Please pardon my language here.
When the Pharisees confronted Jesus concerning the Laws concerning divorce for example ....Jesus quoted higher Law.
I believe that this was the real milestone (I am avoiding “crux of the matter”) when it comes to what the real schism and controversy was all about. What the religious authorities of the time so resented Jesus for. Why they railroaded him, and had him executed.
The Mosaic Divorce Laws were intricate and well defined, until some little upstart came along and quoted that “from the beginning” business......”What God has joined together...etc....”
That really pissed of those Pharisees because the intrinsic Truth was recognized and was so radical that it threatened a revolution of sorts, which eventually occurred as we all know.
I enjoy History, but when it comes to Theology, I believe that people should know just exactly what it is that they believe in. Unfortunately, that is rather uncommon in my experience.
We see the same sort of stuff all around us today.
So called churches who it appears are lead by persons who seem to have no real notion of what the concept “Ecclesia” is all about.
Oh well, I’ll just always be perceived as some small voice, crying in the wilderness.......
Perhaps I’ll look more into just what Elijah was trying to hear....and then I might have more clues......
1 Kings 19
My FRiend, we can spend the rest of our lives seeking and we will not even have scratched the surface.