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  Romans 7 - Law of Sin and Death vs Law of Faith In the last post we covered the difference between the shadow and the substance. The juxtaposition between the old and new covenants, which the author of Hebrews goes through great lengths to outline. Implicit in the arguments of the texts, is the supposition that there are distinct differences.  But before I continue to address the next set of questions generated by the Hebrew Roots Bible machine, it’s important to establish that, so far, what can be distinctly concluded, is that there is, in fact, a difference. A difference in views, a difference in covenants, and a difference in forms, between these covenants and their practices. The bulk of these differences being carefully outlined from chapters 8-10. The terminology used being that of the difference between the substance of a body, and the shadow.  The contrast being so vivid, that the old is stated to be “obsolete and disappearing”. What is passing away? The covenant itself. The

Hebrews is making a comparison from chapters 7-11 that the difference between shadows and the substance. The law of Moses is not the substance of the Law. It is the Shadow.   Recently, I’ve been really taking on this issue of Hebrew Roots when it comes to the Christian faith and its relationship to the origins of the biblical tradition. It seems the whole world is coming to a head with its relationship with God, with who is or is not “Gods chosen people”, with statehood, history and culture. I think no issue more outlines the real heart of the problem than the difference in the threads of thought that separated the Jewish people from the Christians starting with the earliest records surrounding the ideas and problems facing those communities back then and there in ancient first century Judea. While there’s a whole library of information we could cover on this, I can address at a later time, at this moment, I’m really only writing to answer two questions a Hebrew Roots rabbi friend