The Validity Of The Mosaic Law

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challenging the authority or the validity of the Mosaic Law, he is implying that the situation has changed and the Mosaic Law is not adequate enough to cover the Gentiles along with the Jews in its original meaning and format.

4. According to R. Dickinson, Jr., what is “significant” about the term “people” (laos) in Acts 15:14? Dickinson states “the significant fact, is that the prized term people is now to be implied not only to Israel, but to Gentile Christians as well. This implies, then, that the conversion of Gentiles is seen as a fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel.”2 The term people originally referred to the “Chosen People” of Israel, now that the Gentiles were becoming saved they too were becoming the people of Israel.

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