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"the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me in the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. " Ex. 24: 12.
Was the first covenant written by Moses in a book before the dedication with blood? Yes. The ten commandments were not received in a written form until after the first covenant was complete. Was the first covenant dedicated with blood? Yes. Were the ten commandments dedicated with blood? No. We have seen that Moses did not receive them in a written form until after the first covenant had been dedicated. Then, is the law of ten commandments the first covenant? Every honest, unprejudiced mind must answer, No. But are we sure that this agreement covenant dedicated with blood was really and truly the first covenant? Yes; for the inspired apostle declares that the first testament, or covenant, was dedicated with blood.
"Whereupon neither the first testament [covenant] was dedicated without blood." Heb. 9: 18.
Is it not too bad that ministers of the gospel, in order to make void the command that says "the seventh day is the Sabbath," will not hesitate to affirm that God's holy and righteous law, spoken and written by the almighty God himself, is the old covenant, which was faulty, and has vanished away, when there is not one word of truth in it? The new covenant is better than the old, because established upon better promises. See Heb. 8: 6. Let us consider those exceeding great and precious promises carefully. |