Topics Research¶

Question¶

What specifically is "my law" (torati) that God promises to write on hearts in the new covenant? Investigate six angles: (1) Jeremiah's use of torati, (2) Deuteronomy 4:13 covenant identity, (3) Hebrews 10:1-16 structure, (4) Ezekiel 36:27 statutes and judgments, (5) 2 Corinthians 3:3 stone-to-heart contrast, (6) Romans 8:3-4 righteousness of the law.

Topics¶

COVENANT¶

Sacred: JOS 9:18-21; GAL 3:15
Binding: JOS 9:18-20; JER 34:8-21; EZK 17:14-18; GAL 3:15
Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented: DEU 29:14,15
Blood of: EXO 24:8
Book of: EXO 24:7
The Mosaic law called a covenant: EXO 34:28

OF GOD WITH MEN: - Confirmed with an oath: GEN 22:16; 26:3; 50:24; PSA 89:35; 105:9; LUK 1:73; HEB 6:13,17,18 - Binding: LEV 26; JER 11:2,3; GAL 3:15 - Everlasting: GEN 8:20-22; 9:1-17; PSA 105:8,10; ISA 54:10; 61:8 - God faithful to: LEV 26:44,45; DEU 4:31; 7:8,9; JDG 2:1; 1KI 8:23; PSA 105:8-11; 106:45; 111:5; MIC 7:20 - Repudiated by God on account of Jews' idolatry: JER 44:26,27; HEB 8:9 - Broken by the Jews: JER 22:9; EZK 16:59; HEB 8:9 - Punishments for breaking of: LEV 26:25-46

INSTANCES OF (with God): - Of the sabbath: EXO 31:16 - Of the Ten Commandments: EXO 34:28; DEU 5:2,3; 9:9 - With Adam: GEN 2:16,17 - Noah: GEN 8:16; 9:8-17 - Abraham: GEN 12:1-3; 15; 17:1-22; EXO 6:4-8; PSA 105:8-11; ROM 9:7-13; GAL 3 - With Isaac: GEN 17:19 - Jacob: GEN 28:13-15 - With the Israelites to deliver them from Egypt: EXO 6:4-8 - With Phinehas: NUM 25:12,13 - With Israel, at Horeb: DEU 5:2,3 - In Moab: DEU 29:1-15 - Of the Levites: NEH 13:29; MAL 2:4,5 - With David: 2SA 7:12-16; 1CH 17:11-14; 2CH 6:16 - With David and his house: 2SA 23:5; PSA 89:20-37; JER 33:21 - With his people: ISA 55:3; 59:21 - To be confirmed: DAN 9:27

THE SECOND COVENANT: JER 31:31-34; HEB 8:4-13; 12:18-24; 13:20

OF MAN WITH GOD: - Jacob: GEN 28:20-22 - Joshua: JOS 24:25; with 24:19-28 - Absalom: 2SA 15:7,8 - Jehoiada and Joash: 2KI 11:17 - Josiah: 2KI 23:3 - Asa: 2CH 15:12-15 - Nehemiah: NEH 9:38; 10 - Israelites: JER 50:5

LAW¶

General scriptures concerning: PSA 19:7-9; 119:1-8; PRO 28:4,5; MAT 22:21; LUK 16:17; 20:22-25; ROM 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1TI 1:5,8-10; JAS 1:25; 1JN 3:4; 5:3

OF MOSES (Contained in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy): - Given at Sinai: EXO 19; DEU 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; HAB 3:3 - Received by the disposition of angels: DEU 33:2; PSA 68:17; ACT 7:53; GAL 3:19; HEB 2:2 - Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived: GAL 3:19 - Engraved on stone: EXO 20:3-17; with 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; DEU 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10 - Preserved in the ark of the covenant: EXO 25:16; DEU 31:9,26 - Divine authority for: EXO 19:16-24; 20:1-17; 24:12-18; 31:18; 32:15,16; 34:1-4,27,28; LEV 26:46; DEU 4:10-13,36; 5:1-22; 9:10; 10:1-5; 33:2-4; 1KI 8:9; EZR 7:6; NEH 1:7; 8:1; 9:14; PSA 78:5; 103:7; ISA 33:22; MAL 4:4; ACT 7:38,53; GAL 3:19; HEB 9:18-21

TEMPORARY: JER 3:16; DAN 9:27; MAT 5:17-45; LUK 16:16,17; JHN 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; ACT 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; ROM 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2CO 3:7-14; GAL 2:3-9; 4:30,31; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14-23; HEB 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18,19,27

COMMANDMENTS¶

General scriptures concerning: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; JOS 8:30-35; 2CH 17:7-9; NEH 8:2-8; PSA 78:1-7; PRO 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; ISA 57:8; JER 11:4; ZEC 7:9,10; 8:16,17

PRECEPTS OF JESUS: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; etc.

OF MEN: ISA 29:13; MAT 15:3-20; MRK 7:2-23; ROM 14:1-6,10-23; 1TI 4:1-3

MORAL LAW¶

See LAW (Nave's cross-reference to LAW entry)

TEN COMMANDMENTS¶

See COMMANDMENTS (Nave's cross-reference)

DECALOGUE¶

Written by God: EXO 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; DEU 5:22; 9:10; HOS 8:12
Divine authority of: EXO 20:1; 34:27,28; DEU 5:4-22
Called WORDS OF THE COVENANT: EXO 34:28; DEU 4:13
TABLES OF TESTIMONY: EXO 31:18; 34:29; 40:20
See COMMANDMENTS: EXO 20:1-17; DEU 5:7-21; MAT 19:18,19; 22:34-40; LUK 10:25-28; ROM 13:8-10

TESTAMENT¶

A will: HEB 9:16-18
The new: MAT 26:28; MRK 14:24; LUK 22:20; 1CO 11:25
See COVENANT

JUDGMENTS (from Nave's)¶

Nave's JUDGMENTS entry primarily covers divine judgments/punishments rather than the legal term mishpat. Key content relates to God's judgments on various peoples and nations. The entry for the legal term "judgments" (statutes/ordinances) is found under the broader LAW topic.

Design of judgments: EXO 14:17,18,31; LEV 10:3; DEU 29:22-28; PSA 9:16,20; 59:13; 83:16-18; ISA 26:9; 64:1,2; EZK 11:10-12; 12:16; 14:7,8; ROM 9:17,22; 1CO 10:6,11; REV 2:23

SECOND COVENANT (subsection under COVENANT)¶

The specific references for the second covenant: JER 31:31-34; HEB 8:4-13; 12:18-24; 13:20. This is the core section directly relevant to the study question. Note that the covenant is explicitly identified as "the second" in contrast to the first (Sinai) covenant.

TEMPORARY (subsection under LAW)¶

The "temporary" references under LAW include both ceremonial law cessation passages AND passages that are debated regarding the moral law. Key entries: 2CO 3:7-14; GAL 4:30,31; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14-23; HEB 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18. These are the "abolished-position passages" that need examination in the study.

Key Observation: Covenant = Ten Commandments¶

Under Nave's COVENANT entry, under "Instances Of" (with God), note the explicit entry: "Of the Ten Commandments: EXO 34:28; DEU 5:2,3; 9:9." This is directly relevant to identifying what "my law" in the new covenant refers to, since the Nave's topical dictionary itself links COVENANT and TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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