Is the Old Covenant still valid for devout Jews if they follow it?

Question

If Jews are loyal to God's original covenant with them do you think He will accept them as if they were Christians following the New Covenant? We do worship the same God and as Christians we accept the validity of both covenants but is the Old Testament completely revoked by the Messiah?

Answer 1

That's one of those questions that people can debate about and be very confident that they know the answer for sure but in the end it is God who will judge each person and no one can know for sure what another person's eternal destiny will be.

The mainstream Christian doctrine is that God is still saving Jewish people today by bringing a remnant to faith in Jesus each generation. The Bible seems to always speak of God redeeming a remnant of the Jewish people and not everyone who is a Jew by birth. Another thing that theologians point out is that since the temple has been destroyed, Jews can no longer offer the sacrifices or keep the laws of the Old Covenant and that in any case even Old Testament saints were never saved by keeping the Law but by faith in the Messiah whom God would send.

So that leaves open the question of if Jewish people are still looking for the Messiah and have faith in Him will God count that as righteousness to them since they were not alive when Jesus was here on earth.

Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."

Answer 2

Depends who you ask...
Jews will tell you yes, because there was no "second covenant"
Christians trying to convert jews will say yes, so that the Jews they are working on don;t tell then where they can shove it..
Christians who use fear to try to keep other christians in line will say no...
Muslims will say yes, but that they magically have the right version of the OT that the Jews lost, where things are even more convoluted than in the NT..

Answer 3

No for anyone that follows the Old Covenant is under a curse to obey the entire covenant perfectly in order to get to heaven.

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Galatians 5:-5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,[a] and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Answer 4

It is the only covenant for them.

Answer 5

Anything Jesus preached superceeds anything in the old Testament cause he is God. The New Covernant Superceeds the old by the spilling of Christ's blood. Well except gays we will be attacked by moses's law till the end of time.

Answer 6

The Old Mosaic Law was fulfilled by Christ. So any attempt to follow it, will be useless. The nature of the old law, requires animal sacrifices and as you know, they are not able to fulfill this part of the Law. The Bible states that if one is quilty of one part of the law, he then is quilty of all. So the answer is no.

Answer 7

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DUALITY IN THE COVENANTS. THE OLD COVENANT IS GONE, THE NEW ONE STANDS.

Answer 8

No one can come to the Father except through Jesus, he said so himself, and no one can come to Jesus except through the Church.