THE BATTLE OF THE THREE WILLS

CHAPTER ONE THE HOLY BIBLE The Bible is a Book of 66 books, divided into two testaments or Covenants. The designations Old Testament and New Testament, though not commonly used until the end of the second century, focus on the two great covenants GOD made with His people: the Mosaic Covenant and the New Covenant. The first five books of The Holy Bible are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy known as the Pentateuch. Some of these five books were given by GOD to Moses at Mount Sinai and others at the Tabernacle. Jewish belief system includes the first five books of the Hebrew Bible in the Torah. Although there have been many attempts to codify and enumerate the commandments (mitzvot) contained in the Torah, the traditional view is based on Maimonides’ enumeration. The 613 commandments comprise of 248 “positive commandments”, to perform an act and 365 “negative commandments”, to abstain from certain acts. (4) A complete listing of these commandments can be found on the Wikipedia internet site. In the beginning, GOD’s Plan was to deal directly with His people. This period was designated the Patriarchal Age. His plan for dealing with His people changed under the advent of the Mosaic (Covenant) Law. This period or dispensation is referred to as the Mosaic Age and GOD continued to deal with his people through the Law for the balance of time covered in the writings of the Old Testament and until Jesus Christ, the Messiah, fulfilled the Law.