WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL?
View Profile Email ACTS 15 – WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL? « on: December 25, 2008, 10:53:07 PM » WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL? I found the following article by a Messianic pastor to be quite informative and a great study. I hope you enjoy it. I have only posted a small portion. For the complete article please click on the above link. Acts 15 is one of the most misunderstood chapters in the Bible. This passage of Scripture describes the decision of the Jerusalem Council regarding the admittance of Gentiles into the Messianic congregation (Heb. qahal, Gr. ekklesia) of Israel. Many scholars use this chapter to claim that the Law given to Moses at Mount Sinai was nullified and no longer applicable to “New Covenant” Gentile believers. The Encyclopædia Britannica reflects this predominate conclusion, saying that the Jerusalem Council was “a conference of the Christian Apostles in Jerusalem in about AD 50 which decreed that Gentile Christians did not hav
