The law and grace
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ.
How can we understand these lines? In Torah there was grace - mercy (in Hebrew: chen, chesed, rachamim) too.
Hashem is God plenteous in mercy.
Exod 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
More about grace - mercy - in Tanach:
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen 18:3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Gen 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Gen 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Exod 11:3 And the LORD gave the
people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses [was] very
great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the
sight of the people.
Exod 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them [such things as they required]. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Exod 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Exod 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Jdg 6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
2Sam 22:50 Therefore I will give
thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy
name.
2Sam 22:51 [He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy
to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
Neh 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Job 10:12 Thou hast granted me
life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Psalms 5:7 But as for me, I will
come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship
toward thy holy temple.
Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalms 25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.
"For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. " (Isaiah 54:5-8) etc.
But grace - mercy - culminates just in Brit Hadasha thanks to Messiah Yeshua.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses'
law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 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?
In Brit Hadasha (the
New Testament) there are more both GRACE and THE LAW!