All who accept the yoke of the Torah are relieved of the yoke of the government and the yoke of worldly affairs. All who cast off the yoke of Torah, the yoke of the government and the yoke of worldly affairs is put upon them. Pirke Avot 3:6 Yoke – No, you won’t find this…
Romans 13:1-7: An Explanation of Mark Nanos’ Interpretive Proposal Background: Mark Nanos[1] suggests that the letter to the Romans must be read in the context of its cultural and historical setting. He proposes that the real audience of Paul’s letter is Gentiles who have entered the Messianic community in the synagogues in Rome. Consequently, the…
concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David, according to the flesh, Romans 1:3 Flesh – Is the flesh sinful? Most Christians, I’m afraid, have a tendency to think so. Maybe that’s why the NIV translates this Greek word (sarx) as “sinful nature” in most of its occurrences. But we hardly can…
