I am perhaps overstating the case very slightly if I point out that the Anglican Church teaches that the Old Testament is cancelled out by the New, but I feel that I am certainly not too far off the mark.The OT prepares for the New; is fulfilled by the New and certainly many of the more obscure rules are clearly specifically for the Children of Israel under the Old Covenant and could not easily be applied to Christians under the New Covenant. [Quick. Hide the prawn cocktails!]
The general conduct of society, remains unaffected. The conduct of the individual however, is expected to have developed considerably.
There were cases were Jesus clearly made this point. " I have NOT come to abolish the Law."
Even so, in Mark it states "Thus saying He made all foods clean."
Sadly, some have misinterpreted what Jesus says in The Sermon on The Mount. 'Turning the other cheek' is clearly an injunction to the individual believer and NOT to society - if we take it otherwise, the Scriptures cease to make sense.
Nonetheless, 'throwing out babies with bathwater' must be carefully avoided.
Sadly, some have misinterpreted what Jesus says in The Sermon on The Mount. 'Turning the other cheek' is clearly an injunction to the individual believer and NOT to society - if we take it otherwise, the Scriptures cease to make sense.
Nonetheless, 'throwing out babies with bathwater' must be carefully avoided.
