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“But I [Jesus] say to you...until everything is fulfilled.”

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  When a man is humbled by the law, and brought to the knowledge of himself, then follows true repentance (for true repentance begins at the fear and judgment of God), and he sees himself to be so great a sinner that he can find no means how he may be delivered from his sin by his own strength, endeavor, and works.(Romans 3:19; 7:14; 11:32; Galatians 3:22 ) Martin Luther Elliot Ritzema, 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Reformation, Pastorum Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013). Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. Amen I tell you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not even the smallest letter, or even part of a letter, will in any way pass away from the Law until everything is fulfilled. Mt 5:17–18. EHV  Don’t suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning. 18 Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promis...
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Theonomy: Sanctified by Law reconstructionism; or the Tower of Babel

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Justified By Grace, Sanctified by Law.  Theonomy reaches to the Christian’s personal life and then to the nations of the world through the church’s work and witness.  On the personal level, reconstructionism strikes a welcome note against the antinomianism inherent in much of modern evangelicalism, particularly in dispensationalism. But it goes too far.  According to Rushdoony, “Man’s justification is by the grace of God in Jesus Christ; man’s sanctification is  by means of the law of God ” (Institutes of Biblical Law, p. 4). Again,  “The law is the way of sanctification”  (p. 3). These statements set law as the antithesis of grace. They present a theory of sanctification that is not by grace but by works of law . (Alan Cairns, Dictionary of Theological Terms (Belfast; Greenville, SC: Ambassador Emerald International, 2002), 367.)  The builders of the Tower of Babel attempt/desire to make a name for themselves (Gen.11:4), a thing only God can do for hi...
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Reformation Apocalypticism: Münster’s Monster or Christian Nationalism

Reformation Apocalypticism: Münster’s Monster THE YEAR IS 1530. Protestant thought sweeps like a tornado across a European terrain that has altered little for a thousand years. Caught in the storm, the influential town of Strasbourg (now in France) is gripped by the same fears rampaging through Germany and the Netherlands. The stage is set for revolution. Melchoir Hoffman, a furrier, mounts the pulpit to preach another of his fiery apocalyptic sermons. The New Revelation is about to be unleashed... most agree Melchoir Hoffman’s preaching was the most significant factor in launching the radical wing of the Reformation. His emphasis on a literal millennial reign of Jesus Christ on earth gripped the imagination of the Anabaptist movement... Matthys proclaimed he was none other than Enoch, the second witness of the Book of Revelation. With a flowing black beard, the tall, gaunt figure was now the bearer of prophetic authority. Doubters were confronted with threats and intimidation. Tho...
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