BA51
We are to know Yeshua as the One Mediator between God and Man.
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Hebrews 8:6
- Hebrews 9:15
- 1 Timothy 2:5-6
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Galatians 1:1
- Galatians 3:19
- Hebrews 12:24
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
A mediator is someone who brings two parties together into agreement. Before their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve did not need a mediator to converse with God because God and they were in close covenantal relationship. However, as a consequence of Adam’s breach of covenant, humanity became more distant from God so, whereas God could speak directly to whomever He wished, most men had to communicate through a priestly mediator of God’s choosing. God’s covenant with men changed several times over the years as God graciously sought to bring men closer to him. To assist, He selected priests to serve him – priests such as Abraham, Moses, Aaron, David, and many others. The priesthood of Aaron we know about, but we do not usually think of Abraham, Moses, and David as being priests; yet they were because they fulfilled the priestly role of representing mankind to God and God to mankind. We read in Jeremiah 31 that when the Israelites violated their Covenant with God, God mercifully saw fit to give them a New and better Covenant, whereby God’s own son Yeshua came to earth, became High Priest and, with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, became the “one [and only] Mediator between God and humanity” ( 1 Timothy 2:5) .
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