All,

Sincerely, in another thread showed me a couple of verses I never noticed before:

Deut.10:2
And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Deut.31:24-26
And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

This establishes what is in the Ark...  There were a few other symbolic items but both Moses' written law and the decalogue are in the Ark...

Now let's look at the following passage:

Hebrews 8:31-9:4
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

We actually see that the whole contents of the "ark of the covenant" are part of the first covenant that is made old by the new covenant.  We actually see the "tables of the covenant" listed specifically.

So how can SDAs teach that we still need to heed the decalogue, hence the sabbath when it is explicitly listed as part of the first covenant that was made old?

Peace,
Bob

Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;



[B]STONE never vanishes away, or waxes old. Stone is always there. Stone is forever binding.
The ten commandments are part of the old covenant, but not the entire old covenant. They were not the ordinances of the law( which was contained in the book of the law, or Mosaic law) that were nailed to the cross. Nowhere does it say the ten commandments were nailed to the cross. Not the tables of stone, nothing, it does say, though, where you are quoting, that they were part of the OC. But because the OC is no longer binding, does not mean the ten commandments no longer are just because they were a part of that OC.  We are still to morally uphold our relationship to God, and man. The ten commandments were IN the ark, not on the side. They are obviously esteemed as higher than all else.  /B]

[QUOTE=PassingTheTest;843638]Hi Christ07,

OK, Lets use common logic...
You are only taking about the shadows:
- Steal is the shadow of - give everything to the poor and follow him...
- Lie is the shadow of "We must not even do an "I swear" or make an oath, but just let your yes mean yesy and your no mean no"
- Kill is a shadow of - do not hate for you kill the one you hate in your heart...
- Adultery is a shadow of - do not even look lustfully at another, for you have commited adultery in your heart...

All the decalogue is a shadow...
Even love the Lord your God is a shadow of lving and worshipping in his very presence.

Now that we are done with common sense, can we get back to the actual verse that includes the decalogue in the "first (OLD) covenant"?

Peace,
Bob[/QUOTE]

" But the ministry of death, written on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?  For if the ministry and condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness has more glory.  For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorius " 2-cor. 7-11

The ministry of death, written on stones, the ministry of condemnation, was glorious. But that glory has passed away.  The ministry of death and condemnation, which was written on stones, the ten commandment part of the law is gone.  Replaced by the ministry of righteousness which has infinitely more glory, Jesus Christ.

These scriptures clearly point to the covenant that already was in place prior to the decalogue being given. It was the  covenant of the passover and the sacrificing of lambs for protection.

Hbr 8:7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Hbr 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Hbr 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

You are correct, PTT. the book of the Laws of Moses was not placed in the Ark. The Ten Commandments, the tablets of stone were in the Ark. That is how we know that the Ten Commandments are forever, and for ALL  people. The purpose of the law of Moses was to make the people know and understand all the details  of God's Law. God had chosen the Israelites for the purpose of teaching all the rest of the world His way, and they needed to be taught clearly in order to be able to teach others. They needed to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. But the Ten Commandments are the basis for everything else. That is the part that God promised to write in our hearts. When it is written in our hearts, it won't be necessary to have it written on stone or on anything else:

"Rom 3:19-25
19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
NAS

or, as the KJV puts it:

"Rom 3:19-24
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
KJV

This passage clearly shows that the law is for all people, and shouldn't be discarded, either the whole or in part. It is clear that when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, the Law (Ten Commandments) should be written in our hearts. Nowhere does it say that the Law is for the Israelites only.