Bind literally means to tie or secure, as with a rope or cord. A secondary meaning is to compel or obligate. In Bible times, a yoke was essentially a Rabbi’s teaching of what was prohibited and what was allowed, according to his interpretation of Scripture. The process of ascertaining what things were prohibited was the […]
Jesus’ teaching on binding and loosing is a bit perplexing and worthy of careful contemplation. A parallel passage talks about forgiving sin and is even more disconcerting. Jesus says that if we forgive someone’s sins, they will be forgiven; conversely, if we don’t forgive someone’s sins, they will not be forgiven. That is an even […]
In the post about the easy yoke, we learned that a yoke was essentially a Rabbi’s teaching, of what was prohibited and what was allowed. Jesus had his own yoke and he said it was easy. The process of ascertaining what things where to be prohibited, was the act of binding. To “bind” something, was […]