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Summaries of Related Prior Studies

law-01-gods-moral-law

Established the Decalogue's unique origin (God's voice, God's finger, stone, inside the Ark), attributes mirroring God's character (holy, just, good, spiritual, perfect, eternal), and universal/eternal scope. 35 Continues E-items, 0 Abolished E-items after gate analysis.

law-02-law-before-sinai

Established moral law operating from creation to Sinai (Sabbath at creation, Cain's murder, clean/unclean animals, Abraham's obedience, Joseph's moral awareness, manna-Sabbath test). 6 Continues E-items, 0 Abolished E-items.

law-03-exodus-20-vs-later-laws

Established five dimensions of distinction between the Decalogue and subsequent legislation: delivery mode (direct vs. mediated), authorship (God's finger vs. Moses' hand), repository (inside vs. beside the Ark), naming conventions, and the "he added no more" boundary marker. Multi-author consistency across Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Nehemiah, Hebrews, and Paul.

ceremonial-laws (prior non-series study)

Identified five categories of ceremonial law (sacrifices, feasts, purity, sanctuary, circumcision) with their typological fulfillments. Documented the Lev 23:37-38 distinction: feast sabbaths are "beside the sabbaths of the LORD." Presented the contrast table between moral and ceremonial law across 9 dimensions.

nt-commandments-vs-ordinances

  • entole (G1785): 71 NT occurrences, consistently = moral commandments
  • dogma (G1378): 5 NT occurrences, NEVER = moral commandments
  • Eph 2:15: "en dogmasin" limits the scope to ceremonial decrees
  • Col 2:14: cheirographon (hand-written) = Moses' hand, not God's finger
  • 1CO 7:19: "Circumcision is nothing...but keeping the commandments of God" -- ceremonial vs. moral

laws-abolished-at-cross

Every NT passage identifying something abolished uses ceremonial vocabulary (dogma, cheirographon, dikaioma qualified as "carnal"). Every NT passage affirming law's continuation identifies it as moral (entole, nomos with "holy, just, good, spiritual"). Dan 9:27 prophesied end of sacrificial system; Mat 27:51 veil rent = divine signal.

sabbath-moral-or-ceremonial

Relevant to distinguishing weekly Sabbath from annual ceremonial sabbaths.

law-of-moses

Relevant to understanding what "the law" refers to in various contexts.