I made this blog as an answer to a question in a Bible group, and it is really good. It is a compilation of paragraphs from the book I've been writing. You can read it and learn to understand why and how the law of Yahuwah (law of Moses and 10 commandments) are still valid, and it gives some of the Scriptures that Christians take out of context to justify breaking the law, and explains what the words and phrases REALLY mean when translated correctly and used in context of what was going on historically, instead of being used out of context as almost all Christians are taught to understand.
<<But the whole law has been abolished. The Bible says that the law is our schooolmaster so we have knowledge of sin.>>
On the ABOLISHED idea - no it was not. It still stands, until heaven and earth pass away, and that happens after the Millennium (which will almost certainly begin in 2028 btw. See my blog https://saveatreeministry.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-mark-of-beast-microchip-via.html for the explanation of how this is so.
Romans 3:31 King James Version
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Yahuwah forbid: yea, we establish the law.
The Greek word for ‘make void’ is #2673 ‘katargoumen’ in Strong’s Concordance, and means ‘to nullify, to abolish.’ So, Paul just said, “do we abolish the Law? By no means!… we uphold the Law!” That totally agrees with Yahushuwa’s statement in Matthew 5:17-18 English Standard Version “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”
Also, that phrase in Matthew is a Hebrew idiom. Idioms don’t mean what they look like they mean, and the local people know their true meaning but outsiders do not understand them. Some examples of some English idioms would be “break a leg” “knock yourself out” “that recipe is to die for!” Of course we wouldn’t be telling someone to really break their leg or knock themselves out or to die for a recipe. They are just expressions that mean “go for it” or “the recipe is the greatest!” So Hebrew idioms should be explained for us English speaking Bible readers, but they are not.
Abolish the law, as an idiom, means to destroy the intent and purpose of the law, not do away with the law itself, and fulfill the law, as an idiom, means to show us the true intent and way to keep the law, not to stop obeying the law. He didn’t come to destroy the intent and purpose of the law, but to show us the true intent and way to keep the law. That is what He was actually saying!
Matthew 5:17-18 King James Version
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Guess what? Look out your window! Heaven and earth have not passed away yet – when they do, after the Millennium, we will receive from our Creator a new heaven and earth. Also, all is not fulfilled yet – He still will return for His bride, stop the Tribulation, and rule during the Millennium. When He finally brings down the new heaven and earth, THEN all will be fulfilled!
Does it even make sense that knowing that THIS Scripture says:
Deuteronomy 4:40 King James Version
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which Yahuwah thy God giveth thee, for ever…..
…that we should consider the law to be oppressive, unbearable, a burden, bad, against us, unable to be kept, and abolished, when it has THESE benefits “that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth” and ends it with FOREVER?!
How does Paul feel about the Law of God given through Moses?
Romans 2:18 King James Version
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Romans 2:18 New American Standard Bible
18 and know His will and distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,
Romans 2:20 King James Version
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Romans 2:20 New American Standard Bible
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, possessing in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth
James 2:18 King James Version
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
We also need to realize that the Word of Yahuwah does not contradict itself. We need to put all the related verses together, in context, and according to who was being spoken to and what their historical situation was, and see how they fit together.
It is the man-made dogma or laws that are against us. Some of the Jewish leaders made their own laws to add to Yahuwah’s laws, and they were harmful to the believers. One of their laws kept new converts from going into the temple to hear the Torah (teachings/law) to learn how to live for Yahuwah.
The Jewish book called the Talmud has their man-made laws in it – the ‘fences’ that they put around Yahuwah’s laws. Talmud contains the ‘ordinances against us’. Example:
Concerning abortion:
The laws in the Talmud do not consider a fetus to be a living soul until it is born. In Yevamos 69b, Rav Hisda states that “until forty days from conception the fetus is merely water. It is not yet considered a living being.” In Mishna Oholos 7:3, it says “If a woman is having trouble giving birth, they cut up the child in her womb and bring it forth limb by limb, because her life comes before the life of [the child].” In a case of danger to the mother, it says in Sanhedrin 72b that “a midwife may insert her hand into the womb and kill the fetus … [the reason is] for as long as the fetus has not emerged into the world, it is not a nefesh [a being with a soul]; one is therefore allowed to kill it and save the mother …” In certain circumstances if a fetus is putting the life of the mother in danger, it is considered a MURDERER in active pursuit, and killing the murderer is required! And a famous Jewish scholar in law in medicine, Waldenberg, wrote that ‘severe psychological distress’ is just as legitimate a reason for abortion as severe physical distress (Tzitz Eliezer 13:102; 14:101). Never mind that:
Luke 1:41 King James Version
41 ”And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost”
which makes it obvious that a baby in the womb is a human life. These Talmudic instructions on abortion repulsed me. This is just one example of how the Talmud contains 'the laws against us'. The Torah does NOT have any laws against us. The Torah, (the 613 commandments and the 10 commandments) are the marriage covenant between Yahuwah (God) and His beloved bride (His people).
