UNDERSTANDING THE FINE
POINT OF YHVH’S ROYAL LAW – THE TORAH
I hope that I
can explain this fine point of the law. It is very important to understand how
the church moved away from its Hebraic foundations after the Apostle’s died.
Remember, we have crossed over into Y’shua. The meaning of the word Hebrew is “one
who has crossed or passed over.”
Abraham was
not a Jew—he was a Hebrew (Gen 14.13). He was called out and he crossed over into the one
true YHVH. Anyone who is born again into Y’shua the Messiah has become a
Hebrew! You are not a Jew and you are not a Christian. Do you see it? You are
now a Hebrew—Jew and Gentile in Y’shua—one NEW MAN.
OK, we know we
are not “justified by the law.”
“All who
rely on observing the Torah of Moshe are under a curse. For it is written, ‘Cursed
is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the book of the Torah’”
(Galatians 3:10).
“Clearly no
one is justified before Elohim by the Torah, because the righteous will live by
faith” (Galatians 3:11). Note: Martin Luther said, "by faith alone." That is not what the word says.
“In YHWH
all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in Him they will boast” (Isaiah
45:25).
Is this clear? It is obedience to Elohim’s laws—coming from the
KNOWLEDGE that they came from Him. A few more verses…are you understanding this
fine point?
“And I will
bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in
you all the families of the earth will be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).
“You will receive a curse if you reject the commands of
YHWH your Elohim and
turn from his way by worshiping foreign gods” (Deuteronomy
11:28).
“Then
afterward he read all the words of the Torah, the blessing and the curse, according
to all that is written in the book of the Torah” (Joshua
8:34).
The curse of the Torah does not cause Torah to pass away! If Paul is
trying to undermine Torah why would he quote from the Torah as he uses the
Torah as his authority and in his teaching?
“Clearly no one is justified before Elohim by the Torah, because the
righteous will live by faith” (Galatians 3:11). Also found in Habakkuk 2.4
He is saying, the ritual is empty without
accepting the fact that the requirement comes from YHVH.
“The Torah is not based on faith; on the contrary, the man who does these
things will live by them” (Galatians 3:12). Nobody can live without breaking some law.
The Torah is the Instruction Manual—the Code
of Conduct. We are not getting ourselves all tied up in knots “trying to do”
it. We walk in the "spirit of the law" so to speak.
When I was in the US Air Force we had a Code
of Conduct. We spent several days going over it and discussing it. They were
all common sense rules of how we should conduct ourselves and how we should dress.
It was not burdensome for us to do. We were not uptight about conducting ourselves in the prescribed manner. It became natural as we progressed through our training. This is how TORAH is!
It was not burdensome for us to do. We were not uptight about conducting ourselves in the prescribed manner. It became natural as we progressed through our training. This is how TORAH is!
“He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to
the Gentiles through Mashiyach Y’shua, so that by faith we might receive the
promise of the Spirit” (Galatians 3:14).
“The promise of the Spirit” is that YHVH spoke
to Abraham and WHEN Abraham did as he was instructed, he received the blessing
of YHVH for himself and the entire world for his OBEDIENCE!
Here is the fine point: The “curse of the Torah” is simply that Torah
shows us what sin is and sets a standard for perfection! The Torah then points us to redemption, salvation, deliverance,
and judgment--to everlasting life or everlasting contempt upon resurrection
(Daniel 12.1-10).
“Do we then nullify the Torah through faith? Not at all! Rather, we
establish the Torah” (Romans 3:31). There it is! It is a fine point that has been lost in our Gentile church.
Paul never discarded the Torah, nor did Y’shua
(Matt 5.17-20). Y'shua fulfilled the Torah in his life and is our model of how to conduct ourselves. This has eternal ramifications in the Millennial Kingdom where there are rewards for what we have done in this life.
Once we come to understand this fine point
everything begins to make sense. It is a literal “crossing over” that
establishes our faith on a ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION.
Without a firm Hebrew understanding of the word, it’s all
just Greek to me.
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