Today’s Word
The Jewish Gospel
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 NASB Son of God – Jewish orthodox rabbi Daniel Boyarin (yes, the Daniel Boyarin) wrote The Jewish Gospels, just published this year. In it he makes the claim that the gospels are thoroughly Jewish, including the idea of a divine Messiah…
Zekhut
“And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’” Matthew 25:40 NASB The least – Benevolence toward others without any expectation of gain. That’s the idea. …
Sin’s Opposite
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17 NASB Right thing – Two factors are immediately apparent from James’ statement. First, sin attaches to what I know, not what I don’t know. And second, if I know what is the right…
Rabbi Paul
for not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. Romans 2:13 NASB Will be justified – It’s hard to escape the obvious implication of Paul’s statement. What matters is doing Torah. Anything less means exclusion from the Kingdom. Paul’s words are a fatal blow…
Pattern Paradigms
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 NASB Son of God – “What the sages have done with Scripture then becomes clear. They have taken its narrative and discerned a pattern within it, and this pattern then has guided them in thinking about the present. Whatever happens finds…
Concluding Postscript
My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you have destroyed all those who go astray from you. Psalm 73:26-27 Hebrew World translation Have destroyed – Justice will prevail. Oh, we like the sound…
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