Ordinances, O.T, & N.T. compared

Mo. 7/8/13: Exodus 12:43                 What is the Passover ordinance?

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.

What is the Passover ordinance? It was an annual celebration of the last night Israel spent of 430 years of sojourn in Egypt. No foreigner was to participate.

Tu. 7/9/13: Leviticus 18:3  Whose ordinance was not to be followed?

According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances.

Whose ordinance was not to be followed? Neither Egypt nor Canaan’s ordinances were to be followed.

We. 7/10/13: Numbers 9:14         What about a stranger in Canaan?

'And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.'

What about a stranger in Canaan? After all males were circumcised willingly, they could keep the Passover.

Th. 7/11/13: Romans 13:2    Whose authority was not to be resisted?

Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Whose authority was not to be resisted? Roman authority was not to be resisted. The Church had new instructions, being the Body of Christ on Earth.

Fr. 7/12/13: 1 Peter 2:13a         Whose ordinance was to be followed?

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake

Whose ordinance was to be followed? Every ordinance of man, for the Lord’s sake. This applies to members of the Body of Christ, a New Testament beginning.