“Do not think that I have come to put an end to the Law,” Jesus said. Then he added I have come “to fulfill” it (Matt 5:17).<\/p>\n
This week the Sabbath reading includes the ten words (aka commandments) from Moses’ Law book, “Names,” (aka Exodus).<\/p>\n
Every year, year after year,\u00a0Jesus’ friends and neighbors gathered Sabbath day to Sabbath day to read the Law of Moses. Plus the priests read the Law at the Temple feasts.<\/p>\n
In Jesus’ experience, whenever he spoke about the Law, his listeners only had to think of their previous Sabbath synagogue reading to consider his meaning.<\/p>\n
Reading Jesus’ story today, the familiarity with the Law as well as the shock of Jesus’ words is often lost.<\/p>\n
So consider this. It would be like someone telling Americans about re-writing the U. S. Constitution because there is a way of governing better than its democracy.<\/p>\n
And of course, to make the illustration completely parallel, Americans would need to read and re-read excerpts from the Constitution every Saturday.<\/p>\n
“I have not come to put an end to the Constitution but to fulfill it!” Whoa. What does that mean?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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