The Old Covenant was made between God and the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt at Mount Sinai. Only the Israelites were under the Old Covenant, not all of humanity or those who lived before the Exodus like Adam and Noah. The dead are also not under the Old Covenant as it only has authority over the living.
18. Are/Were all human beings
supposed to keep the Old
Covenant?
not everyone is
under the Old
Covenantonly
the Israelites are.
19. Are/Were all human beings
supposed to keep the Old
Covenant?
no one should be
expected to keep a
covenant he is not
a party to.
20. Are the dead under the Old
Covenant?
No.
The law has authority over a
man only as long as he
lives, therefore only the living
can be under the old
covenant.
21. Are the dead under the Old
Covenant?
No.
The law has authority over a
man only as long as he lives,
therefore only the living can
be under the old covenant for.