Do all the Old Testament laws forbid swearing?
When God makes a promise in the Old Testament, what is the pledge of allegiance or some other affirmation in the promise. What is the oath (pledge) that the Old Testament has for us and that we must make to God? There is a clause in the oath (pledge) that says not to swear at all, but what is that pledge? Where does the word “not” come from?
Why did Jesus say to the Samaritan woman “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not swear at all’: But I say to you, You shall not swear at all. Do not be foolish; do not swear at all. (Matthew 5:22-23 ESV) How do we know what Jesus was speaking the same way as in his Sermon on the Mount?
Was the Bible always translated from the Hebrew with the words “not” when it was meant to be spoken the same way as the Hebrew? Was any part of the New Testament changed from the originals?
Did we not hear the Old Testament prophesies or sayings that were not meant for us, or our children to hear, repeated to us in the New Testament?
Was the God of the Old Testament always an omnipotent, perfect, all-loving, merciful, loving, loving God who just wanted to be known as God?
When God made a promise, was it meant to be understood, just as we say now, that it included the New Testament as well? No.
We do not hear these promises and sayings in the Old Testament anymore, so we do not believe them, and the Holy Spirit tells us not to do so on such matters of teaching and morals as the oath, covenant, and commitment.
Was it truly, “My kingdom is not of this world,” or were there other plans, plans which were also not of this world, and this Kingdom was also not of this world, a Kingdom of laws and a Kingdom of commandments? These Kingdom plans or laws, such as those of Mosaic law, or “the Law of Moses” (see Mosiah 3) were from another world, not to be understood from this world.
Was all our laws and commandments from some other world? Not all, but some. We have the Bible in our hands, so let us read and study these laws and commandments as they really are and as we hear them in the Holy Scripture today as they
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