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1 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | Morant61 | 105978 | ||
Greetings Kalos! I should have made my point clearer in my previous post to you. Allow me to state it a little differently. Could it be that Mt. 5:17-18 means something like the following (to use a modern illustration)? "I have not come to break my contract, but to honor it!" Having said that though, a contract can have a built in termination point. So, one can honor a contract, yet the contract can still expire. This is how I interpret Jesus' comments, especially in light of Paul's comments concerning the Law. 1) Rom. 10:4 - "Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." 2) Gal. 3:19 - "What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator." 3) Gal. 3:23 - "Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law." So, how I understand Jesus' comment is that He has fulfilled the purpose of the Law, and now the term of the contract has expired. The Law has served it's purpose and is no longer in effect. Abolishing the Law would have meant destroying it without allowing it to fulfill it's purpose. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | kalos | 105990 | ||
"For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace." Romans 6:14 (Complete Jewish Bible, David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc., 1998) "For the goal at which the Torah (Law) aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts." Romans 10:4 (CJB) Christ is the GOAL of the law -- not the END (termination, abolition) of it. Tim: You make some interesting points that are well worth considering. Perhaps the following quote will also throw some light on the subject. '"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill." Matthew 5:17 'Replacement theology likewise understands that Yeshua at his first coming fulfilled the Torah, so that we don't have to do so (the logic leading to this conclusion is unclear);... 'But the word usually translated "fulfill", Greek pleroo, does not necessarily convey this specific sense. Rather, it is a very common word which simply means "fill", "fill up", "make full", as in filling a cup or a hole. It should be evident that the actual meaning is as rendered in the Jewish New Testament: "Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete" -- that is, to "make full" the meaning of what the Torah and the ethical demands of the Prophets require. In fact, this verse, so understood, states the theme of the entire Sermon on the Mount -- in which six times the Messiah says, "you have heard of old time" the incomplete meaning or a distortion, "but I say to you" the complete, full spiritual sense to be understood and obeyed.' (David H. Stern, "Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel", 1988, Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.) Peace, kalos |
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3 | Unclean food for the Christian? | Lev 1:1 | Morant61 | 106002 | ||
Greetings Kalos! Rom. 10:4 is one of those verses which has been understood in a multitude of ways! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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