>>11777629Matthew - for a Jewish audience
Mark - for a Roman audience
Luke - for a Greek audience
John - for a Christian audience
Just remember to keep context in mind. People seem to think Jesus was preaching Christian doctrine when he was actually preaching to Jews under the law of Moses. The Sermon in the Mount is not Christian.
>then what is itIt is highlighting the laws of the future Kingdom of Heaven - i.e. the Millennial Kingdom, when Christ rules a literal theocratic state on earth for 1000 years.
>how do you knowNothing of salvation or redemption or atonement or justification are mentioned - it is not referencing the church age of grace (Ephesians 2:8-9) but another, future dispensation - one foreseen all through the Old Testament as well as Revelation.