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Isa. 8:20. "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them." | Isa. 8:20. "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them." | ||
The "law" here is a reference to the "Law of Moses," the first five books of the Old Testament, which also contain the Ten Commandments law, and "testimony" is a reference to the rest of the Old Testament, and by extension including the New Testament, which also contains the "testimony of Jesus Christ" (Rev. 12:17), that both together explain what the "Law of Moses" means in mankind's practical experience. | The "law" here is a reference to the "Law of Moses," the first five books of the Old Testament, which also contain the Ten Commandments law, and "testimony" is a reference to the rest of the Old Testament, and by extension including the New Testament, which also contains the "testimony of Jesus Christ" (Rev. 12:17), that both together explain what the "Law of Moses" means in mankind's practical experience. | ||
True prophet's sayings are totally consistent with all that the Holy Spirit has already revealed in Scripture. | |||
==Do not plagiarize== | ==Do not plagiarize== | ||