To examine how the Hebraic influence progressed and digressed over periods in church history and to also examine New Testament Letters and the Gospels under the Hebraic lens.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
What Paul meant by "All Scripture is inspired"
What is often missed is that when Paul wrote the second letter to Timothy is that since that no other letters of the apostles were published nor even the Gospels but that the OLD TESTAMENT Scriptures were still RELEVANT for Gentiles. Protestants sometimes miss this and assume that the Law was only to bring us to Christ as Paul states in his letter to the Galatians. In Galatians, Paul uses the term "nomos" or law to make a point. The term Torah actually means "instruction" and is used differently in respect to his letter to Timothy. More comments on Galatians will be made on later posts but in general Paul was dealing with the conversion heresies in his letter to the Galatians rather than dealing with specific terms of Torah based actions that represent faith. He is even more descriptive in illustrating the attitude or "fruits" in obedience. The Torah is relevant for ALL believers in Christ and is not limited to the Ten Commandments. Also, the annual Torah readings that Jews read comprise of lessons in the wilderness BEFORE entering the promise land. Here is a picture of the Gentile believer completely as they wonder the wilderness of life anticipating the inheritance of the coming kingdom. The believer can identify himself in these wonderings upon of what is expected of him entering the kingdom of heaven. If you are lost in the thoughts of the puffy clouds and pearly gates of heavens focusing the rewards you might miss something in the hear and now about how the instructions of the Torah can apply to you and also to how the ability of the fullness of that obedience will be made complete in the coming age.
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