Paradigm of the Greatest Commandments

My grade ten Math curriculum was about geometry. The first things we learned that year were a few simple axioms. Axioms are statements or propositions that are established, accepted, or self-evidently valid, not requiring proof. They serve as premises for further reasoning and arguments. Throughout the year, we used these axioms to prove theorems. Most of these theorems were relatively straightforward and somewhat intuitive. Nevertheless, one can verify a theorem’s validity through a logical step-by-step process using the axioms. Near the end of that year, the teacher showed how to use these simple axioms to prove something much more complex, i.e., the Pythagorean theorem! I was amazed. I never saw that coming. It was so unexpected that I sat back and marveled at the result. Similarly, Jesus tells us these commandments are the axioms upon which we are to understand and interpret scripture and life! Is this what Jesus meant by his comment? I’m convinced that it is. That’s the reason for this book.