The guys at Parchment and Pen have produced a thought provoking article on Old Testament ethics. Here is an excerpt from the article.
New atheist Sam Harris’s Letter to a Christian Nation makes the claim that the Law of Moses purports to be an expression of “God’s timeless wisdom.” While a fringe minority (Christian Reconstructionists) believe that the Old Testament (OT) laws for national Israel are ideal and normative for all nations, the Scriptures themselves take another view on the matter. For one thing, the OT anticipates a “new covenant,” which is fulfilled in Christ. Thus Hebrews talks about something “greater” and “better.” This covenant is not nationalistically-oriented but encompasses the new Israel—the inter-ethnic church as the people of God.
Read the entire article here.
Posted in Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Ethics, Old Testament
