Subject: Where does the Bible SAY that? |
Bible Note: It is important to note, and this is posted elsewhere, that many things have passed from the Law (much more, anyway, than a jot or tittle). There are no more sacrifices, there is no more observance of the traditional holidays, there is no longer tithe paid to the Levites, there is no selection of a high priest, no more scapegoat, circumcision, burning of incense, offerings of grain, rituals of purification following childbirth, nocturnal emission, leprosy etc. The list goes on... Any reconciliation MUST incorporate the fact that more than a jot or tittle has passed from the Law. Additionaly, do not casually dismiss Ephesians 2:15; it clearly states that the Law of commandments as well as the ordanances against us were abolished. Also consider Hebrews 8:13 "When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear." I would like to point out here that the word appearing in Mathew 5:17 [abolish] is not the same word present in Ephesians 2:15 [abolish]. In fact, the word present in Mathew is KATALUO, which translated is Demolish, Destroy, Disintegrate. The word in Ephesians is KATARGEO, which translated is "to render useless," Abolish. I assure you that Christ did not Destroy the Law, as it is the guideline by which all who DO NOT know Christ are judged. However, for those that are Christian, the Law is of no value: it is abolished. Paul says "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace" [Galatians 5:4], and again "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain" [Galatians 2:21], and again "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth" [Romans 10:4] and again "Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God" [Romans 7:4]. |