Keeping the mitvot

There is a considerable debate within Judaism about which is "greater" .. Doing mitvot voluntary or because G-d told you. Involved in this is the concepts of free will and reward and punishment. modern sophisticated Torah observant writers state that really, the highest level is doing g-ds will whether or not there is a reward, and with full choice. Also in this big picture discussion is the idea that the forefathers and mothers kept the Torah before it was given. Clearly, this would be on a voluntary personal level and not because they were specifically commanded. When they specifically commanded they typically do the action immediately. For example, brit Mila. As soon as Abraham was commanded he did it. To himself. But if he kept all the Torah without being told, why did he wait?

Also not eating the sciatic nerve was specifically given to yaakov and his descendants… Did Abraham keep that mitvot? We see that not eating the sciatic nerve was more than a "personal" mitvot. but now, do we not eat the sciatic nerve for what reasons? Because we’re told to? What does it really mean to me to keep mitvot because im told they’re G-d given?

What if I just stopped keeping mitvot? I know in the bible the consequences seemed immediate, which means that I seem to have greater free will than biblical figures… Who experienced prophecy!

Since everyone agrees that prophecy channel is not available to us for thousands of years already.. It leads on to thinking that perhaps we’re actually on a higher level than previous generations! Which goes against an ancient and accepted principle that the generations are lower .. And that was written in the times of the amorim!

Why do I write all this? I sit in a beit Knesset and listen to pre barmitzph children and a few