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Do Old Testament laws and restrictions still apply to us today?
Do Old Testament rules about things like tattoos and hair length apply to us today, or were they intended only for their original pre-Christian audience? What do you do when you come across a passage that contains some rules that seem timeless and others that seem specific to the culture of Old Testament Israel?
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Yes, the laws apply. Jesus had to die for our sins because God realized we were not faithful enough to keep the laws. Jesus is our interceder he did not erase the laws he only took the punishment for the law we do not keep.
Does this include the Sabbath Commandment, and if so should we not be keeping the Sabbath of God according to that Commandment,ie do no work, do not buy or sell etc.?
Yes indeed! Jesus said in Matthew 5:17-19 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus says: “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Luke 16:17. God says: “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” Psalms 89:34. Notice, the Ten Commandments came from His lips. Exodus 20:1 says, “And God spake all these words, saying … [the Ten Commandments follow in verses 2-17].”