The Old Ten in the New Covenant

By James D. Quiggle

The Old Ten in the New Covenant is an examination of the Ten Commandments in the Old and New Testaments. God’s moral values, whether expressed in the Old or New Testament, are applicable to believers in every age.

Each chapter begins with a fresh translation of one of the Ten commandments and discussion of that translation per a literal understanding of the Hebrew text. The commandment is then briefly examined within its historical-cultural context. The recurrence and use of the commandment is discussed in both Old and New Testaments. The application of the commandment to New Testament times concludes each chapter. Three appendices provide related material.

Over the past several decades teaching in local churches, and interacting on social media, the Author has repeatedly encountered a popular and unbiblical doctrine: the Christian can safely ignore the Old Testament Law and focus only on the “Law of Christ.” They have been taught that most, if not all, of God’s commandments in the Old Testament are not for the Christian. The average Christian does not understand the Law of Christ contains God’s moral values from the Old Testament repeated in the New Testament, including nine of the Ten Commandments. This book carefully examines that proposition through a discussion of the old Ten in the New Covenant.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James D. Quiggle
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005281731

James D. Quiggle

James D. Quiggle was born in 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He grew up in Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. In the early 1970s he joined the United States Air Force. At his first permanent assignment in Indian Springs, Nevada in a small Baptist church, the pastor introduced him to Jesus and soon after he was saved. Over the next ten years those he met in churches from the East Coast to the West Coast, mature Christian men, poured themselves into mentoring him. In the 1970s he was gifted with the Scofield Bible Course from Moody Bible Institute. As he completed his studies his spiritual gift of teaching became even more apparent. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Bethany Bible College during the 1980s while still in the Air Force. Between 2006–2008, after his career in the Air Force and with his children grown up, he decided to continue his education. He enrolled in Bethany Divinity College and Seminary and earned a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Theological Studies.As an extension of his spiritual gift of teaching, he was prompted by the Holy Spirit to begin writing books. James Quiggle is now a Christian author with over fifty commentaries on Bible books and doctrines. He is an editor for the Evangelical Dispensational Quarterly Journal published by Scofield Biblical Institute and Theological Seminary.He continues to write and has a vibrant teaching ministry through social media.

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The Old Ten in

the New Covenant

BOOKS BY JAMES D. QUIGGLE

DOCTRINAL SERIES

Biblical History

Adam and Eve, a Biography and Theology

Angelology, a True History of Angels

Essays

Biblical Essays

Biblical Essays II

Biblical Essays III

Biblical Essays IV

Marriage and Family

Marriage and Family: A Biblical Perspective

Biblical Homosexuality

A Biblical Response to Same-gender Marriage

Doctrinal and Practical Christianity

First Steps, Becoming a Follower of Jesus Christ

Thirty-Six Essentials of the Christian Faith

The Literal Hermeneutic, Explained and Illustrated

The Old Ten in the New Covenant

Christian Living and Doctrine

Spiritual Gifts

Why Christians Should Not Tithe

Dispensational Theology

A Primer On Dispensationalism

Understanding Dispensational Theology

Covenants and Dispensations in the Scripture

Dispensational Eschatology, An Explanation and Defense of the Doctrine

Antichrist, His Genealogy, Kingdom, and Religion

God and Man

God’s Choices, Doctrines of Foreordination, Election, Predestination

God Became Incarnate

Life, Death, Eternity

Did Jesus Go To Hell?

COMMENTARY SERIES

The Old Testament

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Judges

A Private Commentary on the Book of Ruth

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Esther

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Song of Solomon

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Daniel

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Jonah

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Habakkuk

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Haggai

The New Testament

The Gospels

Four Voices, One Testimony

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Matthew’s Gospel

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Mark’s Gospel

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Luke 1–12

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Luke 13–24

A Private Commentary on the Bible: John 1–12

A Private Commentary on the Bible: John 13–21

Four Voices, One Testimony

Jesus Said I Am

The Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ

The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ

The Christmas Story, As Told By God

Pauline Letters

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Galatians

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Ephesians

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philippians

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Colossians

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Thessalonians

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Philemon

General Letters

A Private Commentary on the Book of Hebrews

A Private Commentary on the Bible: James

A Private Commentary on the Bible: 1 Peter

A Private Commentary on the Bible: 2 Peter

A Private Commentary on the Bible: John’s Epistles

A Private Commentary on the Bible: Jude

Revelation

The Epistle of Jesus to the Church (NKJV)

REFERENCE SERIES

Dictionary of Doctrinal Words

Translation of Select Bible Books

Old and New Testament Chronology (Also in individual volumes: Old Testament Chronology; New Testament Chronology)

TRACTS

A Human Person: Is the Unborn Life a Person?

Biblical Marriage

How Can I Know I am A Christian?

Now That I am A Christian

Thirty-Six Essentials of the Christian Faith

What is a Pastor? / Why is My Pastor Eating the Sheep?

