Jesus "destroyed" no moral law. He fulfilled the moral law. He was the epitome of the moral law, the essence of it. He wouldn't destroy himself. The only laws he changed were the ceremonial and temple sacrificial commands and various "feast days" that prefigured and "typed" him. You don't know what you're talking about. And you're too damn proud to admit it. Read some solid commentaries, preferably 16th and 17th century.
"The only laws he changed were the ceremonial and temple sacrificial commands and various "feast days""
That's simply not true. The Pharisees and the Jewish rabbinical staff say to THIS DAY Jesus destroyed The Law. There is no asterix at the end of that. They didn't say Jesus destroyed The Law except ceremonial, temple sacrificial and laws about "feast days".
They said Jesus destroyed The Law. It couldn't be simpler.
If you're relying on rabbis to inform you about Christianity you will be confused. The law (ten commandments) was "destroyed" by Christ as a means of salvation, yes. Rather, done away with. For that. Salvation is by grace (it is a free offer) and not by "works" of the law. It always was, even in OT times. Otherwise none would be saved, as none can keep the law perfectly."Christ is the end of the law for salvation."
But the law is not abolished (and never will be) as a rule of life (or living). As one puritan put it, the law (moral law) will be the rule of life in heaven. So it is perpetual, everlasting, it cannot be broken. I am speaking of the Moral Law, summed up in the Ten Commandments. The psalmist was quoting Christ (to come) when he said "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart." Christ cannot "destroy" the law of God which is engraved in his heart, and that to eternity.
It's a deep subject, but not hard to grasp with the right info. There is an abundance of commentaries available by good men, literally millions of pages, and they do not contradict one another on this subject, though written over a period of hundreds of years. Anyway, I won't continue. Beginning to sound like a sermon. I apologize for that.
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DarkMath ago
"You're a shill"
I'm a shill because I point out that Jesus destroyed The Law? You totally lost me bro.
HollandDrive ago
Jesus "destroyed" no moral law. He fulfilled the moral law. He was the epitome of the moral law, the essence of it. He wouldn't destroy himself. The only laws he changed were the ceremonial and temple sacrificial commands and various "feast days" that prefigured and "typed" him. You don't know what you're talking about. And you're too damn proud to admit it. Read some solid commentaries, preferably 16th and 17th century.
DarkMath ago
"The only laws he changed were the ceremonial and temple sacrificial commands and various "feast days""
That's simply not true. The Pharisees and the Jewish rabbinical staff say to THIS DAY Jesus destroyed The Law. There is no asterix at the end of that. They didn't say Jesus destroyed The Law except ceremonial, temple sacrificial and laws about "feast days".
They said Jesus destroyed The Law. It couldn't be simpler.
HollandDrive ago
If you're relying on rabbis to inform you about Christianity you will be confused. The law (ten commandments) was "destroyed" by Christ as a means of salvation, yes. Rather, done away with. For that. Salvation is by grace (it is a free offer) and not by "works" of the law. It always was, even in OT times. Otherwise none would be saved, as none can keep the law perfectly."Christ is the end of the law for salvation."
But the law is not abolished (and never will be) as a rule of life (or living). As one puritan put it, the law (moral law) will be the rule of life in heaven. So it is perpetual, everlasting, it cannot be broken. I am speaking of the Moral Law, summed up in the Ten Commandments. The psalmist was quoting Christ (to come) when he said "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart." Christ cannot "destroy" the law of God which is engraved in his heart, and that to eternity.
It's a deep subject, but not hard to grasp with the right info. There is an abundance of commentaries available by good men, literally millions of pages, and they do not contradict one another on this subject, though written over a period of hundreds of years. Anyway, I won't continue. Beginning to sound like a sermon. I apologize for that.
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/
DarkMath ago
"As one puritan put it"
I don't listen to Puritans or anyone else about what Jesus taught. I go right to the man himself. Jesus said there were only two Commandments:
1) Love God
2) Love One Another
:-D