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| Today many Christians consider the
law of the Old Covenant null and void
because of the grace of God
revealed in the new Testament faith.
In fact, along with many
dispensationalists, a large segment of
the Christian faithful believe that the
divine character was transformed
from a God of legalism and law in the
Old Testament into the God of grace
and love in the New Testament. The
Old Testament is characterized as a
book of legalism to bring each
individual to faith. Judaism of the
time of Jesus is described as a
works-righteousness religion where
every individual is required to earn
his own salvation through his merit
and good deeds. This fundamental
misunderstanding of early Jewish
thought and the relationship between
the Hebrew Scriptures of the Old
Testament and the faith of the early
Christians has resulted in a basic
ignorance of Paul's position on the
purpose of the law and faith in Christ.
| | written by: Brad H. Young, Ph.D. - posted: September 29 2003 | | More... |
| Some time ago, when David
Bivin was here in the United
States and he and I were working
on the manuscript, Jesus the
Rabbi and His Rabbinic
Method of Teaching, we took a
weekend off and conducted a
special seminar together in El
Paso, Texas. The subject of the
seminar was "The Nature of
God." In the seminar I dealt with
the nature of God, man, satan,
and related topics, and the outgrowth of that seminar was my
series entitled "The Nature of
God and the Nature of Man." In
that series I state that the nature
of God can be best understood by
examining the names by which
he is known in the Bible. Although God ultimately
transcends the bounds of human
explanation or definition, yet it
can assist us in understanding
something of his nature if we
look at the names by which he is
called as an extension of his nature.
| | written by: Roy B. Blizzard, Jr., Ph.D. - posted: September 29 2003 | | More... |
| In the last few years, more and more Christians are coming to realize the importance of returning to the Hebrew foundations of their faith for correctly and intelligently answering many questions pertaining to the life of Jesus and/or other biblical subjects.
| | written by: Roy B. Blizzard, Jr., Ph.D. - posted: September 29 2003 | | More... |
| Jesus' attitude towards the observance of the Jewish day of rest
and the Law of Moses has been
hotly debated for centuries. The
gospel account must decide the
issue. However, few interpreters
are equipped with a basic understanding of the Jewish customs
and practices during the time of
Jesus, and such a deficiency can
distort the original message of
Christ. Hence, a number of
misunderstandings can easily
arise. In order to rediscover the
depth of Jesus' teaching, we
must go on a journey through
time and culture whereby we can
re-enter the historical environment in which Jesus lived and
taught. Did Jesus violate the
Law? Did he teach others to disobey the divine commands?
What about the oral tradition?
We cannot deal with all of these
fascinating questions in this brief
article, but let us examine one
saying of Jesus within the context of a Sabbath controversy.
| | written by: Brad H. Young, Ph.D. - posted: September 29 2003 | | More... |
| Did Jesus call divorce adultery? Two contexts in the Synoptic Gospels preserve the words of Jesus pertaining to marriage and divorce and remarriage (Mt. 19:3-12, 5:32; Mk. 10:11-12; Lk. 16:18). The issue has been debated and discussed for centuries, but a careful analysis of the sayings of Jesus in light of early Jewish thought throws fresh light upon the question: Did Jesus equate divorce with adultery?
| | written by: Brad H. Young, Ph.D. - posted: September 29 2003 | | More... |
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