Who witnessed the righteousness of God without the Law?
The Law and the prophets witnessed the righteousness of God without the Law. Romans 3:21 declares that this righteousness is manifested, or brought into the spotlight, and was witnessed by the Law and the prophets, demonstrating that grace rests on the prior progressive revelation rather than on Law-keeping.
Les teaches that Romans 3:21 speaks of the righteousness of God without the Law being manifested, or brought into the spotlight. He points out that it was witnessed by the Law and the prophets. This fits the Bible as a progressive revelation: the Law of Moses came first, then the prophets taught concerning the coming King and Kingdom, and now in grace nothing of salvation comes from the Law. Yet grace rests on the Law and the prophets because they came before, and the Church builds on everything that has gone before.
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
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What does it mean that righteousness without the Law is witnessed by the Law and the prophets?
This righteousness without the Law is not something new or self-invented, because it was witnessed beforehand by the Law and the prophets.