, which shows some of the many differences between the Old and the New Covenants—between Moses and Jesus:
Old Mosaic Covenant New Spiritual Covenant OLD Covenant…II Cor. 3:14 NEW Covenant…II Cor. 3:6
FIRST Covenant…Heb. 8:7,9:1 SECOND Covenant…Heb. 8:7,10:1-9
Came by Moses…John 1:17 Came by Christ…Heb. 8:6,9:15
Law of God in STONE…II Cor. 3:3 Law of God in HEART…Heb. 10:16
Law of MOSES…Acts 13:38-39 Law of CHRIST…Gal. 6:2
Law of the flesh…Rom. 7:5-6 Law of the SPIRIT…Rom. 8:2
NOT of faith…Gal. 3:2 Law of FAITH…Rom. 3:27
Yoke of BONDAGE…Gal. 5:1 Law of LIBERTY…James 1:25
Law of SIN…Rom. 7:5-6 Law of RIGHTEOUSNESS…Rom. 9:30-31
Law of DEATH…II Cor. 3:7 Law of LIFE…Gal. 3:11, 6:8
Christ removes OLD…Heb. 10:9 Christ enacted the NEW…Heb.10:9
A SHADOW…Col. 2:14-17 The REALITY…Heb. 10:1-18
FULFILLED…Matt. 5:17-18 NOW IN FORCE…Heb. 8:6,10:9
Priesthood CHANGED…Heb. 7:12 UNCHANGEABLE Priesthood…Heb. 7:24
MANY sacrifices…Heb. 9:12-13 ONE sacrifice for sin…Heb. 10:12
IMPERFECT…Heb. 7:19 PERFECT…Heb. 7:19
Blood of ANIMALS…Heb. 9:19 Blood of CHRIST…Matt. 26:28
Circumcision…Ex. 12:48 Uncircumcision…Rom. 4:9-12
WORKS of law…Gal. 3:10 NOT of works but GRACE…Eph. 2:8
REMEMBERS sins…Heb. 10:3 FORGETS sins…Heb. 10:17
YEARLY atonement…Heb. 10:3 PERMANENT atonement…Heb. 10:4
SINFUL priests…Heb. 5:3 SINLESS priest…Heb. 7:26
AARONIC priesthood…Heb. 7:11 MELCHISEDEC priest…Heb. 5:5-10
MANMADE tabernacle…Heb. 8:5 HEAVENLY tabernacle…Heb. 8:2,11
Out of LEVI…Heb. 7:11 Out of JUDAH…Heb. 7:14
WEAK, UNPROFITABLE…Heb. 7:18 POWER of ENDLESS LIFE…Heb. 7:16
NO inheritance…Rom. 4:13 ETERNAL inheritance…Heb. 9:15
Sacrifice of ANIMALS…Heb. 9:13 Sacrifice of CHRIST…Heb. 9:28
Purified the FLESH…Heb. 8:13 Purged the CONSCIENCE…Heb. 8:14
PRODUCES wrath…Rom. 4:15 SAVES from wrath…Rom. 5:9
Perfected NOTHING…Heb. 7:19 Perfects BELIEVERS…Heb. 10:14
NO MERCY…Heb. 10:28 COMPLETE MERCY…Heb. 8:12
NO justification…Acts 13:39 BELIEVERS justified…Acts 13:39
BRINGS a curse…Gal. 3:10 REDEEMS from curse…Acts 3:13
ABOLISHED…II Cor. 3:13 CONTINUES IN GLORY…II Cor. 3:11
Brought DEATH…II Cor. 3:7 Brought RECONCILIATION…II Cor. 5:18
ISRAEL ONLY…Deut. 4:7-8,5:3 ALL MANKIND…Mark 14:24, II Cor. 5:14-19
This chart by no means exhausts all the differences between the Old and New Covenants. Can you not see how totally different the New is from the Old? As God’s Word says, the New Covenant is, "NOT ACCORDING to the covenant that I made with their fathers…" (Heb. 8:9). When will we believe God instead of the traditions of men? I hope that you will not just look at this chart, but look up every Scripture and read it for yourself.
If you believe in Jesus Christ, you are in the Church. But if you are in Christ Jesus, then you are no longer in the physical carnal church, but in God’s spiritual Church—the very Body of Christ. Let me assure you on the authority of all the Sacred Scriptures that carnal [enmity filled hatred] minded Christians are not members of the spiritual body of Christ. Jesus Christ is preparing a "bride"—a VIRGIN bride. Our Lord will not marry a whore or prostitute.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat