Biblical law revealed in the Old Testament canon of the law and the prophets is both absolute and covenantal. It is absolute law in the sense that no part of the whole Old Testament Scripture shall escape being fulfilled by Christ. As covenant law every “jot and tittle” of the law or the prophets will be brought to full realization in the Messianic mission of Christ. This occurs under the New Covenant administration of God’s eternal purpose. Mathew 5:17-20 is the central passage when Jesus declares His covenantal abrogation of the law or the prophets and where He affirms the absolute and unchanging standard of ethical righteousness for entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Indeed, later New Testament teaching and application of biblical law and ethics for the New Covenant believer stems from and builds upon the contextual exegesis of Matthew 5:17-20. The book provides an exegetical answer to the teaching of Theonomy on the law of God with application to the traditional understanding of the text by Reformed Theology.

Gary D. Long is the Faculty President of Providence Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs, CO (www.ptsco.org) and the Executive Director of Sovereign Grace Ministries. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri (B.S. in Agriculture, 1959) and from Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M. in Systematic Theology, 1969; Th.D. in Historical Theology, 1972). He worked as a church planter while serving in the U.S. Army and retired as a Field Artillery Colonel in 1989. His published books include Definite Atonement, The Doctrine of Salvation and Contest: Evangelical Views on the Millennium Examined.

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