However, In Hebrews 7:11-22 Paul
writes about the one truth that
makes everything on the previous
list possible.

God annuls the Law of the
Old Testament when His Son
Jesus takes the office of the
new High Priest

Saint Paul describes this Divine
act in the following way ...

Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? For the Priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the Law. For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord (Jesus Christ) arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. For He testifies (speaking of Jesus):

“You are a priest forever according
to the order of Melchizedek.”


For on the one hand, there is an annulling (Note: Annul means to make something legally invalid or void) of the former commandment (or Old Testament Law) because of its weakness and unprofitableness, for the Law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:

“The Lord has sworn and will not relent,
‘You are a priest forever according to the
order of Melchizedek’”),

By so much more Jesus has become
a surety of a better covenant.

(Hebrews 7:11-22 - Emphasis Added)

"For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I (Jesus Christ) said, ‘Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me — To do Your will, O God.’” Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), then He (Jesus Christ) said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.”

He takes away the first (the Old Testament program of the Law) that He may establish the second (the New Covenant of Christ). By that (or the New Covenant of Christ) will we have been sanctified through the offering of the Body of Christ once for all.

And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

But this Man (Jesus Christ), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. (Hebrews 10:1-14)

"But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He (Jesus) is also mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second." (Hebrews 8:6-7)

"In that He (Jesus Christ) says, “a new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." (Hebrews 8:13)

However, the Bible reveals that there is a type of division that carries God's approval. The New Testament refers to it as; 'Contending Earnestly for the Faith' (Jude 1:3-4). This type of 'contention and division' is designed to keep false doctrines and heresies out of the Church. But, it also offends many tithe-paying church members who may decide to fellowship somewhere else if their beliefs aren't supported.

Our Heavenly Father always places the truth of His Word above unity. He rejects the popular idea of seeking unity by accommodating almost anything that claims to be 'Christian'. As a result, He demands that the truth be preached - first. This causes those who seek truth to 'unify' around it. But, it also offends those who insist on embracing religious falsehood and unbiblical traditions. This Divine method of achieving unity is rarely used, since it runs contrary to the ministry plans of many (but thankfully not all) church leaders today.

After Jesus fulfilled the Law, took it out of the way and nailed it to His cross - why do a vast majority of Christian churches and their members reinsert the same Law (the one Jesus died to fulfill and remove) - back into their salvation doctrine or evangelistic message?

Answer: Saint Paul warns that there is only one way this can happen. These churches are not preaching the authentic New Testament Gospel established on 'the new and living way of Christ'. Rather, they are preaching the Old Testament brand of 'meritorious salvation' (or works-based salvation) that God considers 'obsolete' ... and therefore no longer honors (See Hebrews 8:6-13). As a result, the New Testament warns that if we embrace this 'popular brand of Christian doctrine' - we will be 'cut-off and separated' from Christ (See Galatians 5:4). Contrary to popular opinion, our Heavenly Father never treats a doctrine that 'cuts us off from His Son' - as just a minor 'difference of opinion'.

"Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you are disqualified." (2 Corinthians 13:5)

Why is this important? After the cross, the Priesthood is now governed by Jesus Christ from the Tribe of Judah ... and is no longer under the authority of the Tribe of Levi as it was in Old Testament times. This change in the priesthood (from Levi to Judah) is the reason God was required to annul the old Levitical law (or what we often call 'Old Testament Law or the Law of Moses) and introduce a new legal system that Paul refers to in Romans 8:1-4 as; 'the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus'.

The Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostle
Paul reveals an important key that
unlocks our understanding about how
the cross takes away our sin. The
fulfillment of Old Testament Law and
its removal was always at the center
of God's redemptive plan.

Let's now take a look at why this is
so vitally important.

"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

Having wiped out the handwriting of
the requirements that was against us
(Old Testament Law), which was
contrary to us. And He has taken
it out of the way, having nailed
it to the cross."
(Colossians 2:13-14)

"For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law." (Romans 5:13)


"The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 15:56-57)


"For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, because the law brings about wrath (or judgment);

For where there is no Law there
is no transgression (or sin).

Therefore it is of faith that it might be
according to grace ...
(Romans 4:13-16 - Emphasis Added)

"Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the Law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delievered from the Law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter (or the Law). What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the Law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. FOR APART FROM THE LAW SIN WAS DEAD. I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the Commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me." (Romans 7:4-11 – Clarifications Added)