(May 3, 2015 at 11:51 am)Pyrrho Wrote: Why would Jesus say the stuff about heaven and earth passing, if, as you claim, it is totally irrelevant to what he was saying? Does Jesus intentionally try to confuse people and mislead them into error?
You can't just take an isolated verse and interpret it only in that light, which is why I brought up some other related verses. This is my interpretation, which I have come about through studying the whole bible. The bible clearly says that christians are not under the law and that's always been the belief of orthodox christianity. First of all, the old testament was given only to the Jews, through Moses at Mt Sinai, and Gentiles were never under that law. In Matthew, Jesus was speaking to the Jews who were still under the law. He was telling them that the law would always be valid for them as long as the earth existed. If they could follow the law, then they could be saved by that, but none of them could do that. Jesus was the only person who lived who followed the law perfectly and, therefore, fulfilled the requirements of the law. If the Jews followed him, they would be covered by his righteousness and be saved through him. If they didn't, then they would not be free from the law. The law will always exist until the end of the world, but those who follow Christ are not bound to it. We do have a moral code to live by, and if we follow Jesus, we will desire to live moral lives. If we don't desire to live morally, then we are not followers of Christ.
