These devoted servants of God were under a new covenant. The Mosaic Law was given to one nation ​ — fleshly Israel.
فَسَنَةَ ٣٣ ب‌م ،‏ رَفَضَ أُمَّةَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱخْتَارَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةَ ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةَ بَدَلًا مِنْهَا .‏