Paul's Teachings

[Hezekiah Ben Israel]

Paul talked about living under the animal sacrifice law. The Moral Law is the covenant of God. What is a covenant? Is it not an agreement between 2 or more people and or entities? The agreement between God and man is this: First man must be baptized and repent because all have sinned. Then Man keeps the Moral Law best to his ability, and repent when necessary for the rest of his or her life or until the Lord makes his second coming. Then if you do well, the Promise is that the Lord will give you eternal life, and you will rule with him in his Kingdom. That is the good news because in Paul's day everybody knew that you had to do the animal sacrifice when you sinned. These are the deeds of the law Paul spoke about. He knew that the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sin. So it was really vain, but it was the shadow of things to come. That is why he preached Jesus Christ because under the new covenant you did not have to sacrifice animals, you just needed to be baptized, and repent for your sins, and continue to keep the law. The Gentiles were under the impression that since the Nation of Israel still sacrificed animals, they were to sacrifice animals in order to have their sins forgiven them, and if it was going to count with serving the God of Israel. The Nation of Israel did not believe Jesus was who he said he was so, they continued to sacrifice animals until they were kicked out of the land in 70ad. So the law is not done away with. Just the animal sacrifice law. This is why the temple ripped in twine when Jesus died on the cross.