Romans 7:22 King James Version
22 For I delight in the law of Yahuwah after the inward man
Proverbs 29:18 King James Version
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Many Jewish leaders consider the Talmud to be the ‘oral law’ given by ‘God’ (to teach us how to apply the written law, Torah, law of Moses,) and that is where they get all those ‘fences’ put around Yahuwah’s laws that make His instructions seem impossible to keep! ….. I believe ‘oral laws’ like the abortion laws above is from satan himself, not Yahuwah. ‘Ordinances’ against us, meaning ‘man-made dogma’, is what was nailed to the cross.
Here is another verse similar to Colossians 2:14 that mentions the ‘ordinances’ again, and is also referring to man-made dogma or laws.
Ephesians 2:11-15 King James Version
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; (uncircumcision was a term used for the Gentiles, and circumcision was a term used to refer to the Israelites.)
12 That at that time ye were without Yahushuwa, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahuwah in the world:
13 But now in Messiah Yahushuwa ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Yahushuwa.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity (#2189), even the law of commandments (#3551) contained in ordinances (#1785); for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Strong’s Concordance #2189 – ‘echthra’, meaning hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition: —enmity, hatred. (This was the middle wall of division of verse 14, the enmity, that was caused by the Pharisees’ man-made laws that they added to Yahuwah’s laws, which made them a burden to keep rather than a pleasure as they are intended to be, and caused a wall of division between the Jews and the newly converted Gentiles. Yahushuwa broke that wall down and made the ‘one new man’.
#3551 – ‘nomos’, meaning anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. of any law whatsoever. (It does not define as ‘Torah’ – it defines as any law whatsoever, which in this case is about man-made laws (dogma) that were added to Torah, because THESE laws were contained in ordinances added by man.
#1785 ‘entolē’, which refers to the man-made dogma or additions to the Mosaic law.
So again, that is a verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s law, when it doesn’t mean that at all. It was the man-made dogma, commandments, ordinances, which were against us and divided us, that He abolished in His flesh, not Yahuwah’s laws, which bring us together in unity. People actually believed they had to keep those man-made laws, and many today still do, but Yahushuwa did not promote that idea.
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words says of dogma, “Primarily denoted an opinion or judgment (from dokeo, to be of opinion). Hence, an opinion expressed with authority, a doctrine, ordinance, or decree.” Furthermore, it is used in the Bible to be the doctrine, decree, or teaching of man. “Ordinances” here is a man-made teaching.
Another thing that He freed us from is enslavement to sin. Sin is bondage and can control us. His grace gives us the supernatural power to overcome the urge to sin, so we are no longer slaves to sin, and can be forgiven for the ones we do slip up and commit, when we repent, and therefore be free from the law of sin and death, which is “the wages of sin is death”.
The New Covenant:
Next is yet another verse that Christians use to say the law is done away with. They say that ‘Jesus’ made a NEW covenant that replaces the OLD one in the Old
Testament law, so we don’t have to obey the law. But….. here we go again! Here is the verse:
Jeremiah 31:31 King James Version
31 Behold, the days come, saith Yahuwah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
The Hebrew word for ‘new’ is #2319 and means new, but comes from the root word #2318 châdash which means to be new; causatively, to rebuild:--renew, repair, and it is saying that Yahuwah will rebuild, renew, and repair the covenant which was broken when Israel was unfaithful to Him and served other gods, and He divorced them in Jeremiah 3:8. When our Messiah Yahushuwa gave Himself up as the sacrificial lamb, died for our sins, and rose from the dead, He renewed the original covenant back to the order of Melchizedek, which includes the O.T. laws, but no longer uses the Levitical Priesthood to do sacrifices, as Yahushuwa is the ultimate and final sacrifice for our sins, who was ordained for this from the foundation of the world.
After Yahuwah divorced Israel for committing spiritual adultery against Him, by serving other gods (demons), He could not take ‘her’ back as a wife because that goes against one of His laws in Torah for a man not to remarry a woman who has married another spouse – she is defiled and he cannot remarry her. But since He died, and then resurrected from the dead, the death frees her from that restriction and He is able to take her for his spouse.
