The Priesthood changed, so of necessity so must the Law. Every dispensation, there's New Laws. Like in the time period between the restoration of Babylon and Jesus' ministry, they were granted permission to eat the fat and drink the sweet. But the moral law remains consistent. Not just about Sex and Masterbation, but about all of it. [...] And Jesus did say, "Do not sew onto an Old Garment New Patches" and "Do not pour new wine into old bottles." He meant not to mix the testaments.
[The forsaking of the Ceremonial Law,] it's part of God's way. Every dispensation, there's a new religious economy. In that particular season of the Old Covenant, it was a different priesthood in Levi. We have a priesthood in Christ.
[The Religion...] would have spread just as easy, being like Judaism. Probably better, as Islam does the same thing, and spread hundreds of miles in two decades. In fact, I'd argue people like those kinds of rituals because it seems like you're making progress. What's harder is to just be a good person, because of conscience's sake. It's very easy to think because you don't eat Pork or Shellfish, you rest on Saturdays, and you get circumcised you're better off. That's more in line with human understanding.
Trust me, I was there when I was young. It's very easy to spread a religion like that. All the doctrine is for the body, and none of it for the Spirit. Christ is saying something specific. That we need Him to be righteous, and cannot be on our own. We need to be grafted into Him, as a vine, and we being branches, will produce fruit. Or we won't, and thus we'll be sheared off and thrown into the fire. That's all the religion says. Is by faith we're saved, and not of works.
[But to contend with a mocker,] Islam reached Spain and Portugal, [therefore it would have still converted Europeans if Christianity retained the Dietary and Sabbath Laws]. It wasn't just for advertising. It was just a new priesthood, so they received a new law. Even Jesus said it. "Do not sew new patches onto old garments." and "Do not pour new wine into old bottles." The Law hadn't passed away, the new Priesthood was in Melchizedek, another priesthood beside Levi. This was before the Law was given, during the time of Abraham, when Abraham was still an Amorite. As the Law said, "Through Abraham's seed, all the nations will be blessed." So the Law was not annulled. It was fulfilled in Christ.
Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
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