The Mosaic Law was accepted by Jesus.
And broken by Jesus and his followers.
If Jehovah Disapproved Of Polygamy & Concubines Why Did He Bless Those Involved?
by minimus 86 Replies latest watchtower bible
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PSacramento
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minimus
Yes, but to suggest the Law was not from God, from a Bible standpoint, isn't correct.
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notverylikely
It is my opinion that His sole purpose was to found a nation that would produce the Messiah.
Why? Was he constrained to need a nation? Nations already existed, why not use one of them?
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PSacramento
Yes, but to suggest the Law was not from God, from a Bible standpoint, isn't correct.
I am paraphrasing, but Jesus mentioned that the lawmakers and scribes saddled people up with a burdensome yoke that was the Law.
Now, if ALL the law had been from God/Jesus, I don't think he would have said that.
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minimus
I'm referring to the 600 plus laws not the extra oral/rabbinical ones.
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PSacramento
Jesus mentioned what as the commandments to obey?
Love God and love they neighbour.
He mentioned the 'works" and "deeds" worthy of salvation in Matthew.
He mentioned hounourin thje father and mother, not stelaing, not killing, not coveting.
He actually mentioned being against divorce.
Jesus was not keen on the additions made to the commandments by man they later became " the law".
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snowbird
It is my opinion that His sole purpose was to found a nation that would produce the Messiah.
Why?
The Messiah needed to be human.
Was he constrained to need a nation?
Yes; He needed a people and a place to be born and return later.
Nations already existed, why not use one of them?
They were not of the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Of course, you know all this stuff, already.
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minimus
Nah, JC followed the Law as every Jew did, especially being raised as a Jew.
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notverylikely
The Messiah needed to be human.
Again, so? The angels made human bodies for themselves when necessary. If god wanted a human child, all he needed was a functioning uterus, not a nation.
Yes; He needed a people and a place to be born and return later.
Why? He could have been born any place and returned to it later. That doesn't answer the question.
They were not of the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Again, so? He didn't need a nation for Abraham's great grandson x30 to have a kid. People were knocking it up all the time and having babies without nations. God couldn't compete with them?
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notverylikely
Of course, you know all this stuff, already.
Well, kinda. I know that god created a nation for....he never really says why, exactly, but the common idea is "so the child would be jewish!"
Well, being jewish was only special because god said so. Then he killed the shit out of them over and over, they go largely silent for around 500 years until the nations are kicking their ass, then JC comes along and says "kicking you to the curb, bitches, it's all gentile loving now".
So being a Jew obviously wasn't THAT special....