Dispensationalism

=== The Law ===
Dispensationalists believe that Christ abolished the Mosaic law, and thus it does not apply to the Christian. Instead, the Christian is under the [[Law of Christ]], which embodies the moral principles of God which are in both codes.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Blaising |first1=Craig A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfjEVa9ChmoC |title=Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church: The Search for Definition |last2=Bock |first2=Darrell L. |date=2010-08-10 |publisher=Zondervan Academic |isbn=978-0-310-87740-0 |pages=116 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=S. Lewis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDcs7yoX8EkC |title=Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments : Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr |last2=Feinberg |first2=John S. |date=1988 |publisher=Crossway |isbn=978-0-89107-468-7 |pages= |language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|page=71}} In this view, although many commandments of the Old Testament are re-established in the New Testament, only the commandments that are explicitly affirmed are to be kept, which excludes the ceremonial and civil aspects of the Mosaic law.<ref name=":22" />{{Rp|page=71}}