Paul, Torah, Bestiality, Gay Marriage and the New Testament It is clear to many that the Old Testament and particularly Torah was used by the early Christians to demonstrate the truth of the gospel. Some are not aware or choose to ignore this. They seek to impose Torah on others claiming that because the apostles used it to convince the Jews about Christ, it must be used today. While some teach that the law ended at the cross, it did not. According to Matthew 5:17-18, the law would continue until all was fulfilled. Not till heaven and earth passed would one jot or tittle ...

The Handwriting of Ordinances In Colossians 2:14, Paul speaks of blotting out the handwriting of ordinances. Some take blotting out the handwriting of ordinances to mean that Christ brought and end to the Law of Moses and that following His death, it was no longer in effect.  Some reason that the law was fulfilled completely at the cross. In the  debate on the End of Torah with Don Preston, D. Div., Kurt Simmons seeks to establish this point.  Many believe the same. Simmons and Blotting Out The Handwriting of Ordinances. Simmons writes:  "The handwriting of ordinances here is not the Ten Commandments as is commonly supposed, but a memorandum, ...

Law of Moses and Amillennial Eschatology In the previous study on 2 Corinthians Chapter 3, we discussed the Law of Moses showing that it continued beyond Jesus' death on the cross in A.D. 3. We also demonstrated that it was yet in the process of being fulfilled when Paul wrote the second epistle. Thirdly, we demonstrated that the fulfillment of the Law of Moses was Paul's hope. There is but one hope of the gospel (Eph. 4:5). Therefore, the fulfillment of the Law of Moses fulfills the gospel hope. A Personal Update: Since my last post I had a major computer crash due ...