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whole of the law of Moses including the ten commandments. Salvation or
redemption is only found in Christ and the gospel. "Neither by the blood
of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Heb. 9:12. "For what
the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in
the flesh." Rom. 8:3. It is not through the law we obtain salvation, but
through the gospel. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it
is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek." Rom. 1:16. "Wherefore lay apart all
filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the
engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." Jas. 1:21. "Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth forever." 1 Pet. 1:23. In Rom. 1:16, Gal. 3:26,
Rev. 5:9, and many other texts, we learn that all are accepted by God unto
salvation through Christ. This necessitates an end of the law, since the
law is given to the Jew only. There is no shift or revision made of the
law in Christ to include both Jew and Gentile; it is simply done, and the
gospel succeeds.

The apostles very clearly and decidedly teach an abolition of the ancient
faulty Sinaitic law. Paul says, "Having abolished [destroyed--Webster] in
his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man so making peace."
Eph. 2:15. The enmity here spoken of is the enmity or separation made
between the Jew and Gentile by the Mosaic law. This law of the Jews stood
as a partition wall between the Israelite and the Gentile world. In Jesus
this wall was torn down, and the Gentile as well as the Jew was offered
salvation. In verse fourteen Paul says, "For he is our peace, who hath
made both one [Jew and Gentile], and hath broken down the middle wall of
partition between us." The Jewish ordinances and laws that stood as a
mighty wall between the Gentile and the Jew were broken down and all the
world of every kindred, nation and tongue was given equal rights under an
entirely new order of things.

The coming of Christ was the fulfilling of the law. The law was only given
to serve until Jesus came. When he came its object or purpose was
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