(First published on 26 December 2010. Now with corrections) I apologize. This is long. Hebrews 8:13 is often cited by Christians as positive proof that the Mosaic laws have been abolished. Wayne Jackson’s remarks are a typical Christian view: “The vast majority of the Jewish community had rejected the Messiah and his New Covenant arrangement….
in speaking of the new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Hebrews 8:13 ESV New – There is probably no verse more loudly proclaimed by those that assert the pre-eminence of the dispensation of grace than this one. George Guthrie’s analysis…
An Exegetical Review of Hebrews 8:13 Hebrews 8:13 is often cited by Christians as positive proof that the Mosaic laws have been abolished. Wayne Jackson’s remarks are a typical Christian view: “The vast majority of the Jewish community had rejected the Messiah and his New Covenant arrangement. Hence, they continued to rely upon the…
