AC 8972 [2] - abrogated commandments, judgments, and statutes

abrogated - put an end to; do away with.

AC 8972 [2]
The laws which were enacted and commanded the sons of Israel by the Lord
were distinguished into "commandments," "judgments," and "statutes."
Those were called "commandments" which belonged to life;
those "judgments" which belonged to the civil state;
and those "statutes" which belonged to worship.
As regards "judgments" specifically . . .
they served for laws in a church wherein the internal things
which are of heaven and the church
were represented by external things.
But they do not serve for laws in a church
wherein internal things are no longer represented by external,
as in the Christian Church. The reason is
that to the man of this Church internal things have been revealed,
and therefore communication with heaven
is effected by means of internal things,
and not by means of external things, as before.
This is the reason why the man of the Christian Church
is not bound to observe in their external form
those things which are called "judgments" and "statutes,"
but in their internal form.
Nevertheless holiness abides in them,
because they contain holy things within them, as do also
all and each of the things commanded in the Word about sacrifices.
Although these things have been abrogated,
they nevertheless are holy things of the Word
by reason of the Divine things which are in them,
and which they represented.
For when they are read by a Christian man,
the Divine things that are within them,
and that were represented,
are perceived in the heavens, and fill the angels with that which is holy,
and at the same time by influx from the angels they fill the man who reads,
especially if he himself then thinks of the Divine things that are within them.
From this it is plain that the Word even of the Old Testament is most holy.