The Law and the Prophets

Fulfillment is a key theme in Matthew. With the arrival of the Messiah, the time of fulfillment had commenced. But what were the implications for the Law of Moses? In his ‘Sermon on the Mount’, Jesus provided clear answers. He did not come to adjudicate the interpretive disputes between competing Jewish sects over the details of the Law but to FULFILL the “Law and the Prophets.”

Баптист Иохан

Бүх дөрвөн сайн мэдээний данс баптисм хүртээгч Иохан Исаиа номонд хэсгийг хэрэглэнэ, гэм нүглийн ангижралын төлөө “наманчлах хүмүүсийг дуудсан элч.” Энэ ишлэл нь Иоханыг Мессиагийн замыг бэлтгэх “Эзэний өдөр”- ийн өмнө хүлээж байсан анхдагч гэж тодорхойлсон - “цөлд уйлж буй нэгний дуу хоолой Эзэний замыг бэлтгэ” - (Исаиа 40:3-5).

Mercy, not Sacrifice

Forgiveness links the call of the tax collector to the healing of the paralytic – Christ’s authority to discharge sins and restore men – Mark 2:13-17.

When Jesus pronounced the paralytic’s sins “forgiven,” he offended the Scribes and Pharisees. He alienated them further by showing mercy to “sinners” considered especially unacceptable by more scrupulously religious Jews. Seeing Jesus eating with “tax collectors” and “sinners,” the Scribes and Pharisees insinuated that the Nazarene also was a notorious sinner – (Mark 2:1-17).

The Mission

The mission of the Church is to proclaim the Good News of God’s Kingdom to all nations without exception until Jesus returns – Matthew 24:14.

Jesus commanded his followers to announce the same message he preached. He summarized it as the “Good News of the Kingdom of God.” His Church would spread this Kingdom on Earth in unexpected and paradoxical ways. His sovereignty over all nations would be established and his “enemies” would be subdued by the day of his return. Until then, his disciples were summoned to proclaim his message to the “ends of the Earth.”

Түүний нэрийг Есүс гэдэг

Матай Сайн мэдээний эхний бүлэгт, тэнгэр элч Мариа тээсэн хүүхэд “Ариун Сүнсний төрсөн” гэж Иосефт мэдэгдсэн, тэр хүүхэд “Есүс” нэрийг нь түүнд даалгасан - “чи Түүнийг Есүс гэж нэрлэ. Учир нь Тэр Өөрийн ард түмнийг нүглээс нь аварна гэж хэлэв” Нэр нь илчлэгдэх гэж байсан ард түмнийхээ төлөө Бурханы аврах үйлдлийг зааж өгсөн.

Lord of Sabbath

Religious leaders from Jerusalem objected to the looseness of Jesus to their Sabbath traditions, but he used the opportunity to demonstrate that the “Son of Man” is “Lord” even over that day. God ceased His creative activities on the seventh day, but its formal establishment as a regulated day on which no work could be done did not occur until the Torah was given at Mount Sinai (“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”).

Forgiving Sin

The literary unit in chapters 1 and 2 of the Gospel of Mark includes five stories highlighting the authority of Jesus as the “Son of Man.” It also shows the growing conflicts between him and the religious authorities based in the Jerusalem Temple, especially over issues of ritual purity and Sabbath regulations. There are parallels between the present story and the preceding one about the cleansing of the leper.