tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143697192802548581.post5904939618182937544..comments2024-02-05T00:22:41.291-08:00Comments on Orthodox Messianic Judaism: Is "Under Law" a Group Descriptor That Describes Only Jews? Or Does It Occasionally Refer to Gentiles?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143697192802548581.post-82485752107492754062013-10-24T11:43:47.988-07:002013-10-24T11:43:47.988-07:00Well said... Well said... Zionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143697192802548581.post-28326321140001342602013-10-24T11:02:49.610-07:002013-10-24T11:02:49.610-07:00It seems possible that the passage should be inter...It seems possible that the passage should be interpreted not personally, but collectively, describing the experience of the community. It could thus be that it looks back from the perspective of the revealed redemption in Messiah to earlier generations, in which this redemption was not yet known as it is now. It may thus be that all believers are included in this expression "under [the] law", not only the Jews but the Gentiles also, since the Gentiles have become Covenant members in and through Messiah (cf. Gal. 3:29). <br /><br />So my tentative approach would be to read this passage as dealing with the redeemed community as a whole, and take it as looking back from the present viewpoint to former generations of this community. <br /><br />Just as in Paul's reference to "our fathers" which were "under the cloud" in I Cor. 10:1 the word "our" can be applied to Gentiles, since they are ingrafted, so it seems that the "we" in Gal. 3:23 includes the Gentile believers, since it relates to a former historical stage of this same community of which they now are members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143697192802548581.post-41272112160860814752013-10-23T15:41:01.439-07:002013-10-23T15:41:01.439-07:00Under the law is the opposite of under grace. Per...Under the law is the opposite of under grace. Period.<br /><br />The woman dragged out for judgment and stoning was "under the law", the woman who left forgiven was "under grace".<br /><br />Everyone is "under the law" until he is "under grace"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com