(Heb 7:11 KJV) If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
No, Hebrews 7:11 KJV in no way argues that the law and the prophets were done away with, destroyed, no longer exists, as you erroneously interpret the above.
An institution is perfect, or complete, when it effects the purpose for which it was instituted, and produces a result that corresponds to the idea of it. Thus, the purpose of this temporary Levitical priesthood was to remove the "road block," that prevented man from being in God's presence(Romans 15:4 KJV-"The Burning Bush" for our learning lesson),since the # Uno attribute in the book attributed to the LORD God is that He is holy(Survey Isaiah), sin, and provide a way of access for man to that same holy LORD God-thus, a "mediator." The Levitical priesthood could do that in "type," but not in a "complete,"perfect" way-hence, "The Day of Atonement" once a year. The priesthood and the sacrifices were the means, by which the Christ, Messiah, and the "final solution," was directed.
Again, the purpose of this temporary priesthood, was to reconcile men to God through sacrificing for their sins. But this priesthood would merely "picture," as a type, the prophesied, actual reconciliation, because it could only typify cleansing of sin, not the blotting our, removal of sin, not the "taking away of sin into the wilderness, never to return." Thus-imperfection.
Yes, the priesthood of Aaron, and those that followed, was set up to be temporary. The LORD God always intended that the priesthood functions should be abolished when the fullness of time came, with the arrival of the Christ, his Christ,the Messiah, the "perfect" priest to take their place, that would endure forever.
Again-the holy law of God could not atone for sin. The Levitical sacrifices covered over sin,"passed over" sin, as in "time past" the lost children of Israel were given a "temporary stay of execution," but they did not remove it. However, that same law served to enhance one’s awareness of sin, the knowledge of sin, Paul's point Romans7:7-8,Romans 3:20 KJV, i.e., that the Law’s command not to covet made him aware that all he did was covet. As you know, the law served was a teacher, "schoolmaster," per Galatians 3:24 KJV, to bring Paul, the Galatians, the lost, to Christ.. It serves that same purpose today, it exists, although it is powerless, to change us "within," in that it is weakened by the sinful nature, as the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so” (Romans 8:3-7 KJV ). Thus,
the law governing the priesthood as found in the Mosaic "economy" was destroyed, abolished, in favor of another, the Lord Jesus Christ's, which would provide for an order of priesthood that would function successfully in the very thing in which the Aaronic priesthood failed.But the holy law of God, including the 10 Commandments, are not abolished, are not destroyed, are not made void(And even in the NC, promised to Israel, those "standards" remained unchanged,this same holy law of God, however, "supernaturally" being written on man's heart),as Paul, over, and over, taught right out of the OT, the holy law of God, affirming it exists, is not void, still has a God designed purpose, and not once, asserted the opposite, nor did he imply it-"God forbid"....
Romans 13 KJV
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 7 KJV
Romans 7 KJV
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then
with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans 2 KJV
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another
16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
1 Corinthians 7 KJV
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
the keeping of the commandments of God.
Romans 3 KJV
31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
....and on, and on, and on...
What was destroyed, replaced was the law pertaining to the Aaronic priesthood, the system of temporary sacrifices, as the "once for all sacrifice," the Lord Jesus Christ, the satisfactory sacrifice(propitiation)has been made, per John 19:30 KJV..................and the required rituals and ceremonies of the Old Covenant, has been set aside.
Tell us why murder is wrong, objectively, and why coveting is wrong, objectively. Tell us Paul learned that coveting is wrong, not by the law.