Is The Old Covenant Binding Upon the Church

The new does not replace the old. The covenant with adam after he sinned is still in effect. The covenant made with noah regarding the rainbow is still in effect. The covenant with Abraham is still in effect and is in fact the covenant that was are now apart of. The covenant made with david that his seed would be the messiah and king of new Jerusalem is still in effect. The only one people like to disqualify is the mosaic covenant. The fruit of the spirit is righteousness,-eph. 5:9, We are to follow after righteousness-1 tim.6:11. righteousness in the greek is Diakos#1342. Accoding to Thayers, it means, "observing divine laws, keeping the commands of god. These commands are of the mosaic law. 1 John 3:7 states he who practices righteousness is righteous just as yeshua is righteous. Yeshua in fact kept ALL the law and commands of god. paul teaches that rightouesness is by faith in romans 10:5-8. In this passage, pauls quotes an EXACT passage from the "old" covenant in deut. 30:11-13. 1 john 3:4 states sin is lawlessness. If the law of the old covenant is no more then how do we define sin?? 1pet. 2:10 is a promise from the "old" covenant in exodus 19:6. Why does it still apply if it is no more?? This same promise"that we will be priests of a holy nation" is also seen in revelations. Why was this promise given in exodus, restated in 1 peter, and carried out in revelations if it is no more?? Micah 4:2 states that the law will come forth from zion( read in context and it is end time) Revelation 11:19 states the ark of the covenant is in the temple in heaven, Why is the torah of the "old" covenant(inside the ark) going to be in new Jerusalem?? zech. 14:16 states the feast of tabernacles will be kept.(read in context and it is about the new millennium). Rev. 12:17 states the enemy goes to make war with those who keep the faith of yeshua AND the commandments of god. Rev 14:12 says this exact thing also. However your claim is that the old covenant which these commandments were given is no more!? Read Malachi chpt 4 and it is another clear, well known prophetic passage of end times, however this chpt. specifically states to REMEMBER the law of moses!? And did you know that prophecy says that those who eat "swine's flesh" will be consumed in Isaiah66:17?. In conclusion, there is no end of prophetic understanding that the new covenant does away with nothing but adds too. I you believe the old covenant is no more you believe the prophets were false. And I end with this: tell me what prophecy indicates The "old covenant" will be done away with!? I find all prophecy about the RESTORATION of Israel and Judah and the New covenant in addition to the old. Amos 3:7 says nothing is done unless first told to the prophets. messiah, new covenant, end of days, all prophesied, nothing about the old covenant being no more. With this knowledge the ONLY conclusion could be that we have gravely misunderstood Pauls writings exactly as peter warned us about.. in 2 peter 3:15,16-- and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation"as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.