Men of Torah Day--Men Living in the Instructions of The Most High!!

Isaiah 8 and Psalm 119

We are walking in today:   Men of Torah Day--Men Living in the Instructions of The Most High!!

The Counting of the Omer, This is the twenty-fifth day, making three weeks and four days of the Omer.

Witness testimony throughout the Bible:   H5715 eduwth--testimony, witness
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to his word, it is because there is no light in them.

Torah:  Exodus 16:34, 25:16, 25:21, 25:22, 26:33, 27:21, 32:15; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 1:50, 1:53, 7:89, 17:4, 17:8

Prophets:  Nehemiah 9:34; Jeremiah 44:23

Writings:  Joshua 4:16; 2 Kings 11:12, 23:3; 1 Chronicles 29:19; Psalms 19:7, 78:5, 81:5, 119:14, 119:36

Revelation 12:11
And they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Gamel
Psalm 119:19-27
17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Gamel
Ancient Name: Gam
Pictograph: Foot
Meanings: Gather, Walk
Sound: G

History & Reconstruction

The earliest known pictograph for this letter is a picture of a foot. The Modern Hebrew name for this letter is gimel, an adopted root. The original name to this letter is most likely gam, the parent root of gimel. This letter is the origin of the Arabic letter Geem and the Greek gamma supporting the theory that the original name for the letter did not include the "L."

The word gam means to gather together as a group of animals gathering at the water hole to drink. The is the foot representing "walk" and the  "water" is (See the letter mem). When combined these letters mean "walk to the water."

The letter gimel has the meanings of walk, carry or gather. The sound associated with this letter is a "g" as in "go."

The Early Semitic became in the Middle Semitic script. This letter further developed to in the Late Semitic script. The Late Semitic script further developed into the Modern Hebrew ג.

The Middle Semitic script became the Greek Γ (a reversal of the letter due to direction of writing) as well as the Roman C and G. The Late Semitic became the number 3.

The Father's "House Rules" for His family.
What is the Torah? Uncommonly known to the diaspora in a vast majority. The name Torah is as foreign to the church as the policies of a foreign country to the laws of this country. Yet we read haphazardly bits of the Torah everyday. For those who read some of the scriptures such as Genesis, 1st and 2nd Samuel and Kings, Psalms as well as Proverbs, Songs of Solomon, Job and few more prophets. But to actually exclude the Torah in ones daily study. Is and will forever be gross error.

The Torah is mention and is defined as the law of Moses, the first five books of the Bible Genesis-Deuteronomy. Yet we also understand that Paul mentions the Prophets and the writings as apart of the Torah. Calling them the law, loosely translated eluding to a better translation for the teachings or instructions of El Elyon. As in the word itself and the Hebraic break down of the word Torah the word Ora in Hebrew means light and Yarah in Hebrew Meaning a archer hitting its target.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

2 Peter 3:16  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

What is the Testimony?

The Hebrew word eduwth is commonly translated as testimony or witness. In its most common usage, the testimony refers to the witness or testifying of a particular truth, and sometimes refers to a written record of that truth. The Testimony of Yeshua Messiah is what we seek, in all that we do — but the Testimony of Yeshua comes only by the Holy Spirit, who bears witness according to the written Words of Scripture.

The Word and the Spirit Agree

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Hebrews 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before.

As we see in the above passages, it is the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit together, that bear witness of the Truth, bearing witness of Messiah living in and through the lives of His people. The witness of the Scriptures, and the witness of the Holy Spirit in the life of Messiah and His Disciples, are our primary witnesses and examples of New Covenant life today. In order to understand the unity of these two witnesses, of the Word and of the Holy Spirit, we must look closely at Messiah, as our example.

Messiah's mission to earth had many Scriptural goals. His all-encompassing goal was to implement the promised Everlasting [New] Covenant with His people which necessitated the shedding of His blood, and also required His death, burial, and the resurrection Isaiah 53:1-12; Deut 18:15-19).

Jerimiah 31:31-33 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:  32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:  33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Ezekiel 36:26-27  26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.  27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Hebrew 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant

By accomplishing this one goal, Messiah brought about the Gospel of redemption and reconciliation, the forgiveness of sins, the destruction of the works of the devil, and the sending of the Holy Spirit to dwell within His people. In doing these, He also became the 'door' or entrance into His eternal Kingdom. The announcement of the fulfillment of all these Kingdom goals is called the Gospel — the Good News of the Kingdom. He thus lived His life as a confirming or attesting witness, a testimony of the Living Truth of Torah, by the witness of the Holy Spirit.

Thus we see many places in Scripture, that the Messiah can be referred to as the Living Torah

Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Likewise, Messiah's Disciples, including the apostle Paul, lived their lives as confirming or attesting witness or testimony of the truth of Torah, and of the Gospel. They too became a testimony of Father's mercy and Grace, and of their obedience to Torah, And so the 'new' testament writings include letters that bear 'witness' to the events in the lives of Messiah and His Disciples. These writings include many exhortations for us today, so that we, too, would become witnesses or living testimonies, of these same Gospel truths. It is the witness of the Scriptures and the witness of the Holy Spirit together, that reveal the Everlasting [New] Covenant being lived out in the daily lives of the Believers.

The Testimony of Messiah
It is helpful to recall that one's testimony is composed of two parts — the words they speak, and the life they live. As the WORD of the Most High, Messiah Himself spoke all the Words of Torah, either directly to the Prophets, or indirectly through the Prophets, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. So we see that Messiah's testimony includes all the written Scriptures, including the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings [the T-N-K].  Summaries can say that the Testimony of Messiah is "the light given off by living in obedience to the Torah in Daily Life, as we see in Yeshua and His Disciples throughout the New Testament writings." The Testimony of Messiah Yeshua is seen when we keep the commandments of Elohim [God] — and we are told that this testimony is the spirit of prophecy!

Revelations 12:17  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 19:9-10  9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.  10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

So the Bible itself tells us that the Torah is the Truth. We are told further that the Torah is upright, complete, and perfect and that it is holy. The commandments to the kingdom Men of Torah is our road map to life. Just as the entire bible gives a great witness and examples to follow. The Torah is Godly life instructions.

Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple

Romans 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.  Shema Selah let us consider all of the scriptures given to us to shine His brilliant light into the darkness of our understanding!  Facebook LIVE video!!