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The Mikado
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« on: October 12, 2011, 12:57:32 AM »

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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2011, 09:32:31 AM »

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That has nothing to do with the moral law. Those are the only ritual laws that the church has to obey. The disagreement that led to the Jerusalem Council was over circumcision, not whether you can lie or murder.

There's only one aspect of the OT law that is still in effect for the church and that's the moral aspect, not the ceremonial or judicial. Obviously that above statement from Acts does away with ceremony and the judicial laws have no bearing because God isn't working through national Israel during this "dispensation".

But the question becomes where to the ritual laws end and the moral laws begin?  Is keeping the Sabbath a ritual law or a moral one, for example?
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2011, 10:49:29 PM »

Question for Jmf (or any others): do you interpret Melchizedek as a precursor to or early visitation of Jesus (as some Christians do)?
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