We must transition to the reality of the New Covenant!
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 7:
6 Jesus replied, “You are hypocrites! How accurately did Isaiah prophesy about you phonies when he said: ‘These people honor me with their words while their hearts run far away from me!
7 Their worship is nothing more than a charade! For they continue to insist that their man-made traditions are equal to the Instructions of God.’
8 “You abandon God’s Commandments just to keep men’s rituals, such as ceremonially washing utensils, cups, and other things.”
9 Then he added, “How skillful you’ve become in rejecting God’s law in order to maintain your man-made set of rules.
10 For example, Moses taught us: ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever insults or mistreats his father or mother must be put to death.’
11 “But your made-up rules allow a person to say to his parents, ‘I’ve decided to take the support you were counting on from me and make it my Holy offering to God, and that will be your blessing instead.’
12 How convenient! The rules you teach exempt him from providing for his aged parents.
13 Do you really think God will honor your traditions passed down to others, making up rules that nullify God’s Word? And you’re doing many other similar things.” TPT
In essence, the traditions of men make The Word of GOD of none effect! People are more interested in convenience than to be doers of The Word, especially those Words spoken by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:
1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the Right Hand of the Majesty On High,
4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent Name than they.
Why focus on the Old Testament prophets when we should be focusing on The Words of Jesus Christ? Does that mean that we should disregard the Words of the prophets? No, however, our primary instruction should come from The Words of Jesus and the New Covenant.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 12:
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the Right Hand of the Throne of God.
If you truly desire to walk in faith, you should focus on The One Who leads us into faith’s perfection. His perfect sacrifice did what the Old Testament could not do: Bring us into full sonship with FATHER!