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To: daniel1212
Indeed, notice what the text states

Yes, I am quite aware of what the texts state but obviously you are not.

Act 13:42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. ... 44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

Where were the Gentiles? In the synagogue. Who came together the next Sabbath? The nearly the entire city, both Jew & Gentile, together in the synagogue. But what I find interesting is that you refer to the 4th commandment under the new covenant because based on the Prophets whom Jesus told us to heed, it is obvious that you have not spent much time in Isaiah regarding the place of Gentiles even though Jesus quite often quoted from Isaiah.

Isa 56:1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil." 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the LORD Speak, saying, "The LORD has utterly separated me from His people"; ... :6 "Also the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants— Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant—7 Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." 8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him."

So according to the Word of God spoken through Isaiah, under the Messiah, the Sabbath still remains for all, including the Gentiles. Is this not what Paul told us in Heb 4? Why I do believe so. Sorry, but while you debate religion, I prefer to actually just quote Scripture and let the Word of Goid speak for Himself and here is how He defines the 'new' covenant:

Heb 8:8 Because finding fault with them, He says: "BEHOLD, THE DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH—9 NOT ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT THAT I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS IN THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DISREGARDED THEM, SAYS THE LORD. 10 FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR MIND AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 11 NONE OF THEM SHALL TEACH HIS NEIGHBOR, AND NONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL SHALL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST OF THEM TO THE GREATEST OF THEM. 12 FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE."

And of course we know that Paul is quoting Jeremiah 31:34. The covenant is not really new as the substance of it remains the same, the only difference is that through Messiah, all will know the Law because it will be in their hearts forever and ever and no one will need to be taught because all will know and do.

So I ask you, has this happened yet? Has what you call the 'new' covenant been fulfilled? Does everyone know the Law of God given to Israel and are is everyone in obedience to it as Jesus walked in obedience to it? You know, Peter said that we are "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people". No where is the word 'church' used here. However the words 'nation', priesthood' and 'special' people are. So where did Peter get this from?

Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.'

Words spoken to a mixed multitude that included Caleb, a gentile, a representation of the wild branch who joined himself to the natural branch, Israel and thus became a fellow citizen and member of God's house, His nation called Israel just as Paul says we do in Eph 2. No, there is nothing all together new, there is simply all that has been true from the beginning.

173 posted on 05/13/2013 7:21:50 PM PDT by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: patlin
Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.'

Sorry, but extrapolating literal obedience to all the law is what you are really teaching, and which is simply untenable from what we see in the NT regarding this. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (Acts 15:10)

181 posted on 05/13/2013 7:46:37 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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