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The Law of God
- Thread starter Nakosis
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The law(s) of god are just basic rules of human civilization with the word god stuck in there to make it sound religious.
It's said in the Zohar and elsewhere in different words: "HaShem is concealed from our minds but revealed in our hearts."
To those who have learned to listen to their "hearts", the law of love is revealed.
"Love is the main, positive quality that moves, controls & connects all parts in the universe." Rav Michael Laitman
The challenge and the path is to be aware especially of one's words and deeds and to measure them against the standard of love and ever seek to become more loving.
Altfish
Veteran Member
I don't think they are even as good as that!
The 10 Commandments are rubbish. Half of them are irrelevant relating to observing the sabbath and having no other gods.
Any fool could write 10 better commandments.
Heyo
Veteran Member
If you are a Christian and believe the Gospels are accurate, read Mark 12:28 to 32.
That's all you need to know.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
There are 613 Commandments obligatory for Jews but not Gentiles, and they can be found here: The 613 Mitzvot (Commandments) (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
I was more interested in the love one another than the bow down to me because I'm the greatest bull poop
Like, just being a decent person?
Yup
Yes, well since I'm not particularly fond of myself, this makes it easier for me than maybe some others.
Some of us aren't really taught love.
Moshe Shlomo
New Member
I'll take a jab at answering your question from an orthodox Jewish point of view.
According to the OT, there are 2 distinct sets of laws:
1) 7 Noachide commandments given to Noah after the flood which apply to ALL of humanity (including Jews). These 7 laws happen to be very similar to the 10 Commandments, minus a few, such as Keeping the Sabbath Holy, coveting, etc.
2) 613 OT Biblical laws which apply specifically to Jews and of course converts to Judaism.
7+613= 620 The Gematria of 620= CROWN in Hebrew, which means that the only way to "Crown" G-d as king over the world is if all of Humanity is doing what they are supposed to be doing.
The reason why the Jewish nation is given so many more commandments, is because they were charged with being "a holy nation and a kingdom of priests" and to "be a light to the nations", which requires extra effort in the holiness department to be effective. Anyone who wants to do more than the 7 laws, can convert to Judaism but is in no way obligated to so.
Wildswanderer
Veteran Member
34 I give you a new law. That law is, "Love each other." As I have loved you, so you also love each other.
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Hebrews 7:12
For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.
James 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Galatians 3:24
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Ephesians 2:15
By abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
Galatians 5:4
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Romans 7:6
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
Matthew 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Hebrews 8:13
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Galatians 2:19
For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.
1 Corinthians 9:21
To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Jedster
Flying through space
The way I heard that was that the whole world is like a candle, with the Jewish nation being the wick and the other nations being the wax.
Together they make the whole.
Welcome to RF, I hope you brought your boxing gloves
nPeace
Veteran Member
To get the answer, reading the Bible is required.
Here are some scriptures that can help.
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:7-9:5; Hebrews 9:11-18; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:15-25; 2 Corinthians 3:4-4:15; Galatians 3:19-25; Romans 6; Romans 7
These scripture show that law is not the mitzvot of the OT, nor the 10 commandments, but is the law of the Messiah, which is given to those in the new covenant, which replaces the old.
This law is the law of love, which includes the ministry -of salvation, the new commandment of self-sacrificing love among Christ's brothers, and love among his disciples.
It involves practicing righteousness, and demonstrating faith.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Is Gods law is not a repeat of the laws of Hammurabi or or those of Ashoka? The tablet which God gave to Moses is broken, but we still have Ashokas edicts. Edicts of Ashoka - Wikipedia
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These days even familial love can be in short supply.