A reader of the old Hebrewroot page expressed concern about losing an article that I wrote back in the day called, well, "Messiah in Genesis." In the interest of preserving my old work (even if it looks more like a few notes than a finished article), I'm reposting it here. Obviously, it crosses over significantly …
From HebrewRoot: Hebrews 7-10
We have already established elsewhere that while it is definitely a teaching of the Bible that the Old Covenant (specifically, the Mosaic Covenant; cf. Jer. 31:31) has been replaced by a New (or Renewed) Covenant, this does not require that the Torah be replaced by a “New Law” as well. This can be further demonstrated …
From HebrewRoot: Acts 15
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem …