Exodus - 47 - VIDEO Lesson 11 part 1 - Ten Commandments/Sabbath - GOD NEVER CHANGES

About this episode

This episode explores whether Jesus changed the practices of Second Temple Judaism regarding the Sabbath and the law.

Does the Bible, specifically the New Testament, prove that Jesus changed the practices in Second Temple Judaism? Did Jesus do away with the old law, the TORAH, and start a new Sabbath on Sunday? It seems that if you study the New Testament in ENGLISH and separate it from the historical and ancient cultural context, the answer would be yes. However, the Bible was clearly meant for those first disciples like John and Mark and Matthew and Paul and Mary. God gave them His word so they understood it and passed it down to us. So, one might say they are the first audience. But, they are all Jewish, even Luke. There is a strong argument that Luke was Jewish. It isn't conclusive but very strong. Check it out at this link - https://www.levitt.com/essays/luke Thus, these Jewish believers lived in a Jewish culture 2000 years ago and they perhaps saw things and understood things a lot differently than us. For on thing we have proof that the early church, those first believers, met for the Sabbath on Friday evening to Saturday evening. (Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman, The Making of Jewish and Christian Worship (Notre Dame, 1991). And, CHRISTIAN HISTORY, "When did the Christian church…

People in this episode

Host: Rev John Ferret

Topics covered

• Ten Commandments
• Sabbath
• Second Temple Judaism
• New Testament
• Jewish culture
• Christian history

Keywords

• Jesus
• Sabbath
• Torah
• New Testament
• Jewish culture
• early church
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christianity Today, Notre Dame

Books & works: The Making of Jewish and Christian Worship, Exodus

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