JTB.SDG
Puritan Board Junior
I understand that when Paul calls the Law a ministry of death and a killing letter, he's referring to it as abstracted from the promises of Sinai, more of a law/gospel difference.
I'm wondering about the latter part, the comparison of lesser to greater glory. I understand that the glory aspect is indeed a comparison, not a contrast. The lesser glory is surpassed by the greater glory. Here is my question: Is this comparison related to the law/gospel or to the old/new covenant? Law/gospel: Is Paul saying the glory of the Law, in its bare form, only telling us what to do but giving us zero power to do it, condemning us for sin, etc etc, that the function of the law has glory--but hardly any when compared to the GOSPEL? OR, does the comparison have to do with the old/new covenants? Old/new covenants: IE, the OT administration of the Covenant of Grace sure had a lot of glory, but it was also clothed with the earthly and temporal, given in pictures, contained the add-ons of the ceremonies, and though gave us shadows of Christ lacked the substance--it had glory, to be sure--but no glory when compared to what we have now in the NEW COVENANT? Is this a Law/gospel contrast, or is it an old/new covenant contrast?
I'm wondering about the latter part, the comparison of lesser to greater glory. I understand that the glory aspect is indeed a comparison, not a contrast. The lesser glory is surpassed by the greater glory. Here is my question: Is this comparison related to the law/gospel or to the old/new covenant? Law/gospel: Is Paul saying the glory of the Law, in its bare form, only telling us what to do but giving us zero power to do it, condemning us for sin, etc etc, that the function of the law has glory--but hardly any when compared to the GOSPEL? OR, does the comparison have to do with the old/new covenants? Old/new covenants: IE, the OT administration of the Covenant of Grace sure had a lot of glory, but it was also clothed with the earthly and temporal, given in pictures, contained the add-ons of the ceremonies, and though gave us shadows of Christ lacked the substance--it had glory, to be sure--but no glory when compared to what we have now in the NEW COVENANT? Is this a Law/gospel contrast, or is it an old/new covenant contrast?