What is a Biblical law jurisdiction, and how is this concept derived from scripture?/de

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A Biblical law jurisdiction is simply an agreement by a community about how God's law will be interpreted, with respect to its details and application.

Obviously, different people will reach different conclusions about how certain Biblical laws should be interpreted. These often involve issues that affect how civil government should treat (or not treat) certain crimes/sins. Some people, for instance, believe that the Sinai covenant feasts should continue to be observed in some way, and that civil government should somehow enforce observance. Others believe that this is an area of Christian liberty. Some people believe that the Sabbath should still be enforced in some way by civil government, and some (like myself) believe that such enforcement is no longer in the power of civil government (cf. Col. 2:16-17). Some people believe that witnessed acts of adultery should be punished by civil government, and some believe that they should not.

It is impossible for the people on either side of these (and other) issues to live under the same civil government jurisdiction, because their religious viewpoints are irreconcilable. It would also be wrong for anyone to claim that the people holding the majority view should rule over the people with the minority view.

Rather than fight with one another over whose interpretation is correct, we should simply agree to live at peace with one another in separate jurisdictions, each of which applies Biblical law in the way distinctive to our understanding. Perhaps one group will be more correct than another. God will make it clear who is accurately interpreting His word, because that community will thrive, and the others will not.

Paul's admonition to the Corinthians is important:

19 For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you. 1 Corinthians 11:19WEB

The explicit Biblical command which authorizes jurisdictions is Exod. 23:2:

2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice. Exodus 23:2WEB

Not following God's law with respect to just civil penalties is, by definition, evil. Instead of following the crowd who are doing evil, you should choose to live within a legal jurisdiction where people do follow Biblical law according to justice.

God himself will reveal whom he approves.

The "United Colonies of New England"

We see one historical example of Christian jurisdictions in a treaty document called "The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England," adopted in 1643:

3. Es wird ferner vereinbart, dass die Plantagen, die gegenwärtig oder in Zukunft innerhalb der Grenzen des Bundesstaates Massachusetts angesiedelt werden, für immer dem Bundesstaat Massachusetts unterstehen und in allen Fällen als Ganzes eine eigentümliche Gerichtsbarkeit untereinander haben, und dass Plymouth, Connecticut und New Haven innerhalb ihrer Grenzen dieselbe eigentümliche Gerichtsbarkeit und Regierung haben; und zwar in Bezug auf die Plantagen, die bereits angesiedelt sind oder in Zukunft errichtet werden sollen bzw. innerhalb ihrer Grenzen angesiedelt werden sollen;