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Originally Posted by shackleton  I think I remember someone saying Bahnson quoted this as a verse to back up theonomy and that was because Christ had not come to "abolish" the Law. That is why I was wondering what, "Until Heaven and earth pass away," and "accomplished" meant to theonomists. |
Although Bahnsen denied that these verses were the only text that supported the Theonomic thesis, he did recognize it was "... such an explicit and important text and has often been made the center of discussion, [that
Theonomy in Christian Ethics] gives it detailed discussion." (Greg Bahnsen, "Response to Wayne G. Strickland" in William van Gemeren ed. The Law, the Gospel and the Modern Christian. pp.297,298)
To Bahnsen "until heaven and earth pass away" and "until everything is accopmplished" refer to the same event, namely the end of the church age (cf.
Theonomy in Christian Ethics 3rd. ed. pp. 77-87).
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Originally Posted by shackleton It does look like it is saying Christ fulfilled the Law and if he did how much of the Law are we responsible to follow? and if this is the case I was wondering what the theonomic answer to this was? |
First Bahnsen says Christ "confirmed" rather than "fulfilled" the law. He he believes that he provided “…sufficient and necessary grounds for the translation of pleroosai as ‘confirm’ over against the other alternatives” which include "fulfill". (Bahnsen, Theonomy, p. 74.) From the rest of Bahnsen's exegesis of the passage he arrives at the conclusion "In all of its minute detail, (every jot and tittle) the law of God down to its least significant provision should be reckoned to have an abiding validity- until and unless the Lawgiver reveals otherwise." (Greg Bahnsen, "The Theonomic Position" in God and Politics, Four Views on the Reformation of Civil Government ed. Gary Scott Smith, Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co. 1989, pp. 40, 41.)