Thank you. However it doesn't work for me that one word means another word. Especially not that it always does, or usually does. To me the word means what it means in context, not something else altogether.Yes. That is the line of thought. Thank you for understanding.
The "sort of code" is a law. The words in the OT are not speaking laws. The words in the OT are speaking according to the law. Jesus knew that and so it could seem he wasn't following OT said laws.
Imagine him telling the church that collecting silver and gold for their treasury of the lord is wrong. He tried to explain heavenly treasure is what the OT is saying. But that could mean no more silver and gold for the church.
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal".
That verse in James we were looking at before is an example of speech that is correct according to the law. James was speaking of the treasury of the Lord OT verse. I know he could only say something like that by actually knowing the law. I tried to show you how his words are perfectly said.
He combined parts of different "laws" and spoke them in their right places so the actual law is still being said. Like Flesh is a perfectly acceptable substitute for Brass. The law didn't change.
Just like Jesus saying the bread is the flesh and the wine is the blood. Nothing has changed from the OT.
Bread - Oil - Wine
Flesh - Bone - Blood
Brass - Silver - Gold
Explaining the law saying "one word is a seemingly unrelated word" will sound like nonsense. People could interpret that as talking about some sort of magic.
The violence said in the OT is also according to the same law/code. I will show you an example in three verses about three things.
With lower places and higher places, we have swords, spears, and bows:
"Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. Nehemiah".
Just like we have the sun, moon, and stars:
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. Corinthians
Listen carefully. This not violent nonsense. This combines both of the above into one. It is according to the law:
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. Habakkuk
The sun is as arrows (bow), and the moon is as spear:
Moon - Star - Sun
Spear - Sword - Bow
According to these three verses the sword is as star. Can you understand that?
So we can just agree to disagree
Best wishes