This is not a brand-new covenant, but a renewed one, similar to when couples renew their marriage vows after they’ve been apart for a period of time. Those two words for new and renewed were not originally two different words – the Hebrews didn’t have two separate words in that time period – but the Strong’s Concordance people made the word into two different ones. They can be used interchangeably. So, it’s important to understand the concept of this passage even more so than the exact word used.
This covenant is for the Tribe of Judah and for Israel. It doesn’t mention the Gentiles! Yet Christians seem to think it is for them, and that they replace the Jews. I guess the idea is that the Jews were naughty, served other gods, and so Yahuwah ignored them and gave a ‘new’ covenant to the Gentiles instead, a brand new one, with ‘Jesus’ in charge of it, to make the Jews jealous so that they’d repent and accept ‘Jesus’ as their Messiah. He didn’t ‘give’ the covenant to the Gentiles.
Romans 11:11 King James Version
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Yahuwah forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Originally the covenant was only for the Israelites, but later Yahuwah told them that they could preach to the Gentiles and allow them to come into covenant also. And although it was to provoke the Jews to jealousy so they would come back into the covenant that was meant for them, it NEVER REPLACED the Jews with the Gentile converts, but it brought the Gentiles into the Jews’ covenant.
Many Jewish people believe that the Gentiles have no business participating in ‘their’ covenant, and that those who honor the Sabbath or feast days should be put to death! They also do not recognize Yahushuwa as their Messiah, and are waiting for a human mortal Messiah to save them (and when that one comes, he will be the anti-Messiah [antichrist] who tricks them.)
The problem with this is that for one thing, the Gentiles never were in a covenant with Yahuwah in the first place, so Yahuwah couldn’t have given them a ‘new’ one (as if there was an ‘old’ one to replace), nor could He have given them a ‘renewed’ one (the true meaning of the word in this verse), because for the Gentiles there was no ‘old’ one to ‘renew’. Also, it says Yahuwah made this covenant with Israel and the tribe of Judah, as I pointed out, not with the Gentiles.
Now when the Gentiles get born-again, and get adopted into Yahuwah’s family (Israel), they do become part of the Tribe of Judah because that is the tribe that Yahushuwa came from, so yes, they then receive the benefits of that covenant, which is eternal life and many earthly blessings also, but they also have to obey the household rules set by the adopting Father – the same rules that the natural children have to obey – the LAW! This includes but is not limited to the 7th day Sabbath, the feast days, the dietary instructions, etc.
Obedience or ‘works’ is PART OF FAITH, and faith is dead without the works ‘obedience’, so when the Bible talks about how the branches of the olive tree can be broken off for unbelief, even after being grafted in, and even if they are the natural branches who were already there, this shows that if a believer does not show their faith with works (obedience) then they are walking in unbelief. It is in Jeremiah 11:16 where the Israelites were first referred to as ‘natural branches’ of an olive tree.
Someone who believes that Yahuwah is their God, and that Yahushuwa is their Messiah, does what He instructs or commands them to do. When a professing believer refuses to do what His instructions teach, then that shows that he is not truly in belief, but in doubt and unbelief. They don’t love or trust Him enough to do what He says.
John 14:21 King James Version
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Love is not just a feeling – it’s an action. For Yahuwah, it is obeying His commandments, which means the law. Yahushuwa gave some instructions when He walked the earth, but those were giving a fuller understanding of the Old Testament laws rather than replacing them as most Christians believe. Remember, He said He didn’t come to abolish the law but rather to fulfill which means fully preach or expound on it. He is the Word made flesh – the one who wrote the O.T. law. There are not two Gods up there, just one God. So “My commandments” are not a separate thing from Yahuwah’s commandments – they are all the same thing.
I’ll put this in everyday life family terms. If a dad adopts a son, he normally loves him as he does his natural born sons, he feeds and clothes him the same, provides his education the same, provides medical needs and other needs the same… right? If the natural born children have a 10 p.m. curfew, are not allowed to talk back, leave their rooms a mess, skip school, etc., then the adopted son is also expected to be in by 10, be respectful, clean his room, go to school, etc. Make sense?
