ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE: Numbers 15:13-16, wherein YHWH reiterates FOUR TIMES that ALL who choose Him are to obey His Torah/Divine Instructions in Righteousness:
Numbers 15: 13 "'Every citizen is to do these things in this way when presenting an offering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for ADONAI. 14 If a foreigner stays with you - or whoever may be with you, through all your generations - and he wants to bring an offering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for ADONAI, he is to do the same as you.
15 For this community there will be the same law for you as for the foreigner living with you; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations; the foreigner is to be treated the same way before ADONAI as yourselves. 16 The same Torah and standard of judgment will apply to both you and the foreigner living with you.'" (CJB)
PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THESE WORDS in Numbers 15:13-16:
"Every citizen," ... "or whoever may be with you, through all your generations," ... "is to do the same as you," ... "the same law for you as for the foreigner living with you,"... " the same Torah and standard of judgment will apply to both you and the foreigner living with you"....
This was reiterated in Matthew 5 where Yeshua himself tells us He came NOT to abolish but to fulfill (which did NOT mean "put an end to"....)
Matthew 5: 17 Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened.
19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot (words/commands) and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (CJB)
Has everything happened that must happen? Have heaven and Earth passed away yet? Since when does the word "complete" (or "fulfill) mean "abolished"? Why would YHWH abolish His own original divine teachings which He said were to last forever? Did Jesus come to make a liar out of His Father?
No - matter of fact Yeshua (Messiah's given, Hebrew name) upheld and constantly taught from Torah! He even quoted from the Torah when being "tempted" by the Accuser (Luke 4:1-12). Yeshua was the Living Word, and the Word is, and always was, Torah (first five Books of the Bible containing all of YHWH's Divine Instructions)...
As YHWH-ELOHIM (Yeshua’s Father) amply shows, time and time again: He is ONE GOD (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) who never changes (Hebrews 13:8), and anyone who chooses Him MUST do exactly as His "chosen" do, which is to OBEY Him! Same God, same rules, same laws:
Numbers 15: 28 The cohen will make atonement before ADONAI for the person who makes a mistake by sinning inadvertently; he will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven - 29 no matter whether he is a citizen of Isra'el or a foreigner living with them. You are to have one law for whoever it is that does something wrong by mistake.
30 "'But an individual who does something wrong intentionally, whether a citizen or a foreigner, is blaspheming ADONAI. That person will be cut off from his people. 31 Because he has had contempt for the word of ADONAI and has disobeyed his command, that person will be cut off completely; his offense will remain with him.' (CJB)
It's so clear, we need only to search His Word and then obey Him!!
ReplyDeleteAmen, Clair. Thanks for commenting!
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