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The Old Ten in

the New Covenant

An examination of the

Ten Commandments in the

Old and New Testaments

James D. Quiggle

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Translation of the Ten Commandments by James D. Quiggle

Translations of scriptures not otherwise marked are from James D. Quiggle, Translations of Select Bible Books (JQT).

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Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

The Ten Commandments

The First of the Ten

The Second of the Ten

The Third of the Ten

The Fourth of the Ten

The Fifth of the Ten

The Sixth of the Ten

The Seventh of the Ten

The Eighth of the Ten

The Ninth of the Ten

The Tenth of the Ten

Appendix: How Long was Israel in Egypt?

Appendix: Capital Offenses Under the Mosaic Law

Appendix: A Human Person

Sources

Preface

The need for this book became apparent as I repeatedly encountered a popular and unbiblical doctrine: the Christian can safely ignore the Old Testament Law and focus only on the Law of Christ, a term mentioned only once in Scripture, Galatians 6:2. The Law of Christ is seldom defined and more seldom understood by those who ignore the Old Testament Law.

Like many Christians I am on several social media groups where I interact with Christians old and young, knowledgeable and not so knowledgeable about the Scripture. Many Christians do not understand the relationship of the Old Testament laws (the Mosaic Law and other commandments) to Christianity. They have been taught—contrary to their Reformed or Dispensational heritage—that the Law (the Mosaic Law) was only an administration of condemnation and death, and we are not under the Law. They have been taught that most, if not all, of God’s commandments in the Old Testament are not for the Christian.

What they have been taught is not the entire story (see Introduction) of the Christian’s relationship to the Mosaic Law and to all the other laws (commandments) in the Scripture. God’s moral values and his principles never change—they are based on God’s immutable character. God’s moral values, whether expressed in the Law or in other commandments, are applicable to believers in every age. The same may be said for many of the precepts of the Law that embody God’s values and principles—not just for one culture (national ethnic Israel) but for every culture and society in every age.

Over time, on the various social media groups I mentioned above, I have demonstrated God’s moral values, principles, and applicable precepts in the Old Testament are repeated in the New Testament. Those discussions are the basis for this book.

Abbreviations

AD … Anno Domini (In the year of the Lord [since Christ was born])

ANF … Ante-Nicene Fathers

Ant. … Antiquities of the Jews

AUC … Anno Urbis Conditae. In the year of the founded city. The date in years from the founding of Rome, which was about 753 BC.

BC … Bello Christo (Before Christ [was born])

ca. … about (an approximate date) (Latin: circa)

cf. … compare (Latin: confer)

e.g. … for example (Latin: exempli gratia)

etc. … and so forth, and so on (Latin: et cetera)

ff. … and the following verses.

HGH … Historical-Grammatical Hermeneutic (aka, Literal hermeneutic)

Ibid … in the same place (referring to the source cited in the previous entry) (Latin: ibidem)

i.e. … that is (Latin: id est)

NPNF … Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

LXX … Greek translation of the Old Testament

n. … note (referring to a footnote or endnote in the work cited)

m. … Mishnah (followed by tractate name, e.g., m. Baba Metzia)

TDNT … Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.

TR … Textus Receptus

s. v. … under the word (Latin: sub verbo)

USB-NA … United Bible Societies-Nestle Aland.

v. … verse

vv. … verses

Introduction

The reader will please notice that Law, upper case, indicates the precepts of the Mosaic Law, while law, lower case, refers to all the other precepts given by God in the Old Testament.

The meaning of the Ten Commandments of the Law in relationship to the New Testament church has been the subject of much discussion, and often misinformation and application. The way in which the Ten relate to the Christian (the one trusting solely in Christ for salvation) involves the larger issue of the relationship of the entire Mosaic Law to the Christian. That is the subject of this Introduction.

The Mosaic Law had three functions.

To make known God's moral values—God's rules for living—that he requires of all human beings.

To protect his saved people from moral harm by their keeping the commandments.

To reveal the unsaved person’s inability to keep God's commandments without grace from God.

Although the Mosaic Law covenant has been superseded by the New covenant in Christ (see my book, Covenants and Dispensations in the Scripture), none of the three functions of the Law have expired, but are continued in the gospel as part of the faith which was delivered once for all to the saints, Jude 3.

When Paul speaks of the Christian as, not under the law, he is addressing the misuse of the law—any law—that a sinner may earn the righteousness that brings salvation by keeping the law, which is the belief of all sinners: if I can only do enough good, I will be good enough. No, only Christ is good enough.

Paul is not saying Christians are without law. Indeed, not being without law to God but within law to Christ, 1 Corinthians 9:21; The law is good if one uses it lawfully, 1 Timothy 1:8; the law is holy and just and good Romans 7:12; the law is spiritual, Romans 7:16.

Through the law, whether as given in the Old Testament, or as repeated in the New Testament, the Christian