If the adopted son says “YOU’RE NOT MY REAL DAD!!!! I DON’T HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY!” – Isn’t that showing a lack of respect and love for the father? Isn’t it showing rebellion against the father? It shows that he really doesn’t consider his adoptive dad to be his dad (although he knows he’s adopted and that this dad loves him as much as his own children), and he is breaking the rules and staying out all night, sassing his parents, refusing to clean his room, skipping school… he is walking in unbelief that he is really part of that family. He’s rebelling against his father and separating himself from that family because of his unbelief. That breaks the bond of father and son, and though the father is always wanting to be back in relationship with him, the son has to make the choice to be in relationship by repenting and once again following the father’s instructions for his children.
When he is broken away, he is not going to receive all the benefits that the other children receive. He wanders off into the world to do his own thing, like the prodigal son, and although he is still loved by his father, he misses out on so many blessings. The natural children can rebel like this also, but I am just using this illustration to show how we as Gentiles adopted into Yahuwah’s family are expected to obey His instructions (commands, law, Torah) if we want to receive the benefits (salvation, eternal life, health, etc.)
If an adult child doesn’t want to obey the rules but still wants to live in the father’s house, he won’t be allowed to. He will not be welcome to come home and live with dad if he is in rebellion and refuses to obey father’s rules. Likewise, a rebellious rulebreaker (or lawbreaker) will not be allowed to live in his heavenly Father’s home. Only those who show their love for Him through obedience and respect will be allowed to. He is holy and His home, Heaven, must be a place of peace, love and order – He will not tolerate sin in His home. He gives us plenty of instruction and warning so that we’ll make the right choices and qualify for Heaven, and He does this because He WANTS us to spend eternity with Him. But it’s our choice, and most people rebel against any thought of actually obeying His commandments after getting born-again into His family.
The law is not just for the Jews. The Sabbath and feast days are not just for the Jews. They are for Yahuwah’s children, which means for all who are born-again believers, whether Jew or Gentile, for when we get born-again, we are one new man – there is no more Jew or Gentile in Yahuwah’s family.
Jeremiah 3:8 King James Version
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
So, Yahuwah repairs that broken covenant with a renewed one that is eternal. The same laws are still there. But you enter the covenant differently. The sacrifice is a onetime eternal sacrifice by our Messiah, instead of yearly by a human Levitical priest, and we enter the covenant by getting born-again, getting our sins forgiven by repenting of them and dying of our old self and living in Him who died for our sins, our eternal High Priest Yahushuwa. Christians think they are under a ‘new covenant’ but they were never under any covenant in the first place. They are not a separate entity. When one gets born-again, he gets grafted into the olive tree, which is Israel, whose root is said to be holy, or adopted in to Yahuwah’s family, which is Israel. Born-again believers do not replace the Jews as Yahuwah’s chosen people – they become part of them – part of their family – part of Yahuwah’s family.
Romans 11:16-17 King James Version
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Ephesians 1:4-6 King James Version
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Yahushuwa the Messiah to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 2:11-13 King James Version
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Yahushuwa, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahuwah in the world:
13 But now in Messiah Yahushuwa ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Yahushuwa.
Ephesians 2:18-22 King James Version
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of Yahuwah;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yahushuwa the Messiah himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in Yahushuwa:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of Yahuwah through the Spirit.
All of these verses talking about being grafted in and adopted in show us that we become part of Yahuwah’s family, His household, as well as His temple.
Hebrews 8:6-13 King James Version – my comments are in parenthesis
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. (the word ‘covenant’ is not in the original text – it should say “if the first had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second,” and the actual context of it is that the first priesthood is not faultless. There was nothing wrong with the covenant itself, but with the people. People are imperfect.)
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith Yahuwah, when I will make a new (means renewed) covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: (‘Them’ refers to the nation of Israel because of their idolatry in making and worshipping the golden calf – THEY were at fault, NOT Yahuwah’s own covenant.)
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith Yahuwah. (Instead of staying with Yahuwah’s covenant they built the idol and worshipped it, and idolatry is sin.)
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Yahuwah; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahuwah: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. (Remember, sin and iniquity is ‘the transgression of the law’.)
13 In that he saith, A new (#2537 ‘kainoi’ new, especially in freshness) covenant (again, not in the original text), he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (the mortal priesthood is what vanishes away as the immortal one with Yahushuwa takes over.)
Hebrews 7:23-25 King James Version
23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: (mortal priests died eventually.)
24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Yahuwah by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Hebrews 7:12 King James Version
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
The law that had to be changed was about how the priesthood operated in the temple. The rest of the law was already in place but after the Israelites made their golden calf idol in the wilderness while Moses was on the mountain communing with Yahuwah and receiving the commandments written by Yahuwah, Yahuwah added the law of the role of the Levitical priesthood. Before Yahuwah wrote the law, the law did exist, but it wasn’t in writing. This verse from Genesis shows us that Abraham kept Yahuwah’s laws even though it wasn’t written yet – He communed with Yahuwah and listened to Him, and obeyed Him, keeping all of His instructions!
