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'When Jehovah led the descendants of Abraham out of slavery in Egypt, He offered them a deal: 'I will bless you to the extent that you obey my commands,' which sounded great and they promptly 'signed' the contract, not fully realizing that the whole law hinged on just one injunction: 'Thou shalt not sin,' where not thinking of oneself as a sinner, or not wanting to sin - ie, intent - would not count for anything, because, 'Any man that has disregarded the law of Moses dies without compassion, upon the testimony of two or three.' Heb 10:28

Most of the ten commandments are straight forward and appeal to the righteously inclined person, but the prohibition against coveting or desiring, which, although not punishable if not acted upon, clearly shows the spiritual nature of law, in contrast to the sinful nature of man.

Because the law practically demands sinlessness - which none of Adam's offspring can lay claim to - would it not be unethical to demand of people what they are inherently incapable of?

Well, yes, unless such an arrangement were voluntarily entered into, as was the case with the people of Israel and their descendants.

'Let the buyer beware,' and the signer of a contract too. Ec 5:5

Hence, the 'commandment which was to life, turned out to be to death,' because no one was capable of keeping it in their sinful state. Ro 7:10

But Jesus came to fulfill it, because He alone as perfect man was capable of keeping the law, and also decided to do so.

Therefore, many people think that Christ kept the law on their behalf, and that this accomplishment is then transferred to, and accounted to them as merit, due to their faith in Him, but that does not seem to be the meaning of Christ fulfilling the law, because fulfilling implies the settling of an account by means of a price paid, whereas living a righteous life by Jehovah's commands and standards doesn't sound like a sacrifice to a godly person, but rather the natural and delightful thing to do; hence, there must be a deeper meaning to Christ's fulfilling of the law.
 
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So now we have to ask ourselves "what is the Jehovah's true purpose of the law and its intent because no man with inherited sin could possibly accomplish the fulfillment of the law due to their imperfections.
Yes I agree, there is definitely deeper meanings / sacred secrets to be understood.

Right, while most commandments are clear and straight forward, like not stealing or murdering, the prohibition against coveting seems to be an umbrella term for any kind
of negative consequence accruing to one's neighbor as a result of such action.

Still, it also demonstrates the, at times hidden, nexus between thought and action, desire and its implementation, where early dismissal of fleeting thoughts that are wrong, make for easy avoidance of wrong doing; but how to control thoughts that are innately rooted in one's heart by means of epi-genetics, going all the way back to Adam and his original transgression?

Why should we be burdened with that load?

There is of course another law apart from God's moral law, the ten commandments, namely the law of cause and effect, which is of a different category, but most powerful in effect nevertheless, even if largely automatic and self fulfilling, as we experience it in reaping what we sow, either long term or rather swiftly, as the case may be.

Hence, being aware of this immutable mechanism, or law, we can use it to advantage by minimizing our dwelling on useless and detrimental thoughts by steering towards worthwhile and virtuous thinking, which will then automatically engrave itself upon our hearts and become self reinforcing and self fulfilling in effect.

Obviously, none of that can address the original problem, inherited sin, but nor should it, because there is a moral issue that needs to be settled, in that we were never asked whether we wanted to be born in sin or not.

Another useful observation to make about the law concerns the first commandment, which bids us to love Jehovah with all our heart, but this item seems to be an error of category, because love cannot be commanded; at best people can be commanded to make it appear that they love you, but that's about it; now, Jehovah obviously knowing this, why does He put this as the first commandment?
 
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