Jesus and Paul were in complete harmony.
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Except there where they were not.
Both preached the gospel - check!
Both preached faith - check!
Both preached the love of God - check!
Both taught that Jews and Gentiles are bound by the Spirit of the law - check!
Both taught the worthlessness of trusting in the letter of the law - check!
No check in that last one. JC taught that the law stands forever.
Comes along Paul, and throws the whole law overboard.
That's were JC and Paul are at odds.
The law stands for ever. That is what God said:
“So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance."
Ex 12:17
"In the tabernacle of meeting, outside the veil which is before the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel."
Ex 27:21]
"This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’”
Leviticus 3:17
"You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."
Leviticus 23:14
“‘Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses— 23 any of the Lord’s commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come" Numbers 15:23
There is much, much more like this, saying the law stands forever, for all generations.
There is no such a thing as: "The messiah will come and abolish the law". It just doesn't exist.
And, of course, JC himself also said the exact opposite of what the Christians say:
“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. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matt 5
So also JC agrees: The law stands forever.
It is only Paul who comes up with the idea that the law is abolished, but who is Paul that he thinks he can abolish the law??
"But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil."
Ecc 12:12-14, New American Standard Bible
