We’ve been looking at the advent and incarnation of The Redeemer from the perspective of His spiritual enemies. From the point of view of Satan and his minions, Jesus was a hostile force who had come to conquer them and take their territory. Having failed to prevent Jesus’ advent and being unable to personally defeat…
We’ve been looking at some of the myths about the Law and the 5th Dispensation. In this final post on the subject we’ll discuss a set of myths that are both pervasive and controversial – the idea that God’s Law is meant to make us feel bad about stuff that makes us feel good. The…
In the last post we began to looking at some of the myths about the Law and the 5th Dispensation. We saw that the rules of the Law were not meant to repress the Israelites, but were intended to show them the optimal way to live and prosper and to make them good ambassadors to…
In the 5th Dispensation, God gave His nation, Israel a volume of commands and instructions collectively called the Law. The particulars of the Law are very detailed and specific, and Israel’s compliance with them was non-negotiable (they were commands after all). The Israelites were promised great blessings and prosperity if they obeyed the Law, and…
When we do wrong, we need some kind of justification to address our guilt-debt. Thinking contrastively about our wrongdoings can lead to righteousness. If instead we are comparative in our thinking, then we rationalize our wrongs or do something in order to justify ourselves. I call this Justification of Man. The actions we do to…