모세의 율법에는 두 방면이 있습니다. 도둑질이나 부모를 존경하는 것에 관한 계명과 같은 도덕적인 계명과 안식일을 지키는 것에 관한 계명과 같은 규례적인 계명이 있습니다. 할례나 음식을 먹는 것에 관한 계명들은 도덕적인 계명이 아니라, 규례적인 계명입니다. 사람의 도덕성은 레위기 11장에서처럼 돼지고기같은 부정한 것을 먹느냐 먹지 않느냐에 영향을 받지 않습니다. 도덕적인 율법은 이 시대에서나 천년왕국에서나 영원에서도 폐하여지지 않을 것입니다. 그러나 반대로 규례적인 계명은 영원하지 않습니다. 바울이 의미한 중간에 막힌 담이란 할례와 안식일과 음식에 관련된 규례적인 계명의 율법입니다. 규례적인 계명의 율법은 유대인과 이방인 사이를 가로막는 담이었습니다. 우리가 보듯이, 모든 규례나 의식은 가로막는 담이 됩니다.

(발췌문 : 하단 영문 참조)

  Christ broke down the middle wall of partition between the Jews and the Gentiles by abolishing the law of the commandments in ordinances. When He was crucified on the cross, all the ordinances were nailed there. In the law of Moses there were two kinds of commandments: moral commandments, such as the commandments concerning stealing and the honoring of parents, and ritual commandments, such as the commandment concerning the keeping of the Sabbath. The commandments regarding circumcision and the eating regulations were ritual commandments, not moral commandments... A person's morality is not affected by whether or not he eats something that is regarded as unclean [such as pork, and shrimp according to Lev. 11]. The moral laws will never be abolished, not in this age nor in the millennium nor in eternity. The ritual commandments, on the contrary, are not permanent... By the middle wall of partition Paul meant the law of commandments in ordinances, the ritual commandments related to circumcision, the Sabbath, and diet. The law of ritual commandments was a middle wall of partition between the Jews and the Gentiles. As we shall see, any ordinance or ritual is a middle wall of partition.