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The Architecture of Covenantal Fidelity: Reconstructing Matthew 5:17–20 and the Polemic of Law Abolishment within the Promise-Plan of God

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At a Glance

Few New Testament passages have provoked as much sustained theological controversy as Jesus’s pronouncement regarding the Torah in Matthew 5:17–20. For centuries, Western systematic theology, influenced by post-Enlightenment categories and classical Protestant frameworks, has often interpreted Matthew through a Hellenistic and supersessionist perspective.

What This Study Explores

Promise-Plan Theology • Torah and the Believer • Non-Supersessionism

Scripture Connections

Matthew 5:17–20; Matthew 5:17–19; Acts 15; Matthew 5:21–48; Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 5; Acts 15:1–35; Genesis 3

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Originally published June 9, 2026. This WordPress page is a discovery guide; the complete article is hosted on Substack.


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