Subject: why don't people study the old testmant |
Bible Note: ischus, ""I think that we are saying the same thing in different ways, and with different points of emphasis."" I agree. I sort of got 'jumped' here and I feel it's based on people's assumptions of what I was saying, not an actual, critical look at what I was saying. Thank you for going back over the posts. ""Is there another aspect that we can discuss?"" Perhaps there is, let me see how you react to this. It's interesting to find in the NT that the Jewish followers of Christ do actually remain under a rigid practice of the Law, well beyond mere principle, but Gentiles really are not aside from a handful of 'courtesy' laws. This seems to be odd to many as this is post ascension. Though there's different explanations to this, there's only one that I find truly valid and that's the Preteristic view. As far as "end times" go, I'm a Preterist and believe the Second Coming and all that goes with it happened in 70 AD. This means that until final completion of all things, the Law was still very much to be practiced by Jewish believers, that is until completion. This explains why the Law was still practiced by Jewish believers in the NT, and why practice of it trails off greatly. I'll let you sleep on that one, take care, SUEDE |