The Reason the Old Testament Laws Exist • The Law Ep. 1

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Why did God give laws to the ancient Israelites? Join Tim and Jon as they go deep into the themes introduced in our video, "The Law." Learn about how the laws were given to the ancient Israelites and how they contribute to a larger narrative about human nature and God’s plan for creation.

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Ok it's funny how these guys make obeying God and reading the bible more of a blessing and happy bussiness rather than a burden love you pros

whitemewhite

Wish there were videos of these rather than just audios, even if it’s just John and Tim talking. Still more captivating than just the audio for those of us who learn visually as well.

barbaramccamish

No one taught me anything about the bible, how to read it, and understand it. So I basically just listen to the gospel in church, read any bible verses that I can read that is available to me through an app or any published version bible.

I have read Genesis but not wholly. However I watched the summary videos you have in this channel and in the Bible App. That is why I am very thankful for you guys! May God bless you in everything in your lives!

valjosephbacolod

A question others and myself have asked is "If God knew Israel was going to fail, then why would He keep trying with them and not just give up? Wouldn't letting them fail just be cruel?", and stuff along those lines. The answer I got was a reminder from God that He has a grand plan. So if you look at the story of Israel at face value you would think "oh that's horrible, how could a loving God allow such things to happen?", but if you allow God to show you the story from a grander perspective, from His point of view, we can see that their was a purpose to that story of Israel and how they failed. It's an example of what happens when you turn away from God and define good and evil for yourself, a message for the generations of the future. So we have a chance to learn from the mistakes of the past. Truly our God is full of grace, mercy and love. What a wonderful gift He has given us through His word all the way from Adam to Jesus.

comicsans

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mudkow

This was interesting. Whilst I am a Christian I spent many years studying the OT with Orthodox Jewish friends. Here are some ideas from the Jewish world that connect with the podcast:

1) the torah specifies that the law given to Moses is not a law for all times, people and places. The law given to Moses starting in exodus is a contrast to the rules given to noah and his descendants (everyone) in genesis 9.

2) The 10 commandments contain the seed of all the other commandments. If you read the lists of laws that follow, you will generally see that they follow the same order as the 10, or invert that order - making it feel like subsequent texts are spiralling out of the ten like the petals of a flower.

3) Part of this is that God isn't just giving commandments on Sinai but ways of thinking about justice and the commandments on the mountain. For example in the ten we are told not to murder, later as we go back over the ideas of the ten in the next list we get punishments for murder, and related laws (personal injury).

4) Another way this way of thinking is shown in the text are that the kinds of problems that create the need for the law often come before the law or after it. In a sense we are getting the concept of case law. This is how the previous commandments were applied in this circumstance- and this is the new obligations this application creates when we are thinking about similar circumstances.

5) Case law in the torah illustrates that torah isn't a sort of monolith that appears, and pulls us away from the world, but something that connects us more deeply to it and the God that made it. We can also see this by the way, that in persuit of understanding it, it in a sense invites you to learn ancient languages and do archaeology.

6) The reason that the Torah says that it will look wise to all nations, and it now doesn't so much is that since the bronze age we've been through this flowering process where the (predominantly protestant, but also Catholic, orthodox and Muslim more generally) nations have looked to the torah and its principles (e.g. human equality, human rights, property rights) of it and built their justice systems on it, and those nations have seen huge success and ended up exporting those laws and ideas around the world.

7) Meat and milk: the pagans were clearly boiling a kid in its mothers milk for a reason - so there is some underlying spiritual/symbolic reality there so its not sufficient to say that just because we have discovered who was doing the thing banned, we now know the reason why the ban exists - whilst as a Christian I am happy to eat milk/meet together, I am sympathetic to Jews who see the deep symbolism in this and don't.

I really like that your commentor spots that there is a parallel to the story of Israel in torah and the story of Adam and Eve. That makes a lot of sense. There are a lot of other parrallels to the story of Adam and Eve in the torah- but I had never spotted this one.

thoughtheglass

I love this podcast. Before I read a book of the bible, I listen to you guys to get an idea of what I'm reading.. I get a visual of the word too..

jessicamiller

I love the acknowledgement and revelation around the 41 to 42 minute mark when joking about waking up each morning putting on headset or headphones and having God give us directions for that day.

The revelation that just telling us as humans isn’t good enough - we needed the Holy Spirit which is what Yeshua says could only come if he was to ascend to heaven, John 16.

We need the Holy Spirit to write God‘s law on heart according Jeremiah 31:33 as well He will put His Spirit in us to cause use to walk in his laws Ezekiel 36:26…. All because as you said Tim… we needed something more than to be told what to do.

ToTheTorahAndTheTestimony

Thank you for sharing this podcast guys! It's a blessing to listen to these things and be able to know them. May the peace and grace in Yeshua abound in you guys more and more 🙌🏻

enmanueldavidmelero

Love how Tim shares the authors. I can’t take notes fast enough so I buy books. But I can’t read fast enough either. They need to have bibles with blank pages in between chapters for notes. But in classroom I have plenty of paper for notes.

susanna

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)
"Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." (Romans 13:10)
"The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14)
"If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself, " you are doing well" (James 2:8)

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