JWST 1818 Lecture 14: Jewish messianism
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This is the reason he becomes a follower of jesus: goes on missionary journeys to and from jerusalem, ephesus, galatia, and. If the law and practicing the law is the only thing maintaining. God"s promise, then the promise does not really exist at all: bottom line, god made the promise long before there was even a law to follow (ten commandments and moses come about 400 years after the initial covenant). Paul was considered a jesus following jew who had initially persecuted jesus and his followers. After becoming a follower of jesus, paul traveled around the mediterranean declaring that everyone, not just jews, could receive god"s promise. At the council of jerusalem in 50 ce, it was declared that circumcision was no longer necessary to receive god"s promise. Galatians 3-5 discuss how god"s promise comes from the promise itself rather than the law or the physical act of circumcision.