I know what 20 million people don't do. They don't stone anyone to death, they don't perform animal sacrifices for atonement, they don't do 600+ of the commands of the Mosaic Law.
Which of the 600+ ordinances (2 Kings 17:37) of the Mosaic Law do you believe are merely suggestions and not commands?
Citing chapter and verse of these "mere suggestions" would help.
2 King 17:37
And the
statutes, the
ordinances, the
law, and the
commandment which He wrote for you.
For you to claim that Matt 5:17-19 is not talking about the Law of Moses in its TOTALITY is curious indeed.
Perhaps I should re-ask the question this way:
What Law did Christ's original hearers think he was referring to when he mentioned the law and the prophets (5:17) along with its jots and tittles (5:18) and its commands that must be kept even to the least of them (5:19)?
Are these not the "ordinances" of Law of Moses you yourself referenced in 2 Kings?
I just want to get back to what
Matthew 5:17-19 SAYS.
I'll state it in the positive: the passage of
Matthew 5:17-19 says that not one jot nor tittle of the Law of Moses will pass UNTIL heavens/earth pass away and, THEREFORE, whoever breaks the very least of the commands in the Law of Moses and teaches others to do so will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Now, Jesus said that until Heaven/earth passes the Law of Moses must be kept even to its very least commands. Simple, wasn't it?