Messianic Judiasm: Is The Torah For Today?

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/messianic-judaism-3-torah-for-today/">website</a>.</p><p>Main ideas:</p><ul><li>Matthew 5:17-20 is an important passage for Messianics. Yet the <i>commands</i> Jesus refers to are not the typically "Jewish" mitzvoth, but dealing with anger and lust, being persons of integrity, loving enemies, etc. (We referred to 1 Corinthians 1:17, and also compared John 9:39 to John 12:47, since they illustrate how a verse out of context can easily be misinterpreted.)</li><li>A change in priesthood requires a change in law (Heb 7:11-12; 8:13).</li><li>Jesus set aside the Law in order to create a new humanity, comprising Jew and Gentile (Ephesians 2:14-15).</li><li>Key features of Torah do <i>not</i> map over to Christianity (kosher law, circumcision, animal sacrifices, priesthood, tithing, warfare). Neither do <i>100s</i> of other (less weighty) commands!</li><li>The <i>Torah</i>—like the Prophets (<i>Nevi'im</i>)—is God's <i>word</i> for us. But it is not God's <i>law</i> for us.</li></ul>