We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--Let's Get Biblical!
Witness walk in the light throughout the Torah: H3212 yalak to move, go foward, lead away. H216 or luminary, daybreak, light, lamp, faith of Yahweh
Isaiah 2:5, 50:11; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 21:24
This
arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty,
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph
Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living. This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.
The Second Commandment-Exodus 20:4-5 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make yourself a carved image nor any likeness of that which is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the water beneath the earth. You shall not prostrate yourself to nor worship them, for I am the LORD your God--a jealous God.
151. The Kohanim shall safeguard the Holy Place and the
Altar –Numbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and
the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the
children of Israel.
152. The Levite shall perform the work of the Sanctuary --Numbers 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
153. The Levites shall give a tithe from the tithes of the Children of Israel --Numbers 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
154. You shall offer male lambs, two a day, as a continual Elevation-Offering --Numbers 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
155. You shall give cities for dwelling and open space to the Levites --Numbers 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
156. You shall not show favor to the seven Cananite nations --Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
157. You shall not take the silver and gold from the carved images of gods --Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
158. You shall not bring an abomination into your home --Deuteronomy 7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
159. You shall destroy all the places where the nations you shall possess worshiped their gods --Deuteronomy 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
152. The Levite shall perform the work of the Sanctuary --Numbers 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
153. The Levites shall give a tithe from the tithes of the Children of Israel --Numbers 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
154. You shall offer male lambs, two a day, as a continual Elevation-Offering --Numbers 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
155. You shall give cities for dwelling and open space to the Levites --Numbers 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
156. You shall not show favor to the seven Cananite nations --Deuteronomy 7:2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
157. You shall not take the silver and gold from the carved images of gods --Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
158. You shall not bring an abomination into your home --Deuteronomy 7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
159. You shall destroy all the places where the nations you shall possess worshiped their gods --Deuteronomy 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
160. You shall not bring offerings outside the Sanctuary --Deuteronomy 12:13
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Yeshua is the living Torah. He never negated His Father's teaching and instruction. Was Yeshua a Jew or gentile? He was a Torah observant, kosher eating, feast day observing--Jew. Then why do Christians call the Jewish Messiah, Jesus by a hellinized name? This name He was never called in His lifetime. His name in Hebrew, as is the language of the Jewish people, means salvation--Yeshua. Yahweh gave us the pattern of the 7th day of rest, the Sabbath. This was established in the beginning, would this be able to be changed if Yeshua rose on Sunday? When actual accounts, that He rose just before sunset on the 7th day. Remember the Hebraic count of the day is from sunset to sunset. The women rushing to the tomb at the earliest time after sunset, to finish the burial preparations of their teacher and Messiah, that their customs would allow--found an empty tomb. We also have that the early believers met in the synagogue for worship and study, a common practice in the very early church. That the meeting at the close of the sabbath, sunset on Saturday would explain why Paul was preaching so late into the night for they started at sunset. The holy day set apart by Yahweh from the foundations of this world gives us a 7th day sabbath. The law of Yahweh is to stand forever, has His word somehow expired? Did forever come and pass and we are in a new time--after forever?
Why do we need the law that was given to Moses? We are pretty good people and try to do the right things. Who determines what is right and good? Yeshua tells those who call Him good that only Yahweh is good. So He would be the authority of what is good. But where do we find out His definition of good or rather functional from the Hebraic mindset? The instructions that He gives to His chosen people once they are delivered out of Egypt--the Torah. This shows us where we miss the mark--this is His standard that we are to see it we are in alignment with. How else do we know what is sin or missing the mark? Our own judgement is faulty and not worthy of consideration. Yeshua is our perfect sin offering for us forever and now we have the renewed covenant that His Torah is not longer on tablets of stone but written in our hearts and minds. His word stands forever and does not pass away--hold fast to His word, the entirety of His word, it never fails! This is absurd that the Old Testament or Tanakh is considered by many Christians as not applying to them or having been expired. How else would you know right from wrong without it? What would the New Testament or Brit Chadasha refer to if it was truly obsolete?! Yeshua tells us that we have heard it said, it has been said--what is He referencing? What is it that we are supposed to already know that would be our reference for what He is speaking about? Having the Torah written on our hearts and minds does not mean that we know what is good but that we would have a desire to walk out His teaching and instruction in our daily lives.
Can Yahweh's Biblical feast be ignored since Yeshua died on the cross? Did the Biblical feasts expire? Are they only for a season? While scriptures says eternal, perpetually and throughout the generations--sounds like a very long time to me, a time without, end. These times that He appoints are not only for the children of Israel but to all those who come to live in there territories and come to trust in the salvation and access that Yeshua's blood gives us for a fuller understanding of the Torah, His principles. If the feast days were over, why would Paul still observe them? As well as those in the very early church? We are warned that the people will come to believe and listen to false teachings--there would be no need to warn if there would not be those who would come and oppose and offer a new way that they did not know before. For more on the awesome teaching click here.
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