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Originally Posted by Oneironaut
Speaking of Christians ignoring parts of their holy book, what's up with them not reading Matthew 5:17-19? These are supposed to be the words from Jesus' own mouth, right in the middle of the freaking Sermon on the Mount.

That means Mosaic law is still in effect, and I deserve to be stoned because I just got done breaking the commandment against working on the Sabbath.
You're right, that's why I keep the sabbath.

But the entire levitical law is not in effect. Paul says that was a"shadow of the good things to come". When he's reffering to these things, it brings to light part of the old testament. You see, under the old law, there was two parts. There was the 10 commandments which was spoken directly from God to Israel, and later written on tablets. Then there was theb rest of the law which was given to Moses and then given to the rest of the Hebrews. The tablets that had the ten commandments written on them were kept inside the ark, but the rest of the law was placed directly on the outside of the ark on the side. This is an allegory referring to the heavenly things to come that were revealed and manifested through Christ, and the rest of the law which was to pass away with the coming of the new testament.