The very same people who argue that Jesus fulfilled the law and so that's why they are not required to stone impudent children to death, don't seem to believe that he fulfiled Genesis too and so they are not required to accept it.
2006-09-09 04:19:07 · 15 answers · asked by lenny 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
'the law' as referred to in the New Testament is the Pentatuch; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 'the prophets' is the remainder of the Jewish scriptures.
2006-09-09 04:27:55 · update #1
Yes..lol .. there is an obvious paradox there ... Beauty and Bands .. is maybe subject to schizoid whims? .. not harm a hair on the child's head one day ... not spare the rod the next? ...lol
2006-09-09 13:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is in Genesis that you do not want to accept? That we were created? That there was a flood that covered the Earth? If you fulfill something does not mean it is still not true or to be taken as truth. What law do you see in Genesis that would be fulfilled? I see a lot of history but no laws that were to be fulfilled. So do you really know anything about what you are asking or just something someone told you? Jesus fulfilled the sacrificial system laws so they are no longer in effect, more widely known as the Mosaic law. Now if you are speaking of the Ten Commandments, they are a whole different thing than the Mosaic law that was fulfilled and done away with. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the ark of the Covenent but the law of Moses was placed on the outside of the ark to be used against the people that did not do as God instructed. So there were two laws, one that was fulfilled in one way and one that was fulfilled in another way, that it was kept without being broken. So no, we are not required to accept the old Mosaic law that dealt with the sacrificial system but we are to keep the TEn Commandment law that deals with our duty to God and our fellow man. Maybe you should read up on your subject matter next time before making such a big mistake.
2006-09-09 11:28:16 · answer #2 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus said..It is finished, on the cross, He at that moment had fulfilled the law. Galations chapter 3 / Ephesians 2:12 / Romans 2:14 / Romans 7:4 explains. In other words, it was our schoolmaster to show us all the history of times. Gentiles were not ever under the law. But through Jesus's death burial and resurrection,he brought GRACE unto all even unto the gentiles to provoke His people to jealousy. There are plenty more places to read. Let me know if this helps you.
2006-09-09 11:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What in the world does one have to do with the other. Jesus didn't abolish the old testament, he fulfilled the law and prophecies.
[Mat 5:17] "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
[Mat 5:18] Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.
2006-09-09 11:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by Robert L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus quoted Genesis himself. Why should we not. Besides, I think you are confusing law with the facts of creation and the early history of the world.
Jesus fulfilled the promises of the old testament and instituted a new covenant. Genesis is history, Jesus did not fulfill history, He fulfilled prophecy.
2006-09-09 11:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's that way in pretty much every religion. People tend to focus in on the passages that reinforce what they already believe. It's why Islamic jihadists pretty much only focus on passages that deal with killing infidels, and it's equally why fundamentalist Christians will zero in on Sodom and Gomorrah from Genesis as a reason why homosexuality is evil even as they ignore all of the laws laid out in Leviticus and Exodus, citing them as not being important anymore. It's why Reform Jews pick and choose what old rites and laws get observed and which ones can be discarded, even as all of them are still in the holy books. In other words, these people are all hypocrites, and self-serving in what they choose to emphasize in their holy books.
2006-09-09 11:26:44 · answer #6 · answered by Tommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God's law is eternal. Jesus fulfilled another law. He didn't fulfill the 10 commandments.
2006-09-09 11:23:34 · answer #7 · answered by R.C.P. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis is an historical account. It is not a law.
Although it is part of "the law" in the phrase "the law and the prophets". Where "law" merely refers to the Torah.
2006-09-09 11:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by mikemckewl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does the book of Genesis, and the creation of the world in particular, have to do with the law?
2006-09-09 11:25:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
read Mathew 5"17--he came to "fulfill the law" not to do away with it. Fulfill means to "keep". He says very plainly the law was not done away with.We are to keep it out of love for Him.
2006-09-09 11:23:07 · answer #10 · answered by clear_skyzz 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