Saul of Tarsus, son of Benjamin Part 2

This week we will examine who the Sanhedrin where and what part they played in the life of Saul of Tarsus, son of Benjamin.

If you will look at the book of Numbers chapter 11:16-26, God directed Moses to go amongst the Tribes and collect 70 Elders from the community of Israel to be the Judges of the Law. God then brought his spirit upon them to assist Moses as a High Court over all of Israel.

The example that most of us will understand is it would be like Congress generating a Law and the Supreme Court deciding on the intent and meaning of that Law. I would like to equate it this way. A law is created in Congress then it is questioned by a law suit. The case is brought to the Supreme Court and they make a ruling. That ruling is then considered case law and will stand as the interpretation of the law until it has been rewritten. This is how the Talmud came to be, it was in these interpretations that 71 of the elders of Israel made the Oral Law or Talmud. To a large part of the Jewish people including Saul of Tarsus this was and is to this day no less then God’s Law.

There is one group of Jewish people who are called Karaites who do not believe the Talmud is God’s Law and only follow the Torah. As for me I fall into the category of the Karaites. I find it hard to accept that any man can know the mind of God or the intent of his law. His law was pretty explicit in details and what I believe, is that the Sanhedrin was created in order to assist Moses in judging the people of Israel. Moses knew that he would not be around forever Moses also knew that he was having trouble bearing all the decisions over the Law. So he sought a way to allow them to be part of the process, of holding themselves accountable to these laws that God had given them.

In doing this it gave them a power to determine what the meaning and intent of God’s Laws were and how they applied to all in the future. The sad part in all this is it left them believing that they could apply any Law as they saw fit, applying it in a manner that would suit there own desires at the time.

A good example of this mind set is that since there is no longer a Temple in Israel the gifts to be given to the Priesthood of the Levites is no longer observed, and these Laws only applied during the time of the Temple when the a large part of the Jewish people were to be living in Israel. While on the other hand they state that the synagogues are to replace the Temple and you are to give your 10% tithes to them. Thus setting up the mind set of a double standard.
So when I read the writings of Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee, who came from a background and education in Talmud, this might assist you in understanding the mind set that I see as a double standard. Do as I say not as I do.

The Lord Bless you and Protect you!

The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you!

The Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace!


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