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Prior Study Summaries for Compilation

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law-08: What Was Abolished at the Cross?

Question: Which specific laws were abolished at the cross and which remain? Key Finding: The 7 primary NT abolition passages (Col 2:14-17, Eph 2:15, Heb 7:12, Heb 9:10, Heb 10:1-9, 2 Cor 3:7-11, Gal 3:13) each identify something different as abolished -- and NONE names the Decalogue as the thing abolished. Greek vocabulary specifies the referent in each case: - Col 2:14: cheirographon tois dogmasin (hand-written certificate of ordinances) - Eph 2:15: ton nomon ton entolon en dogmasin (the law of commandments in ordinances) - Heb 7:12: the priesthood law - Heb 9:10: dikaiomata sarkos (carnal ordinances -- meats, drinks, washings) - Heb 10:1-9: thusia kai prosphora (sacrifice and offering) - 2 Cor 3:7: ten doxan (the glory) -- grammatical subject is glory, not law - Gal 3:13: kataras tou nomou (the curse of the law)

law-20: NT Greek Law Vocabulary

Question: What do entole, nomos, dogma, cheirographon, and dikaioma reveal about law categories? Key Findings: - E-items: 32 explicit statements documenting vocabulary distribution - N1: entole without qualifier never = abolished ceremonial (43/43 moral) - N2: dogma never = moral (0/5 occurrences) - N3: cheirographon = "hand-written" vs. Decalogue = "written with finger of God" - I1 (I-A): Vocabulary encodes systematic moral/ceremonial distinction - I2 (I-A): Abolition passages abolish only ceremonial law - I3 (I-D): "All NT law = interchangeable" claim overrides N1, N2 - I4 (I-D): "Cheirographon = Decalogue" claim overrides N3

law-21: NT Vocab Law Categories -- Systematic Mapping

Question: How does NT vocabulary distinguish moral, ceremonial, and civil law? Key Findings: - Confirmed law-20 data with content-identification layer - 33 E-items, 7 N-items, 7 I-items - Affirmation vocabulary: entole (unqualified), dikaioma (singular articular), nomos (holy/just/good) - Abolition vocabulary: dogma, dogmatizo, cheirographon, dikaioma (plural+modifier), skia - 4 of 5 core terms partition cleanly; nomos has broadest range - Nomos article pattern NOT reliable categorical marker (I-B resolved against) - Dikaioma singular/plural = contextual pattern, not absolute code (I-B resolved against)

Supporting Studies

law-01: God's Moral Law

  • 66+ explicit statements about moral law
  • 7 unique markers distinguish Decalogue from all other legislation
  • Attributes: holy, just, good, spiritual, perfect, eternal
  • Scope: before Sinai, beyond Israel, into new covenant, to end of time

law-02: Law Before Sinai

  • Pre-Sinai evidence for moral standards operating from creation
  • Gen 7:2: tahowr (H2889) = clean/unclean before Sinai
  • Gen 14:20: Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek
  • Gen 26:5: Abraham kept mitsvah, chuqqah, towrah
  • Exo 16:4,28: God's "law" and "commandments" before Sinai
  • Rom 5:12-14: sin/death from Adam to Moses implies law operative

law-04: Ceremonial Laws

  • 5 categories: sacrifices, feasts, purity, sanctuary, circumcision
  • Shadow/type purpose (Heb 10:1; Col 2:17)
  • Different delivery mode (through Moses), medium (book), repository (beside ark)
  • All ceased; superseded by Christ

law-05: Civil/Judicial Laws

  • Mapped civil/judicial laws in Pentateuch
  • Specific theocratic forms ceased
  • Underlying moral principles continue

law-10: New Covenant and Law

  • New covenant writes "my laws" on hearts (Heb 8:10; 10:16)
  • Simultaneously removes ceremonial provisions
  • Pattern 5: new covenant texts affirm moral continuity while removing ceremonial

law-12: Matthew 5:17-20

  • pleroo vs. kataluo analysis
  • Jesus came to fill up/complete the law, not to dissolve it
  • "Till heaven and earth pass" = until the end of the age

law-18: Hebrews 8-10

  • Priesthood change, shadow vs. substance
  • dikaiomata sarkos = carnal ordinances (meats, drinks, washings)
  • "My laws" written on hearts bracket the argument (8:10 and 10:16)
  • What is removed: sacrificial system, tabernacle service, carnal ordinances
  • What continues: "my laws" on hearts, moral standard of sin (10:26)

law-22: James and the Law

  • "Royal law" and "law of liberty" = Decalogue content (Jas 2:8-12)
  • James cites 7th and 6th commandments as content of law of liberty

law-23: Law of Christ

  • Examined whether "law of Christ" replaces or fulfils the moral law

law-27: Sabbath Still in Effect

  • Comprehensive Sabbath study
  • Sabbath grounded in creation (Gen 2:2-3), before Sinai
  • sabbatismos (Heb 4:9) = ongoing Sabbath rest

law-28: Revelation and the Commandments

  • Rev 12:17; 14:12; 22:14 analyzed
  • entole (G1785) used without qualifier
  • End-time saints defined by commandment-keeping + faith of Jesus

comprehensive-dietary-laws

  • Complete biblical teaching on dietary laws Genesis through Revelation
  • Pre-Mosaic origins (Gen 7:2)
  • Mark 7 addresses hand-washing tradition, not food laws
  • Acts 10 vision about people (Gentiles), not food

biblical-diet-romans14-timothy

  • Romans 14 addresses vegetarianism and day-esteeming, not Levitical clean/unclean
  • Paul uses koinos (common), not akathartos (ritually unclean)
  • 1 Timothy 4:1-5 addresses ascetic heresies (forbidding marriage + food = doctrines of devils)
  • "Sanctified by the word of God" (v.5) = the word of God defines what is food