Back to Basics

We’ve been lead to believe thanks to modern misinterpretation of the scriptures that we can have some sort of lawless behavior and get into the Kingdom of Heaven.  Sadly 99% of this belief system is from taking verses out of context and not connecting them to verses surrounding them in either previous chapters, passages, or even books of the Bible.  For instance in Romans chapter 3 he builds up a case for not needing the Torah it seems like but ends that thought in verse 31 by stating your faith should establish the Torah which ties into chapter 2 verse 13.  We must remember these letters weren’t written with verse and chapter, they were written in a free flowing message from beginning to end in reference to letters written to Paul that he had to answer.  We must also tie history and culture of the areas written to in to the context of the letter; for instance Galatia, Ephesus, and Colossae all had rampant pagan temple worship hence the Acts 15 council being held.  In fact believers converting from pagan practices and Jews were the minority in those areas so them not doing what everyone else was doing such as not participating in Saturnalia or Ishtar festivals, celebrating new moons, and seventh day Sabbath keeping was weird and questionable to the majority much like it is in today’s culture.  We also forget ALL men will be judged by the same measuring stick at the end and we have multiple witnesses to this throughout the Bible and this doesn’t even include the Apocrypha.  So it’s time to get back to the basics and figure out 3 major things:

 

1. What we’re being judged on
2. Who Messiah is
3. And finally will there be a separate “Gentile” law (Gentile means nations)

 

We must answer these questions thoroughly and make sure we have no question as to the answers, we must also remember the Apostles and Messiah did not have a New Testament to teach from.  They had to teach everything from the original Hebrew scriptures which are now called the “Old” Testament which is a term created by man not by the Almighty.

 

 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohiym, and guard his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.  For Elohiym shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

 

For not the hearers of the Torah are just before Elohiym, but the doers of the Torah shall be justified. 

Romans 2:13

 

Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 

James 2:18

 

Seeing it is one Elohiym, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.  Do we then make void the Torah by faith? Never: yea, we establish the Torah. 

Romans 3:30-31

 

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and She’ol delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.  And death and She’ol were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the cepher of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

Revelation 20:13-15

 

 

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which guard the commandments of Elohiym, and have the testimony of Yahusha Ha’Mashiach.       

Revelation 12:17

 

 

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 

Revelation 22:14

 

We will be judged by what we do and what we believe in fact Deuteronomy 18:15-19 makes it clear that everyone that wants life MUST believe in and obey the prophet like Moses whom we know to be our Messiah.

 

Yahuah Elohayka will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;  According to all that you desired of Yahuah Elohayka in Chorev in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahuah Elohai, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I die not.  And Yahuah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.  I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.  But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other elohiym, even that prophet shall die. 

Deuteronomy 18:15-20

 

First things first before we delve into Messiah and who He is and was we must first bring to remembrance or teach for the first time something very important regarding Messiah and the Apostles which if you hear correctly will change your perspective.  If they changed one letter or punctuation mark of the Torah or told you it was dead and done away with they’d be false teachers per the Deuteronomy 13 test.

 

 IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto you, saying, Let us go after other elohiym, which you have not known, and let us serve them; You shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for Yahuah Elohaykem proves you, to know whether ye love Yahuah Elohaykem with all your heart and with all your soul.  Ye shall walk after Yahuah Elohaykem, and fear him, and guard his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.  And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from Yahuah Elohaykem, which brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which Yahuah Elohayka commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the midst of you. 

Deuteronomy 13:1-5

 

We must also not forget the commands not to add to or take away from the Word and to guard it, to keep it close.

 

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may guard the commandments of Yahuah Elohaykem which I command you. 

Deuteronomy 4:2

 

I know that, whatsoever Elohiym does, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and Elohiym does it, that men should fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

 

Every word of Eloah is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.  Add not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. 

Proverbs 30:5-6

 

And if any man shall take away from the words of the cepher of this prophecy, Elohiym shall take away his part out of the cepher of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this cepher. 

Revelation 22:19

 

So now we see clearly some things:

• There’s a judgement stick
• Don’t change the rules of the judgement aka don’t remove words from it or pick and choose which part of it you will follow.

 

 

Now lets look at who Messiah told us he was when he was wearing a flesh suit.

 

Yahusha said unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.

John 14:6

 

The Way

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 

Isaiah 35:8

 

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the Way of Truth shall be evil spoken of. 

2 Peter 2:2

 

Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul. 

Proverbs 22:25

 

I have chosen the Way of Truth: your judgments have I laid before me.

