Christians when the pope allows gay marriage.
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I have a friend who is a messianic Jew. Should we all be like that as Christians? Christ definitely said he didn’t come to destroy but to fulfill the law. Like with eating pork, I always saw the vision that Peter had to be permission
As I understand Christ's teachings...
Christians should aim to exceed the Jewish by not only keeping the law but also forsaking malice for forgiveness. Basically that even the crude law of Moses was just a tool for the times. Christians are not freed of it, rather they are tasked by Christ to transcend it. That simply living by the letter of the law isn't sufficient.
Now, on that note...
There are a couple items in Leviticus that I'm prepared to say probably could be scratched out, like the prohibitions on certain foods. Any time Leviticus marks something EXTERNAL TO HUMAN NATURE AND BEHAVIOR as bad, it is borne out of primitive science, and fair game for scrutiny.
We knew back then that trichinosis existed, but we couldn't explain what it was, so it was lumped into the category of things which are simply bad.
And the fact that some things are labeled an abomination is another thing all together
MMMhmmm.
Consider "eye for an eye". The Law of Moses sets out a practical minimum for the functioning of a state. Blood for blood. But Christ basically says that while this is the law, it's not the ideal of behavior that you should approve of seeing the murderer "justly" die. This doesn't reflect well on YOU, and Christ's message is about you the individual, your behavior, and your relationship to God.
That’s pretty much what I’ve been taught throughout life. I didn’t know you were a Christian. Thought you were an atheist for some reason