God's Laws Include A Holy System Of Commandments

1) The written law is a collection of the five books of the Hebrew bible and contain the biblical laws for Judaism. It is believed in rabbinic theology that the Torah was created by God and comes from Heaven. It contains the writings of Moses. The oral law was transmitted orally from generation to generation by messengers to carry out the traditions. It explains how the written Torah is to be followed. Put in simple terms, the written Torah is the sound basis of Judaism and the oral law is the explanation that things may not be as literal as they seem in the written law. I would believe they are dependent, as the oral law explains the works and meanings of the written Torah.

Both law and grace are emphasized in the Bible. The Apostle Paul writes in his book of Romans, “For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.” In this passage the the Apostle Paul saying that no one can be saved from following God’s law. His thoughtful reasoning is that God only made the law because of our constant sinning. In the book of Matthew, Jesus states, “for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Jesus tells that his blood is the fulfillment of the covenant God made with man. What Jesus is saying because of the sacrifice anyone who believes in him will be forgiven. In the Bible it states that no one can follow the law given by God because it originated from sin but those who believes in Christ are saved because of the grace given by God.

Theories X & Y have existed since the times of the Bible. Through analytical evaluation of situations in the Bible, we can see the results of using either theory.

When reading and interpreting biblical law, there are several important features to consider. First, there should be an understanding of the nature of law (“Lecture 1,” 2015). Torah, or תּוֹרָה, is the Hebrew word translated for “law” (Vogt, 2009). Its meaning refers to ‘instruction” or “teaching,” much different than the contemporary world defines the law. Moreover, it carries a “theologically centered” (Vogt, 2009, p. 26) teaching, providing for the ancient Israelites guidance in how to live in such a way that is pleasing to God (Vogt, 2009). Rather than looking at the law from a legalistic approach as is common today, it is important to understand that the Israelites received the law as a gift from God (Psalm 119:111, NIV) upon their deliverance from Egypt.

The tithing (or giving) issue is one that comes up often and that tends to bring up larger issues of law, Christian freedom, grace, generosity, faithfulness and priorities. With this issue, as is true of so many areas of the Christian life and, more specifically, church life, there is broad freedom with respect to many particular decisions or courses of action we might take, provided we take them for biblical reasons and with biblical principles in mind.

“We have a moral responsibility to disobey any law that conflicts with the law of god.” (Paragraph 16)

13) The Creation of the World; the Garden of Eden; Adam and Eve; Original Sin; the Fall

The Bible is divided into two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament. This paper mainly focuses on the Old Testament. The Old Testament has 39 books in total which is also subdivided into four categories namely; Pentateuch books (5 books), the historical books (12 books), the poetic books (5 books) and the prophetic books (17 books). The Old Testament books were written back in 1400 B.C. The Pentateuch books were written by Moses during his time in Canaan, while the other 34 books were also written by different authors at different stated time. The aim of this paper is therefore, to analyze the authorship, dating, content, outline, themes, and unique features of one book of the Old Testament, and the book chosen is the book of Leviticus.

Covenant and law are both prevalent themes that are used throughout the Old Testament of the Bible. A covenant is a binding contract in which “a kinship bond between two parties” is created when each party carries out assigned expectations established in the making of the covenant (Hahn and Bergsma 1). A law is a binding rule or regulation that is used to regulate the conduct of a community or group of people and is usually enforced by some kind of authority. There are many similarities and differences between covenant and law, and in some cases covenant and law can be connected so that one supports the other. This is especially true when talking about the Mosaic Law and God’s covenant with Israel. In these two items God creates expectations through the covenant, rules and regulations through the Law, and allows for covenant-maintenance by using both together rather than a simple law code.

Philosophers base the idea of objective morality on the assumption that some moral ideals are universal and should be the moral responsibility of everyone. Subjective moralists counter this argument by explaining that each moral decision is independent because each moral situation is unique to its own conditions. Ultimately, these two views shape the nature of moral philosophy and theology, each describing the different natures of morality (Hammond). These two theories have a large impact on the thinking process of humans on an everyday basis. This process then leads up to a person valuing different things more than others. The separation of objective and subjective theories all boil down to whether or not a theory is universal or not. A subjective theory has an absence of universal truths, and an objective theory has universal truths. Two vary popular theories that will take part in my research were the Divine Command Theory, and Natural law theory. Two theories that may seem similar, but in fact are very different.

When his point that the first act, Moses does when he becomes an adult is killing someone (ESV, Exodus 2:11-15). David who is supposedly the best king of Israel, is actually the shadiest of politicians, someone who has one of his own friends killed after sleeping with his wife (ESV, 2 Samuel 11:5-27). Also, when there would be times when God commanded the Israelites kill everything breathing. (Schlimm 1-3). According to Matthew Schlimm (2013) when it says the questions about the strangeness that take our center stage in its law code. What do we do with these never-ending lists of rules and regulations? How could anyone possibly keep them all straight? Why would anyone want to? Why do these laws command people to do weird things like sacrifice animals in the place of worship? Why does the Old Testament forbid pork, which includes bacon, but people are allowed to eat

There were at least 3 views of how the Old Testament was composed which include the critical view, the compositional view, and the common view. Each view was somewhat similar and different in the aspects that gave it it's own characteristics. The main point of this discussion is to focus on the similarities and differences of each view which are but not limited to how the bible was created, the process, and design.

The Law of Moses, or Moses’s Law refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, sometimes call the Pentateuch, or Torah which is a central reference of Judaism. Of the covenants found in the Pentateuch are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. These books contained the laws and instruction given by the Lord to Moses which establishes Israel as a nation. All five of the books are believed to be written by MosesIntroduction

The first proof of Biblical inerrancy is that God and His words are true. Dr. R. Albert Mahler Jr, said “The God who is completely trustworthy has given His people a book that is equally trustworthy” (MacArthur). The Bible repeatedly confirms these truths in the Old and New Testament. Psalm 31:5 and Isaiah 65:16 declare that God is “the God of truth.” John 17:17 states, “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth” and Titus 1:2 asserts that God is a “God who cannot lie.”

The fulfillment of the law stated in this passage reveals that all people without exception must obey the commandments found in the Law of Moses in order to belong to the kingdom of heaven. By the time Jesus and the apostles were present, the New Testament did not exist and they had to abide to this law, which is every word of God. Moreover, Jesus said “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill…”A very important keyword is found in this part of the passage and it is “fulfill”, so the question is what is it that He