Psalms 119:30

 

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall guard the Way of Yahuah, to do justice and judgment; that Yahuah may bring upon Avraham את that which he has spoken of him. 

Genesis 18:19

 

Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight. 

Psalm 119:35

 

 

The Truth

 

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your Torah is the Truth. 

Psalm 119:142

 

O send out your light and your Truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto your holy hill, and to your tabernacles. 

Psalm 43:3

 

He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

Psalm 91:4

 

The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 

Proverbs 12:19

 

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the Tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

Isaiah 16:5

 

Life

 

Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh. You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth as water. 

Deuteronomy 12:23-24

 

See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;  In that I command you this day to love Yahuah Elohayka, to walk in his ways, and to guard his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and Yahuah Elohayka shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it. 

Deuteronomy 30:15-16

 

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to guard to do, all the words of this Torah.  For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Yardan to possess it. 

Deuteronomy 32:46-47

 

For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 

Psalm 30:5

 

For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light

Psalm 36:9

 

 O bless our Elohiym, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 

Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved. 

Psalm 66:8-9

 

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: guard her; for she is your life. 

Proverbs 4:13

 

 For the commandment is a lamp; and the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 

Proverbs 6:23

 

For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of Yahuah. 

Proverbs 8:35

 

He is in the way of life that guards instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs. 

Proverbs 10:17

 

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise. 

Proverbs 11:30

 

The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 

Proverbs 13:14

 

The fear of Yahuah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:27

 

In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. 

Proverbs 16:15

 

He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Proverbs 21:21

 

Are we seeing who Messiah is now?  He is the Torah and yes the Torah was nailed to the cross by ALL mankind not just the Jews.  He came for the lost sheep of Israel which aren’t of blood but of spirit and to bring them back to the covenant made with them at MT Sinai to be renewed with one change, He will put His law on our heart.

 

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.   He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

John 1:10-11

 

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  For everyone that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.   But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in Elohiym. 

John 3:19-21

 

 

 

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of Elohiym, even to them that believe on his name:   Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Elohiym.

John 1:12-13

 

 These twelve Yahusha sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the other nations, and into any city of the Shomeroniym enter ye not:  But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Yashar’el. 

And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 

Matthew 10:5-7

 

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Yashar’el. 

Matthew 15:24

 

Yashar’el is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Ashshur has devoured him; and last this Nevukadne’tstsar king of Babel has broken his bones. 

Jeremiah 50:17

 

 

For thus says Adonai Yahuah; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.   As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.  And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Yashar’el by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.  I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Yashar’el shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Yashar’el.   I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says Adonai Yahuah.  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 

Ezekiel 34:11-16

 

Hear the Word of Yahuah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Yashar’el will gather him, and guard him, as a shepherd his flock. 

Jeremiah 31:10

 

We see that only the lost sheep of Israel are to be searched for and it’s not those born of blood but of spirit.  This is what Fullness of the Gentiles means; the fullness of those who make a citizenship change to Yahuah from the world to become Israel.  Now lets look at why we’ve been led astray:

 

My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 

Jeremiah 50:6

 

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.  Her priests have violated my Torah, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Shabbaths, and I am profaned among them.   Ezekiel 22:25-26

AND the Word of Yahuah came unto me, saying,  son of A’dam, prophesy against the prophets of Yashar’el that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the Word of Yahuah;   Thus says Adonai Yahuah; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own ruach, and have seen nothing!   O Yashar’el, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.  Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Yashar’el to stand in the battle in the day of Yahuah.  They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, Yahuah says: and Yahuah has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.  Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, Yahuah says it; albeit I have not spoken?   Therefore thus says Adonai Yahuah; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says Adonai Yahuah.

Ezekiel 13:1-8

 

Now here’s one thing we need to set straight and it should be part of the basics and that’s once we have belief in Messiah and our faith grows we are to be keeping one law, native born and sojourner;

 

And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and will keep the Pecach to Yahuah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.   One Torah shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you. 

Exodus 12:48-49

 

One Torah and one manner of law shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourns with you. 

Numbers 15:16

 

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am Yahuah Elohaykem. 

Leviticus 24:22

 

nd if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the Pecach unto Yahuah; according to the ordinance of the Pecach, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.

Numbers 9:14

 

 Ye shall have one Torah for him that sins through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Yashar’el, and for the stranger that sojourns among them. 

Numbers 15:29

 

There is neither Yahudiy nor Yavaniy, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Yahusha Ha’Mashiach.

Galatians 3:28