The written code, as we know, is the Ten Commandments and the other 600+ specific commands documented by God in Torah. In Romans 7:4-6, the Law doesn’t die, WE do! To what? To the Law. Why? To be able to be joined to Another. To Whom? To Christ! Hang on to your hats fo...
First, while theMishnahcollects the sayings of first- and second-century rabbis, these rabbis saw themselves explaining and applying the Torah. In other words, even if theMishnahis our example of “teaching,” there is no bright line between “oral tradition” and “explaining texts.” ...
Thus the scribes or “lawyers” were scholars and teachers of Scripture, the custodians of Jewish traditions and experts in the study of the law of Moses (the Torah). In Jesus’ day, they were usually associated with the Pharisees (Matthew 12:38; Mark 7:5; Luke 6:7) and the Sanhedri...
“Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and ...
ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. (2) Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart. (3) Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways. (4) Thou hast commanded u
the perfect and final High Priest, mind you.It would be safe to assume that their was something “known” or understood about Melchizedek by the Jewish/Hebrew readers of the Torah and the Jewish converts of Jesus. But to Gentiles, I think it is safe to assume that he would be an almos...
6.The rituals of the Torah are eternal, the Sabbath, the circumcision, the festivals, in this sense that the Old Testament says that this will be an eternal rite. How shall we understand that? (21′) 7.Is the difference between the Old Testament sacraments and the New Testament Sacraments...