Re: Martial Law
I am not a "scholar" of "words" or "text", I am not a bookworm nor "bureacratic" and I will recieve none of the world's recognition, but my father (dad) taught me TRUTH, JUSTICE (not punishment justice, FAIR justice). I learned to be "principled" (have principles and good character). The only "principles" are good principles (at least for me) and good principles are the principles of God.
Hebrews 5:12 (a crowd of Christians that haven't yet learned Christianity well as they should have is being spoken to...SLACKERS)...
"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first PRINCIPLES of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;..." meaning they were not ready to "eat solid food" (of God's teaching) as we are told in Hebrews 5:14 ("Solid food is for the mature..."), they still had to go back and learn the ELEMENTARY/introductory doctrine before they could move on to maturity, they had no true understanding of PRINCIPLES (conscience, truth, justice). Without those principles, there can be no genuine SORROW compassion, RESPECT love, or noble character righteousness.
God wants us to each be a decent person (and then some). We are a "simple people" yes, but we can be so much more, He does not hold back from us, by our very nature (human nature), we hold back from Him.
I've read the bible and still read it (mainly the new testament), but I never got "principles" from text.
Jeremiah 31:32...philosophically (MY chosen philosophy), the law that governs me (my life/principles) is WITHIN ME (THE/my spirit).
http://cf.blb.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=I+will+put+my+law+WI...
but don't be like anyone else, God wants YOU (YOUR heart...PERSONAL relationship "...so that God may be everything..." to YOU, 1 Corinthians 15:28.