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NASB | Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, The LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD is our king; He will save us-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our Judge, The LORD is our Ruler, The LORD is our King; He will save us. [Is 2:3, 4; 11:4; 32:1; James 4:12] |
Bible Question:
Do you think God - Himself (Ex.31:18)- writing the 10 commandments on the (2) tablets has any correlation to the 10 commandments being summarized by Jesus into (2) broad commandments. The commandments written by God regarding our relationship to Him on 1 tablet and the commandments written by God regarding our relationship to our neighbours written on 1 tablet. The point here is the NT does not re-invent the law but instead repeats the moral law (10 comm.) of the OT. Is.42:21 clearly says Christ would magnify the law. And Ps. 40:7,8 says Jesus delights to do the will of God and thy law is within Jesus's heart. That is why He led a Perfect life on earth and therefore died a sinless man and paying our debt. The law written on our hearts as part of the NT covenant is the same as the law written on Jesus's heart. This is the 10 commandments. The same moral law Abraham was keeping (Gen. 26:5) prior to any written law at Sinai. |
Bible Answer: Hi, Merv... Christ's answer was very similar to Hillel's response to the same question some 60 years earlier. An evaluation of the ten commandments makes it clear that the question of my relationship to God and my relationship to others is what is at issue. I'm unclear as to why there would be a relationship between two tablets and two broad issues. Unless there is an explicit reason to do otherwise, one must assume that there were five commandments on each tablet, as is depicted in traditional Jewish representations. Don't you see more grace than law in the life of Abraham? He was guilty of offending at least nine of the commandments, sometimes repeatedly. Paul tells us it was his God given faith, not his works in the law that accorded God's gift of justification. After all, it was God who chose Abraham, not the reverse. Also, remember that God has written His law in the hearts of believers (Hebrews 10:16) but also unbelievers (Romans 2:15). God's law in the hearts of men is not what saves. It is the Lord Jesus alone who saves. Righteousness is a gift of God, not a matter of compliance with the law. In Him, Doc |