Rendering Matthew 5:18 null, in your position.
Respectfully, only in your mind Posthuman.
Has then all been fulfilled?
Have the saints in
Daniel 7 been given the kingdom from the beast? No.
Has the Messiah returned to rule from Jerusalem and does he require the nations to come to Jerusalem every Feast of Tabernacles in
Zechariah 14? No.
Do the people of God still need to be taught about Him in classes/seminary/bible schools or do all of His people know Him without requiring teaching as promised in
Jeremiah 31:24? Is His laws in the hearts? No.
These are just a few of the things still outstanding.
sorry but i don't see anything in scripture saying any of these things are true.
Ex 19 - God promised to make Israel
a nation of priests if they obeyed. The people agreed to the covenant that they would obey the voice of God.
Ex 20 - 3 days later, the covenant was
ratified in blood and the voice spoke the commandments, but people couldn't bear to hear the voice.
Ex 20-23 - So the judgments are spoken to Moses.
Ex 24:1-3 - Moses tells all the judgments to the people and they agree to obey.
Ex 24:7 - Moses reads "
all the words in the book of the covenant" and again the people agreed to obey.
All the words of the covenant are the commandments and judgments. No sacrificing was mentioned. Look it up. Blood is sprinkled on the people.
Ratified.
Ex 24:12-13 - Moses is told to come to get the tablets of stone and the law to teach the people.
Ex 25-31 - Instructions for the tabernacle, a priesthood, and purifying the altar/blood, as well as the tablets are given to Moses so that God can dwell among the people.
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Note: At this point, the book was completed, the law was completed, and the tablets were completed. No offering for sin & iniquity was ever mentioned. No works to remedy sin & iniquity were mentioned.
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Ex 32 -
The Golden Calf. The people broke the covenant 40 days into it. God says He will destroy them all but Moses mediates on their behalf. God cooled down, however, Moses himself went and judged the people and broke the tablets. The Tribe of Levi, Moses' tribe, kills many sinners. Moses goes back to God to atone and ask for forgiveness, but God says He will "blot out" anyone who sinned against Him. A plague falls on the people killing many.
Again, no sacrifice for sin instructed yet. No remedy for sin to rehearse...but they're coming.
Ex 33-34 - God tells the people where to go but tells them He's not going to be among them because He could end them based on how He feels. The people mourn. Mose writes
two new sets of tablets.
Ex 34:9-32 - God descends
AGAIN and says that He
makes a covenant with Israel through Moses; pronouncing the commandments
AGAIN and then commands Moses
to write all that He speaks. Remember, He already did this, so this was "a NEW covenant" being struck. This took
ANOTHER 40 days. Moses then went down and commanded the people all he was told. Only this time...
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Note: After their trespass, only
Levites became priests because they sided with Moses and killed trespassers. The 1st time around only the judgments were given (i.e. "shall nots"). The 2nd time around, Moses was told to write all God speaks and we are then given the book of
"Leviticus". Meanwhile, in Numbers, the
Levites were chosen as God's personal possession since they sided with Moses at the golden calf.
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So, before Israel trespassed, just the Commandments and Judgments were given to be obeyed. This was the whole law, with the promise of ALL of Israel to become a nation of priests (yes, the Melchizedek priesthood was promised at Mt. Sinai).
After Israel trespassed, "Leviticus" was added. This was added to the whole law they needed to obey, and the Levitical priesthood was established to administer these additions.
Gal 3:19 [brackets mine]
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator [Moses]
After Christ redeemed Israel, "Leviticus" as it was given was no longer necessary and it went back to the original setup of the law where
ALL of Israel could become priests again (Melchizedek).
Ex 19:6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Peter 1:1-2:9
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen...
2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
When Matthew 5:18 took place Christ had not yet fulfilled His duty as priest and the temple still stood.
Do you see the problem with what you said?
Messiah was indeed a priest
as soon as He was anointed by John and received the Holy Spirit. The Pharisees didn't recognize Him as one. He was operating as a priest for His entire ministry
after baptism: forgiving sin, working/healing on the Sabbath, interpreting the law, speaking for God, receiving and giving gifts...and eventually, making sacrifice (i.e. His body).
John 2:19-21
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up
Matthew 12:6
But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
You're saying jots and tittles are constantly being removed ((and added!)) making His words there practically meaningless - having no solid definition whatsoever.
No...I didn't. Please don't be disingenuous and please don't strawman. This is what *I* said.
5) Has God amended His law?
A: Yes, several times
3/3/23 Edit: [please read through Exodus and Numbers...in fact, Deutero-nomy literally means "second law" or "(reading) the law a second time"]
6) Does that involve the adding or taking away of potions of law?
A: Yes
Let's perform an exercise...
You as Israel agree to obey all God tells you to do.
On Monday, He tells you to walk east.
On Tuesday through Thursday, you get no other word from Him but "keep walking".
On Friday, He tells you to walk west.
What will you do? His word is Law. He told you to do
everything He tells you to do, but in the past, He told you to walk east. Today, He tells you to walk west. Would you argue with Him claiming His original directions are then meaningless? Is it not still true that you must obey EVERYTHING God tells you to do?
If He later tells Israel they no longer need to perform Leviticus but still must obey the commandments, they still must do
everything He says.
Matt 5:17-19 [Brackets mine]
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [destroy =/= fulfill]
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
This is literally instructions to obey the commandments and teach others to do so.
The solution is Romans 7:1-6
And when Paul writes 'the Law' there he clearly means the whole Law, all of Moses. There is simply no other definition of 'the Law' in scripture except all of it.
If there is no law then there is no sin.
Paul says in verse 1 that he is speaking to those who understood the law. He said this purposefully because otherwise, it implies that whoever doesn't understand Moses won't understand the next point he makes. He's referring to the law of marriage in Romans 7. Only death frees a person to REMARRY their
former spouse per the law. It is NOT the law that dies by faith, it is the believer.
The very fact that the law
IS STILL IN FORCE is the reason why YOU/I must die by faith...and die
daily.
If the law was no longer in force after the Cross we would not need to die by faith daily.
