I mean, I partly agree but not exactly... IMO Paul's letters are pretty clear that God ALWAYS wanted faith, but Israel just kept "not getting it" and focusing on the letter of the law instead. (EG the passage about "abraham was justified by faith"). But it was made absolutely explicit by Christ's coming, and the destruction of the temple…
I mean, I partly agree but not exactly... IMO Paul's letters are pretty clear that God ALWAYS wanted faith, but Israel just kept "not getting it" and focusing on the letter of the law instead. (EG the passage about "abraham was justified by faith"). But it was made absolutely explicit by Christ's coming, and the destruction of the temple "put the seal on the document" for terminating the old covenant.
Comment section isn't really the right place to go much deeper into the theological dispute, so I'll just note that I think passages that are actually about other things (the Final Judgement or the 1st-century Judgement of Jerusalem) are being smooshed together to mistakenly find a Rapture in them. But if I'm understanding it wrong, then may the Spirit show me the truth of it. Either way the #1 thing is to walk with the Lord.
I mean, I partly agree but not exactly... IMO Paul's letters are pretty clear that God ALWAYS wanted faith, but Israel just kept "not getting it" and focusing on the letter of the law instead. (EG the passage about "abraham was justified by faith"). But it was made absolutely explicit by Christ's coming, and the destruction of the temple "put the seal on the document" for terminating the old covenant.
Comment section isn't really the right place to go much deeper into the theological dispute, so I'll just note that I think passages that are actually about other things (the Final Judgement or the 1st-century Judgement of Jerusalem) are being smooshed together to mistakenly find a Rapture in them. But if I'm understanding it wrong, then may the Spirit show me the truth of it. Either way the #1 thing is to walk with the Lord.