44Walker :
Respectfully, I think you're combining things Scripture keeps separate.
Hebrews explicitly tells us what Christ fulfilled: the Levitical priesthood, the temple ministry, and the sacrificial system. Those pointed directly to Him as the once-for-all sacrifice. That's why we no longer offer animal sacrifices.
But where does Hebrews ever say the fourth commandment was abolished? Where does it say pigs became clean? Where does it say God reversed Leviticus 11? It doesn't.
Jesus didn't say, "Some commandments will quietly disappear after My resurrection." He said, "Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished." (Matthew 5:18)
Well... has heaven and earth passed away? Has Christ already returned? Are we living in the New Heaven and New Earth? Has death been destroyed? Are we already with Christ in eternity? Obviously not. So "all is accomplished" cannot mean everything in God's plan was completed at the cross. His sacrifice was finished, but His redemptive plan isn't complete until His return and the renewal of creation.
The Ten Commandments weren't shadows pointing to Christ's sacrifice. "Do not murder," "Do not commit adultery," "Do not steal," and "Remember the Sabbath day" are God's moral commands. The fourth commandment sits among the other nine. Show me where God removed only that one.
If your position is correct, the burden isn't on me to prove God never changed it. The burden is on you to show where God actually changed it.
Hebrews plainly says sacrifices ended because Christ fulfilled them. It never plainly says the Sabbath ended or that unclean animals became food.
I'm not willing to build doctrine on implications when God's commandments were given in plain words. Show me the verse where God explicitly changes them, and I'll gladly believe it. Until then, I'd rather obey God's clear commands than assume He silently reversed them.
2026-07-11 21:44:53