Support Team Study – The Chair of Moses: Part 2

Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 6 definitely indicate a distinction between civil government courts and courts of the church / assembly of believers.
1 Corinthians 6:1 (NKJV): “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?”. Paul calls this a “shameful thing”.
1 Corinthians 6:6-7 (NIRV/TPT): “Instead, believer goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers! …When you drag another believer into court you’re providing the evidence that you are already defeated?”.
1 Corinthians 6:7 (MSG): Suggests it is better to “just take it, to let yourselves be wronged and forget it” rather than publicly display a dispute.
Matthew 18:15-17 (ESV): Instructs that if a brother sins against you, the process is: 1) Go to him privately, 2) If that fails, take one or two others, 3) If that fails, bring it before the church, not a civil court.
The core issue is that Christians, who will eventually “judge the world,” should be capable of handling minor, everyday disputes among themselves.

A very good subject for discussion. It involves
1. Who was acknowledged in first century as main Jewish theological Teacher, and how it was ascertained. Moses was the Teacher who taught Aaron, the priest. The Talmud says a Teacher. the Sagan, taught high priests in the Temple.
2. Jewish governance systems religious and political (NT says a Greek-Roman style people’s Boulé and a Senate or presbyterion of elders or Gerousia were active, as elsewhere in the Empire. These combined in the most important decisions to form a a Joint Council called a symboulion Mk 15:1) Josephus too speaks of archontes and bouleutai.
3. The Roman military occupation had overall control of law. and order.

These historical details are too often overlooked in Christian commentary that say simplistically the Jews were ruled by the sanhedrin (=sitting together) of 70 priests. Pharisees generally were not priests = Levites, cohenim but Jews and Israelites. They were merchants and exercised control by deciding on which product was kosher, for example, because the product, mint, was tithed correctly. They could have great influence on everyday life and especially the majority who never went to the Temple. The position of Jesus must be understood properly. He had a council of 70 Israelites, Luke 10:1.

We have the Written Law, Scripture, that these Torah judged could rule on. The written Law was death if we take only those things written. Example, if I help my enemies ox out I kept the written Law. However, David informs us that the Law is actually spiritual. The intent of the written law to the Spiritual Law . The Law was informing us of the Spiritual Intent of the Law of Moses which would be to help your enemies sheep also.

or maybe I just misunderstood his position in detail. It seemed that his position was in conflict with his position.

Great conversation Sir.
THX
Maj. Arney

If we go with Dr. Mohr’s understanding the Seat of Moses being a Judicial Chair, we need to understand that according to Yeshua/Jesus their authority to make decisions was to use the written Torah, not the Oral Torah Laws.
Yeshua encouraged and directed people to break the Takanot/ man-made religious Law. He never, not even once had people keep the Rabbidic Law. Do as they say when they rule on the Written Torah, but don’t do as they do with regard to the Oral Torah practices. Never ever did he instruct nor encourage complying with Rabbidic religious non-scriptered law. How this PhD get that wrong, I do not understand.