(1) Given to Israel by God through Moses.

When Moses brought God's people Israel out of Egypt, God gave them a law to control their lives. Apart from regulations governing practical relations with each other, the Law gave instructions for the establishment of a priesthood, with the help of which Israel were to worship God according to an annual programme of gatherings, feasts, sacrifices and offerings. The Law regulated diet, hygiene, health and personal relationships. It imposed a strict moral code covering every aspect of life.

Moses told Israel: "See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us when we pray to Him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?" (Deuteronomy 4:5-8).

The Jewish Christians of the first century were slow to realise that the love of Christ had replaced subjection to the Law of Moses. Much of the writing of the apostle Paul is to change Jewish loyalty from Moses to Christ.

"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:24-26, KJV).

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  1. Given to Israel by God through Moses
  2. of Christ
  3. The Law of the Land
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