Examples, Commands, Necessary Inferences

Hi Ray,

 

I hope your visit to the doctor yesterday was profitable for you and not only for him.

 

Sunday, Herb mentioned commands, examples, and necessary inferences. Have you ever wondered if that was the way Jesus thought?

 

The manner in which Israel was to prepare the lamb and eat the Passover is clearly described in Exodus 12 but in Matthew the manner in which Jesus and His Disciples ate the Passover meal reads more like a meal in a restaurant.

 

How about not following an example?

 

In Moses' retelling of the events recorded in Exodus he repeats the punishment for sexual immorality?

 

In Deuteronomy 22:22-29 God told the people the punishment to be meted out on a woman and or a man for sexually immorality.

 

In the New Testament we have the story about Mary being found to be pregnant and we are told because he was a just or righteous man and was unwilling to put her to shame Joseph was going to divorce her quietly instead of following the Law. 

 

In Genesis that God blessed the seventh day and made it Holy and he rested. We don't hear any more about it until Israel had left Egypt and was at Mt Sinai and God provided food on the sixth day so no work would be done on the seventh day. Notice gathering food was among the work not to be performed. When it was included in the Law no work was to be done by neither man nor beast nor visitors (women were probably allowed to cook and fetch water and pickup after their man etc). Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man's benefit and appears to have done what the Israelites were forbidden to do and that was to gather food on the Sabbath.

 

Are we too hung up on examples and not functions?

Regards,
John Jenkins

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Gatlinburg, TN
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