Hi Roy,
1 Cor 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
As Kathy was saying this is the physical example for us, the shadow. This is the physical example of a whole nation over a relative long period of time, through all kinds of circumstamces trying to live a godly life with just their own physical ability. Even though they had God providing them all the external help imaginable, this gives us all the recorded proof that we need, with this extensive example that we can not do it of ourselves.
Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
1Co 15:46 But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.
No matter how much outside help we are given, having the indwelling of the Holy Spirit on the inside makes the difference.
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
v. 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled
in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Heb 10:9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
Here is a chart that Ray put in an article that shows many examples from the scripture that shows the differences of the old covenant for the Israelites and the new covenant for god's Elect.
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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).
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mercy, peace and love
Kat