The Disreputable Bede on Nostr: nprofile1q…v2ygq I think the main purpose of the law is not so much its effect on ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq08vuc9aclc9ketpj06a4xq6f69j8eecwac7scjcx2lp949l93hqsqv2ygq (nprofile…2ygq) I think the main purpose of the law is not so much its effect on individual people, but on society.
God revealed His character through the law. The Israelites were meant to be a special society that would be a "light to the Gentiles" when they followed His law. Imagine a society that instituted a 6-day work week, forgave debts every seven years, and made it impossible to create a landowner class and a class of serfs (due to the land going back to the ancestral owners every 50 years). Not only that, but the provisions for the widow, orphan, and foreigner/refugee. People would understand that this was a holy and righteous, but also merciful God.
God revealed His character through the law. The Israelites were meant to be a special society that would be a "light to the Gentiles" when they followed His law. Imagine a society that instituted a 6-day work week, forgave debts every seven years, and made it impossible to create a landowner class and a class of serfs (due to the land going back to the ancestral owners every 50 years). Not only that, but the provisions for the widow, orphan, and foreigner/refugee. People would understand that this was a holy and righteous, but also merciful God.