These "human traditions" actually didn't violate the Law and, as a matter of fact, they were put there to try and safeguard the Law.
IOW, the "oral law", as it's called in Judaism, was based on traditions passed down from Sinai, court decisions that occurred later, and to try and prevent "fudging" on the Law. In Exodus, God tells Moses to create courts because there's going to be the need for making decisions in regards to the application of the Law, and the main purposes of the oral law was to both clarify and protect the Law, and also to provide judgments when it comes to applications of the Law.
The kosher Laws are part of the 613 Commandments found in Torah that Jews have an obligation to follow but non-Jews don't. So, it would make no sense for someone to say they observe the Law if they only follow the first 10 but ignore the remaining 603.
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Hiya Metis
Interesting point about the Law. While it was fully in effect when Jesus was on earth, It was Jesus who actually pointed out the overstepping by the Priests, and that they "made the word of God invalid', because of their burdensome 'oral traditions' of men, rather than sticking to the actual law as presented to them by God.
The law was perfect. It didn't need 'tweaking' or 'adding to'. But the Pharisees and Sadducees let their pride and desire to exercise power over others, lead them to become greedy, arrogant, and overstep the Law of Moses as it was given. The people needed a Savior to deliver them from the burdensome yoke of the wicked priests that had veered away from the teachings of the Law, and substituted their own. Those who followed Jesus , you know, became enemies of the priests, outcasts, and many were fed to lions for entertainment in the Roman arenas. It was very dangerous to step away from the Pharisees and follow Jesus.
Notice, that because of the wicked priests, the people were burdened down and it made their worship burdensome. We aren't talking about individual Jews, we are talking about the 'clergy' class.
(At last count, there were 27 congregations of JW's in the political nation of Israel that exists today.) This topic is about the Religious leaders who didn't want Jesus , because he went strictly by God's law, and not the ones that the Priests made up for their own benefit and power over the congregation.
Interesting to note also, is the fact that those 'Jews' were born into Judaism, it was not anything that they had to make a personal decision about, or a dedication to, as Christians have to do. The difference between Judaism then and Christianity, is that a person must choose to devote themselves to following the Christ, and doing the will of God, and then symbolize that dedication by water baptism. Big difference. A matter of the heart. Not a birthright.
The example of how they were 'making the house of God a den of thieves, as Jesus stated, when He cleansed His Father's House, by overturning the tables of the money changers, and forming a rope and driving the animals out of the temple. They were taking advantage of poor people, charging them outrageous amounts for livestock that was blemished, that they could offer up as a sacrifice for their sins. Much can be said about that, but not enough space here. haha suffice it to say, that Jesus was not a happy camper, and they all scattered. But after his death, ofcourse, they came right back with a vengeance. Right back to scamming the people.
The religious leaders are the ones that made Judaism look bad, not Christ. He simply showed them up for what they were. And Jesus fulfilled the Law Covenant by his own shed blood, and instituted the New Covenant with those who came out of the clutches of the wicked priests. The New congregation of Dedicated ones that ate the last meal with Christ, became "Spiritual Israel", as part of the New Covenant implemented that very night of His death. These same ones, in the upper room, a week or so later, became 'filled with holy spirit', and given the gift of speaking and having all who heard them, hear what they were saying 'in his own language', so that the message got heard by all of the varying language groups that had come into Jerusalem to for the Festival of Pentecost, and they took the message back with them to their own homes, and the word about the Christ spread quickly throughout 'the world' that existed at that time.
What do you think about this? I could show the scriptures if need be, but it sure does take up a lot of space, and you may already know how to find them for your research.
wonderful day today, hope you are enjoying the nice weather.
