Preterism - separating the orthodox from the heretical.

BABerean2 said:

Jesus Christ is the only person to ever keep the Law.

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mkgal1 said:

From what I understand - this issue Paul was addressing was about one specific part of the Law (circumcision). The people of Galatia were mostly uncircumcised Gentiles (of whom the Law of Moses wasn't relevant)....and the Judaizers were spreading the heresy that Gentiles must be circumcised in order to be followers of Christ. The trouble was - again, as far as I understand - this was creating a hybrid religion that God didn't intend. The Law was fading away (in the fullness of His time it would disappear)....and circumcision wasn't meant for Gentiles. They were heirs of a "better promise" going back to Galatians 3 (still with Abraham as their shared father with the Jews just as Ishmael & Isaac shared Abraham as their father):

Galatians 3:29 ~ And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.

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....the question - addressed in Galatians 4 - was "who is your mother?".....works of the flesh or His promise? Those that aligned themselves with the bondwoman (relying on circumcision for salvation) and rejected the "free woman" as their "mother" were due to be cast out and denied inheritance from the Father.

From Adam Clarke's commentary on Gal 4:
Verse 30
What saith the Scripture? - (In Genesis 21:10 ) : Cast out the bond woman and her son: and what does this imply in the present case? Why, that the present Jerusalem and her children shall be cast out of the favor of God, and shall not be heirs with the son of the free woman - shall not inherit the blessings promised to Abraham, because they believe not in the promised seed.

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Erik Nelson said:

Hebrews 8:13, the Old Covenant was still "passing away" c.63 AD when Saint Paul wrote to the Jerusalem Jewish Christian congregation, to console them in the wake of their Bishop James' martyrdom

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Erik Nelson said:

only one to keep it perfectly, yes

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mkgal1 said:

It's how people became "children of the flesh" (Old Covenant Israelites) as opposed to "children of the promise" - New Covenant Israel (which is what was being set against each other in the New Testament/New Covenant).

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BABerean2 said:

Circumcision is a part of the Abrahamic Covenant.
The son of the bondwoman was also circumcised.

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BABerean2 said:

Not according to what Paul said in Galatians 3:16-29.

Paul said the law was "added" 430 years "after" the promise made to Abraham "until" the seed (Christ) could come to whom the promise was made.

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LittleLambofJesus said:

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Of which, circumcision was one critical aspect of what converts to Judaism were supposed to do in order to be considered an Israelite under the old covenant:
BAB.
This thread is on Preterism.......not dispensationalism/covenantle theology........

Preterism - separating the orthodox from the heretical.

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BABerean2 said: ↑
Jesus Christ is the only person to ever keep the Law..

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Erik Nelson said:

only one to keep it perfectly, yes

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LittleLambofJesus said:

What does all of that have to do with the topic of this thread?

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BABerean2 said:

Many Preterists claim the Old Covenant remained in effect until 70 AD.
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LittleLambofJesus said:

So? Many preterists see 70AD Jerusalem in Revelation 18.........And your point?

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