01-31-2008, 08:24 PM
First I want to make it very clear that without the shed blood of the Savour Yahshua Ha Masiach (commonly known as Jesus Christ) there is no forgiveness of sins, after we have accepted His sacrifice to redeem us, I would hope you would want to remain in your new Master's House ( See Exodus 21:5-6).
I hope we can come to understand what has transpired since the Savour took His far journey ( see Matthew 25:14-30 ) thus that said I will procede.
[b]The Key to Understanding the Scriptures [/b]
The key to comprehending the scriptures is by viewing everything in the Bible through the lens of the “Torah.” Every other scripture passage in the Bible, every doctrine of the Church/Synagogue, and every teaching a person listens to should be filtered through the “Torah.”
“Torah” is the Hebrew word for teaching and instruction usually translated as “law” in English Bibles. Overtime, “Torah” has become the title for the first five books of the Bible, which were given to Moses by the Almighty. The Torah is the revelation of the Creator’s will for mankind. It is also the Bible Yahshua read and used.
Without a firm foundation in the Torah sin is excused, false theology is accepted, and the character of Yahweh is altered. (Yahweh is the sacred Hebrew name of the Creator often seen as Lord in English Bibles) Psalm 11:3, “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
“I thought I was supposed to follow the Savior and not the Old Testament?” you might ask.
Well, by truly following Yahshua you are following His interpretation of the Torah. The Hebrew word for this is “Hallacha.” Yahshua’s Hallacha is His complete body of teachings or commandments, and explanation of the Torah as seen in the Gospels. 1 Peter 2:20, “no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” This is because Yahshua has already interpreted the Torah for us! He has shown us how to live, through His obedience to the Torah.
Shalom
Rabbi Thomas Massingale
I hope we can come to understand what has transpired since the Savour took His far journey ( see Matthew 25:14-30 ) thus that said I will procede.
[b]The Key to Understanding the Scriptures [/b]
The key to comprehending the scriptures is by viewing everything in the Bible through the lens of the “Torah.” Every other scripture passage in the Bible, every doctrine of the Church/Synagogue, and every teaching a person listens to should be filtered through the “Torah.”
“Torah” is the Hebrew word for teaching and instruction usually translated as “law” in English Bibles. Overtime, “Torah” has become the title for the first five books of the Bible, which were given to Moses by the Almighty. The Torah is the revelation of the Creator’s will for mankind. It is also the Bible Yahshua read and used.
Without a firm foundation in the Torah sin is excused, false theology is accepted, and the character of Yahweh is altered. (Yahweh is the sacred Hebrew name of the Creator often seen as Lord in English Bibles) Psalm 11:3, “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
“I thought I was supposed to follow the Savior and not the Old Testament?” you might ask.
Well, by truly following Yahshua you are following His interpretation of the Torah. The Hebrew word for this is “Hallacha.” Yahshua’s Hallacha is His complete body of teachings or commandments, and explanation of the Torah as seen in the Gospels. 1 Peter 2:20, “no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” This is because Yahshua has already interpreted the Torah for us! He has shown us how to live, through His obedience to the Torah.
Shalom
Rabbi Thomas Massingale