Recent content by Adam Raffell

  1. Adam Raffell

    Exodus 20 explained?

    I've posted elsewhere my reading of Romans 9-11 I think, but I just can't share the interpretation above. I think we have to flip the logic on it's head and say that because Jesus is Messiah, and yes in that sense Israel's representative as you say (although representative, not 'replacement'...
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    Exodus 20 explained?

    It's interesting how a debate about Israel has appeared in relation to a question about images. It could be a separate debate, but I think there really is an important link to be made. When the Word becomes flesh, the eternal God takes on a particular, historical human form. That's something...
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    any support for Israel

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    any support for Israel

    I agree with Dave-W's position at that the conclusion of Romans 11, Paul clarifies very exactly what he means by "all Israel". Israel here clearly includes the Jewish people. "As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved...
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    Is the Sabbath Commandment proof that the TCs are not for Christians?

    Thanks Saint Steven for the warm welcome! Surely though Jesus' referring to not abolishing the prophets as well as the law is because they are so interwoven, not only in the sense that the books remain relevant as part of our cannon (which I also agree with by the way). If you abolish the law...
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    Is the Sabbath Commandment proof that the TCs are not for Christians?

    I don't think it's possible to square the view that Shabbat (Sabbath) or the Ten Commandments are not for Christians with Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5:17ff “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell...
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    YHVH's relationship to Jews...

    Jesus is Torah made flesh. He gave the Torah and He is the Torah. The Torah cannot be understood as 'another way' to God. If we take our Trinitarian theology seriously, Jesus was the One who gave it to the Jewish people in the first place! When all is said and done it's going to lead to Him...
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    When did/will the old covenant end?

    Good question and thank you for raising. The most obvious reading would indeed suggest the 'first' covenant (defined above at the 'Mosaic') is nullified. "In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete." Hebrews 8:13 My answer to this would depend upon a need to compare and...
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    When did/will the old covenant end?

    The first question to answer is which 'Old' Covenant'? There are at least five covenants in the Bible between God and human beings, usually the Noaic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic and the New Covenants, and possibly more. We might assume that by the 'Old' covenant we really mean the Mosaic one...