@@Paul@@ said:
Mat 23:2-3 KJV Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: (3) All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
I'm sure this has been asked before; I just can't find anything for the life of me
I know Moses' seat has to do with Authority; i'm wondering where that authority came from and how it was set up... (The short version is fine
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Paul
Moses' Seat had specificlly to do with th making of halakah, that is the legal determinations based on the Torah on how things were to be done to follow Torah and honor G-d. In Yeshua's day this was handled by the Sanhedrin with a learned Rabbi who was the Rosh, or Head authority........
The succession of Moses's Seat to Yeshua's time is given in the first chapter of the Ethics of the Fathers, aka Pirkei Avot.
Find it here:
http://www.shechem.org/torah/avot.html
"Moses received the Torah from Sinai.....and transmitted it to Yehoshua....." At verse 16 you will run into a name you may recognize - Gamaliel ........
Acts 5
26 The captain and his officers went and brought them, but not with force; because they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
27 They conducted them to the Sanhedrin, where the cohen hagadol demanded of them,
28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name! Look here! you have filled Yerushalayim with your teaching; moreover, you are determined to make us responsible for this man's death!"
29 Kefa/Peter and the other emissaries answered, "We must obey G-d, not men.
30 The G-d of our fathersl raised up Yeshua, whereas you men killed him by having him hanged on a stake.
31 G-d has exalted this man at his right handn as Ruler and Savior, in order to enable Isra'el to do t'shuvah and have her sins forgiven.
32 We are witnesses to these things; so is the Ruach HaKodesh, whom G-d has given to those who obey him."
33 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were infuriated and wanted to put the emissaries to death.
34 But one of the members of the Sanhedrin rose to his feet,
a Parush named Gamli'el, a teacher of the Torah highly respected by all the people. He ordered the men put outside for a little while
35 and then addressed the court: "Men of Isra'el, take care what you do to these people.
36 Some time ago, there was a rebellion under Todah, who claimed to be somebody special; and a number of men, maybe four hundred, rallied behind him. But upon his being put to death, his whole following was broken up and came to nothing.
37 After this, Y'hudah HaG'lili led another uprising, back at the time of the enrollment for the Roman tax; and he got some people to defect to him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
38 So in the present case, my advice to you is not to interfere with these people, but to leave them alone. For if this idea or this movement has a human origin, it will collapse.
39 But if it is from G-d, you will not be able to stop them; you might even find yourselves fighting G-d!" They heeded his advice.
and
Acts 22
1 "Brothers and fathers! Listen to me as I make my defense before you now!"
2 When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they settled down more; so he continued:
3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city and
trained at the feet of Gamli'el in every detail of the Torah of our forefathers. I was a zealot for G-d, as all of you are today.
4 I persecuted to death the followers of this Way, arresting both men and women and throwing them in prison.
5 The cohen hagadol and the whole Sanhedrin can also testify to this.
