Are people supposed to be getting stoned to death in the New Covenant? The Moral laws of the Old Testament still apply because they preexisted in the Sinaitic covenant (law of Moses). Adultery, murder, stealing, etc, were sins in Genesis, so rather than being specific to Israel, these laws apply to all people, through the Adamic (Adam’s) and Noahide (Noah’s) covenant. However, it was only after Noah that murder was punishable by death. Furthermore, the laws given to Moses, which required stoning for various violations, could only be executed within the nation of Israel, as those rules were given directly to them only at Mount Sinai. However, under the New Covenant, judgment for moral laws is reserved until final judgment (Matt 13:24-30). This is why Jesus didn’t engage in immediate supernatural judgment (such as calling fire from heaven) when the Samaritans rejected Him in the first century, even though James and John suggested it (Luke 9:51-56). Christians don’t stone people in the New Covenant because Jesus will judge them at the end; until then, they have time to repent and get saved by receiving the Holy Spirit.