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ElsanRandiMom
3rd April 2008, 12:25 PM
Reading an article regarding Mattityahu 18:18. It mentions that the ideas in this verse are related to the Jewish application of prohibition and permission (as bind and loose are mistranslated in the author's opinion) in leadership having authority from God to decide halakhah. In verse 18-20 the Messiah is said in the article to transfer power from the rabbis to his talmidim (disciples). He states because the Messianics and Gentiles have made little use of it does not change what it is (the usual application being that where two or three believers pray together in His name, God listens)...

I don't get it... I get what he says is being cast aside, but the other stuff (primarily the halakhah thing) I don't get.... How would we use this? What does it mean in a larger context? :scratch:

ElsanRandiMom
3rd April 2008, 12:34 PM
i meant the last part, the general interpretation, is not what the original text was referring to at all. sorry. CF wont' let me edit to include that.

HadassahSukkot
4th April 2008, 12:46 AM
Looks like there was a similar thread earlier, and I know there was a much older one (still searching, but I keep getting "database error" so please forgive me..

Here's the recent one I found from March started by Visionary (http://christianforums.com/t6952975)