Matthew, particularly, was so obsessed with this idea that he made up new scriptures that didn’t exist.
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seeigel@feddit.org 3 weeks agoDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew 5:17
s_s@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The law of the prophets was a costly covenant between old-testament god and humanity. Or, you know, whatever subgroup was in charge of translations at the time.
The “fulfillment” mentioned is a single lump sum of holy lamb blood in place of the never-actually-complete exchange of not wearing blended fabrics, not getting tattoos, and sacrificing your firstborn on a rock in the mountains. And slaughtering prisoners of war who you tricked into getting circumcised as a condition of their surrender so that they would be vulnerable.