Why do some devout Christians follow certain rules of the Bible to the letter, but ignore others entirely?
In reply to lady fuschia’s comment, I’ll try to give a decent answer. What needs to be understood is the concept of covenants. The bible is divided into two sections – the Old Testamant and the New Testament. ‘Testament’ probably isnt’ the best word to describe it. It really should read ‘Old Covenant’ and ‘New Covenant’. After the nation of Israel came out of Egypt and into the Sinai desert, God instuted a covenant, or agreement with them. If they would follow His law and worship him, then he would be their God, and bless and protect them. He did not make this covenant with any other nation at the time. This covenant revolved around the law that was given to Moses. It involved the legal system, the priestly system, and the sacrificial system. The Israelites lived (and died) by this law. It was the agreement that the nation had with God. The law itself showed what ‘sin’ was. God said that the reward of sin was death, but he instituted the system of ‘substitutional sacrifice’ to spare th
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