The law of Moses (The Book of The Law) contained administrative laws that enforced obedience to The Ten Commandments. For example: with the corroborating testimony of two or three witnesses, the penalty for adultery was death.
In the time of Christ, The Sanhedrin (the judicial court of the Jews) no longer had the final authority in sentencing men to death. Jesus was born under the law [The Law of Moses] --but Caesar ruled the Roman Empire!
It was in those troublous times that certain scribes and Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery unto Jesus so they might accuse him.
"... They said to him, 'Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?'
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, 'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.'
And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
Jesus looked up and said to her, 'Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?' She said, 'No one, Lord.' And Jesus said, 'Neither do I condemn you; GO, AND DO NOT SIN AGAIN.'" John 8:3-11 (RSV)
That account of the woman taken in adultery shows that The Ten Commandments were upheld by Moses and Christ. Under Moses, the adulteress would have been stoned without mercy; but, Jesus forgave the woman with the command "DO NOT SIN AGAIN." The Law of Moses could not forgive men --or make them perfect. That law could only show people their need for Jesus. We are forgiven [justified] through faith in Christ with his serious warning: "DO NOT SIN AGAIN."
Under the New Covenant, unrepentant adulterers will still receive the death penalty.
"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge." Heb 13:4 (KJV)
Right now, judgment has only been delayed. This time of grace has been given so sinners can repent and be saved through faith in Christ. However, if they don't stop committing willful sin, completely and forever, they will receive the death penalty at the judgment seat of Christ.
Donna Kupp
"He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Heb 10:28-31 (KJV)
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