Doesn't it this way point to Jesus' and God's grace, like Paul wrote? Yes, this way the Torah is the real tutor. Yes, according Gal. 3:22-25, the primary function of the Law and Scriptures is to "shut all under sin" unto the revelation of our Savior. :)
Corporal punishment was instituted to limit tragedy and not to increase it. Dietary laws and rules against mixed fabrics were given to make the children of Israel distinct, holy, and set apart from the cultures that sought to assimilate them. But the Law was given primarily to expose our our sin that we would see our need to desperately seek Him.
We often see the Law as something negative because it exposes us of our sin. But the Law actually has a very positive--even romantic--dimension. God saw all of His actions towards Israel as a means of courting them (Ezek. 16:8; Isa. 54:5-7; Jer. 2:2, 31:3; Hos. 2:19-20), and thus you could say that the Law was a kind of engagement contract
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Re: Extra two centspastorlennyMarch 15 2008, 11:57:43 UTC
How would you feel about the contention that during the time of the Tabernacle of Moses and the First Temple there were some who were technically "without sin" -- and therefore legitimately able to perform capital punishment under the provisions of the Law -- because the Ark was with Israel and the sacrificial system was in fact efficacious in (at least temporarily) removing the stain of sin from those who followed its followable instructions. The scriptures have several accounts of such divinely ordained executions (Joshua 7, for example).
At the time of the Christ, this was no longer the case. The prophets has already been declaring the nullity of the sacrifical system -- not because it didn't work, but because the children of Israel had failed (or indeed really could not) to "work it." This is, in part, why those ready to stone had to back down. They were neither actually nor ritually clean
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Thing is I'm not sure anymore whether I am correct. It seems I looked over some things which honorableryu and Lenny pointed out. Gotta read the law again some day.
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Yes, according Gal. 3:22-25, the primary function of the Law and Scriptures is to "shut all under sin" unto the revelation of our Savior. :)
Corporal punishment was instituted to limit tragedy and not to increase it. Dietary laws and rules against mixed fabrics were given to make the children of Israel distinct, holy, and set apart from the cultures that sought to assimilate them. But the Law was given primarily to expose our our sin that we would see our need to desperately seek Him.
We often see the Law as something negative because it exposes us of our sin. But the Law actually has a very positive--even romantic--dimension. God saw all of His actions towards Israel as a means of courting them (Ezek. 16:8; Isa. 54:5-7; Jer. 2:2, 31:3; Hos. 2:19-20), and thus you could say that the Law was a kind of engagement contract ( ... )
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Both the OP and your comments here have opened my eyes to things at many levels. than k you both.
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At the time of the Christ, this was no longer the case. The prophets has already been declaring the nullity of the sacrifical system -- not because it didn't work, but because the children of Israel had failed (or indeed really could not) to "work it." This is, in part, why those ready to stone had to back down. They were neither actually nor ritually clean ( ... )
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