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Since that time I have found a satisfactory solution.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The problem was cleared up as I searched Ellen White’s writings and came to a better understanding of the Ceremonial Law, which has been misunderstood and misidentified by many sincere Seventh-day Adventists.<\/p>\n
Here is a typical definition: the ceremonial law = the law of Moses (everything written by Moses except the Ten Commandments).<\/p>\n
If you agree with the above definition, read on.<\/p>\n
When Jesus died on the cross, something came to an end. What was it? There are various perspectives on this, but we are told very clearly in Daniel 9:<\/p>\n
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.<\/em>\u00a0 Daniel 9:26, 27<\/p>\n What ended at the cross was the system of sacrificial offerings.<\/p>\n Ellen White clarifies this: There are two distinct laws brought to view. One is the law of types and shadows (sacrificial offerings), which reached to the time of Christ, and ceased when type met antitype in his death. The other is the law of Jehovah, and is as abiding and changeless as his eternal throne. After the crucifixion, it was a denial of Christ for the Jews to continue to offer the burnt offerings and sacrifices which were typical of his death. It was saying to the world that they looked for a Redeemer to come, and had no faith in Him who had given his life for the sins of the world. Hence the ceremonial law ceased to be of force at the death of Christ. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Signs of the Times 07\/29\/86<\/p>\n The Ceremonial Law is defined here as “burnt offerings and sacrifices,” the same as in Daniel 9, “sacrifice and oblation.”<\/p>\n Does this include the entire Law of Moses?<\/p>\n Ellen White writes: In consequence of continual transgression, the Moral Law was repeated in awful grandeur from Sinai. Christ gave to Moses religious precepts which were to govern the everyday life. These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the death of Christ. They were to be binding upon man in every age as long as time should last. These commands were enforced by the power of the Moral Law, and they clearly and definitely explained that law. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Review and Herald 05\/06\/75<\/p>\n The Law of Moses contains religious precepts, given in addition to the Moral Law (the Ten Commandments), that did not pass away at the death of Christ. They are separate from the Ceremonial Law.<\/p>\n Do we have an obligation to keep the Law of Moses?<\/p>\n The light given me is that we are to study more than we do the instruction given to Moses by God after He had proclaimed the law from Sinai. The ten commandments were spoken by God Himself, and were then written on tables of stone, to be preserved till the judgment should take place. After the giving of the law, God gave Moses specifications regarding the law. These specifications are plain and explicit. No one need make a mistake.<\/em><\/p>\n In the day of judgment we shall be asked whether we have lived in harmony with these specifications. It is because we do not carry out these specifications in all our dealings, in our institutions, our families, and in our individual lives, at all times, and in all places, that we do not make greater advancement. It is by the directions that God has given that we shall be judged at the last day.<\/em><\/p>\n Have we studied these specifications? I heard them one night some weeks ago. It seemed as if they were being given to Israel, and there was the same solemnity that there was when they were given. I thought, This is given to me that I may tell our people that we must study these specifications. When the directions that God has given are followed, our institutions will be pure and clean, free from all selfishness and covetousness. The tenderness of Christ will come in. His love will fill our hearts. A sense of God’s goodness will make us weep, and sing, and praise God. Then we shall be living channels of light, prepared to do His will.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0Australasian Union Conference Record 03\/25\/07<\/p>\n Is the Law of Moses a part of the message that we are to give for the last days?<\/p>\n In these last days there is a call from Heaven inviting you to keep the statutes and ordinances of the Lord. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Signs of the Times 02\/03\/88<\/p>\n The closing words of Malachi are a prophecy regarding the work that should be done preparatory to the first and the second advent of Christ. This prophecy is introduced with the admonition, “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0The Southern Review 03\/21\/05<\/p>\n Wonderful possibilities are open to those who lay hold of the divine assurances of God’s word. There are glorious truths to come before the people of God. Privileges and duties which they do not even suspect to be in the Bible will be laid open before them. As they follow on in the path of humble obedience, doing His will, they will know more and more of the oracles of God.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 8, p. 322<\/p>\n The Statutes and Judgments were not to pass away. They are obligations for each one of us to keep and are an integral part of the message for the last days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a teenager in an Adventist academy, I was studying about the Ceremonial Law in a Bible class and was told that the Law of Moses was no longer in force. I asked the question, “If the Law of Moses was nailed to the cross, why are we still teaching that it is binding in … <\/p>\n