Which is saying, "I will change theLaw."
Further, by moving away from a Temple based faith, it allowed Paul to remove power from the priests and not coincidently gather it to himself and his new religion.
There can never be a relinquishing of the Torah as it is the Basis of faith established on the Decalogue. The Temple was eventually destroyed so now a faith was required on a parallel to the Temple which was intended for Yahweh to make his presence known.
Besides Gentile believers stationed all over the world would not be in a position to travel to Jerusalem. So Jesus introduced a new way in which to worship Yahweh—(John 4:21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father
neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
Joh 4:22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know,
for salvation is from the Jews.
Joh 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when
the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
Joh 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship
in spirit and in truth."
So the Torah was the way in which the Creator was to be worshiped---but to worship the Creator, it must be in spirit and truth.
So now the Gentiles who were granted repentance could worship the Creator where they lived.
You SEE it is to worship.
The clothing and grooming laws are the outward signs that you acknowledge the supremacy of Yahweh and that you follow the Law.
Correct this outward adornment is still applicable in that there are laws pertaining to dress.
(1Co_11:6 If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
1Co_11:14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
1Co_11:15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
1Ti_2:9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, )
And by moving away from a physical temple he removes power from the old religious leaders and gathers it to himself, as someone will need to guide the new converts....
Correct, that is why deacons and elders were appointed, having, special qualities—(Tit 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and
appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
Tit 1:6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but
one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
Tit 1:7 Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work,
he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
Tit 1:8 Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled,
upright, holy and disciplined.
And yet, you choose to ignore whatever law you find to be inconvenient to follow,.
Yet Paul's vision has been cited since the early days of Christianity as evidence that the dietary restrictions of the Old Covenant do not apply to the New Covenant.
You probably mean the vision that Peter received---but the vision is not about food, but about the Gentiles that would be granted repentance. Paul still emphasised the need to follow the faith which included abstinence from unclean food as directed by Yahweh----(Romans 14:23 But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and
everything that does not come from faith is sin.
And by not imposing the full force of the mitzvot on his converts Paul broke the Law. What Paul preached was a mix of the Torah and other religious traditions. And Paul did this to gain power.
Not so, there was no Temple, and no more animal sacrifice, so what is left. So the main criteria was the abstinence from sexual immorality, which was rife as it is today, and the rejection of food that did not have the approval of the Creator—as I said there was still a dress code.
The "virgin giving birth" is lifted directly from other, older religions and as Zivan has explained to you, has no basis in earlier Jewish faith.
So, you say, which is contrary to the Scripture. So is your error going to change the truth—I think not!
Paul was deemed a man who had the wisdom of Yahweh, so he would never contradict Yahweh or Jesus who came to enforce the importance of the Torah. (2Pe_3:15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with
the wisdom that God gave him.
The wisdom of Yahweh is in the Torah, and he judged Israel according to the Torah, and he will judge the world according to Torah.
The New Covenant is the same as the Old Covenant—it is that the terms are different, with regards to entrance.( Hebrews 8:10 This is
the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in
their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
So now which of the laws do I not acknowledge??
