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NASB | Matthew 5:20 ¶ "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:20 ¶ "For I say to you that unless your righteousness (uprightness, moral essence) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. |
Subject: holding the light with dirty hands? |
Bible Note: well let's see.... Since the bais haMikdosh held the market on sacrife animals and sacrifices were offer daily that would require a hefty number per day and at different times per day. Sounds like a very big flock to me. Additionally the priesthood decided which were clean or not so clean and suitable. And when we ..I consider who could maintain a flock large enough the picture get clearer.... Not a busness for the small time entrepenur and a high demand commodity. What is the virtue of being unlearned or why would Mashiach have a preference for them? Do we not say that it is the sin and not the sinner which repels G d and was it not for the ill that he came? Does he distinguish between one and another like men or are the sins performed by some more deserving of His concideration and salvation than the sins performed by others? But who would have the most need, the self sufficent in his her walk through this world or the one humbled by circumstances? One accepts the remedy and his her fate is secured but the other's condition remains constant, blind, ill, and without hope... so to speak.. which is then has the most need? So the issue is not the need as we are all needy. What if we applied this need factor to discriminate between the US and some other third world people, who would be more needy and inusing this criteria... who would be more preferred then? The issue is receptivity... and this is by G d's doing alone.... that all may be found to be lacking and in need of His provision. He has mercy on whom He will.. according to His schedule. There is no virtue in being ignorant, as the people of the Land were... for this reason there were and are teachers... first Moshe then others even to this day. Natan under his fig tree studied, contemplated and the Mashiach spotted Him early in the day... he took note of him and later praised him. Since guile was the issue in question some surmise that Natan was reading about Yaakob.. Jacob whose many antics were guile full. So even there G d showed no preference in the expected manner... because Yaakob He love but Edom..Esau He did not. What criteria did G d use to distinguish the two? E bnZhr |