Genesis 26:5 King James Version
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
But those who made the golden calf did not follow the instructions, so Yahuwah put them in writing and assigned a Levitical Priesthood to implement them.
In Hebrews 8:6-13 Yahuwah is talking about the renewed covenant and that He will put the laws in their minds and hearts, because this happens through Yahushuwa and having the mind of Him, and the new priesthood which will never decayeth or waxeth old.
Here’s what happens when His law is in our minds and in our hearts:
1 Corinthians 2:16 King James Version
16 For who hath known the mind of Yahuwah, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Yahushuwa.
Ezekiel 36:26 King James Version
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.
Romans 2:14-15 King James Version
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another…
John 1:1-4 King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yahuwah, and the Word was Yahuwah.
2 The same was in the beginning with Yahuwah.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
These verses are talking about Yahushuwa, the living word, who is Yahuwah who came and dwelt among us, the same one who created all things (all things were made by him….), and the same one who wrote the ten commandments on the tablets of stone with His own finger, and dictated to Moses the writing of the rest of the law on the scrolls. He is ONE GOD.
Exodus 31:18 King James Version
18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of stone, written with the finger of Yahuwah.
The laws were written in stone but when put into us they become part of us. Why would we want to rebel against them?
Revelation 19:13 King James Version
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of Yahuwah.
Yahushuwa is the Word of Yahuwah made flesh, who wrote them – He is Yahuwah who came to us in the flesh. Some think that He gave us a DIFFERENT set of commandments, but He is the one who wrote the original ones, and He came and explained them better to us. But He is giving us a different way of implementing them, a different priesthood, immortal Yahushuwa instead of mortal man. When His people came out of Egypt and made a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain receiving the first set of stone tablets that Yahuwah wrote with His own finger, Moses came down and saw what they had done and broke the tablets.
Galatians 3:19 King James Version
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Yahuwah gave them a covenant that required Levitical priests to bring sacrifices to the altar to remind them of their sins, and did this BECAUSE of their rebellion. The law of the Levitical Priesthood is what was added because of their transgressions. But priests come and go, they get old and die.
There were already laws of Yahuwah in place, since the creation. They just were not written down. There were sacrifices, as told about in Genesis. And there was the Sabbath which Yahuwah set in place on the 7th day of creation. There were other laws as well, and these were all part of the order of Melchizedek, who actually is Yahushuwa. The NEW law that was added was the operation of the Levitical Priesthood, which was to be utilized until Messiah came and took over as High Priest. He ended the Levitical Priesthood’s operation, but He never ended the law – He restored it to the order of Melchizedek. And He gave us His grace and sent us His Holy Spirit to cause us to keep it, to help us keep it, to show us how to keep it, to empower us to keep it. He writes it on our hearts so it’s not just letters on a page but is expounded upon by the Spirit in our hearts. We have to study it to learn Yahuwah’s will, and then the Holy Spirit will bring it to our remembrance when we need it.
Hebrews 7:21 King James Version
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Hebrews 7:23-25 King James Version
23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Yahuwah by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
They are a temporary situation (till the seed should come), and the better version of the covenant is that Yahushuwa, our permanent High Priest (the seed that came), sacrificed Himself in place of the sacrificial lamb, and it’s a once and for all sacrifice that never needs to be repeated – He doesn’t wax old or decay like human priests do, and through this He has put His laws on our hearts. The law is still there, He did not change it, but we do the sacrificial part differently.
THE SCHOOLMASTER
Scripture that Christians use to excuse following the law is this:
Galatians 3:23-26 King James Version
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Yahushuwa the Messiah , that we might be justified by faith.
26 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of Yahuwah by faith in Messiah Yahushuwa.
Schoolmaster is #3807 in the Strong’s Concordance “paidagogos”. It means “a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school.” The whole Mosaic law is not ‘the schoolmaster’ that brings us to Yahushuwa. The feast days are prophetic about Yahushuwa, but it is the law of the Levitical Priesthood, which was added because Yahuwah’s people made the golden calf in the wilderness, an idol, and committed idolatry by worshipping it, that brings us to Yahushuwa, as that is the law He took over as the High Priest, as we studied earlier. The Levitical Priesthood law was added because of the transgression, until the seed should come (Galatians 3:19) and Yahushuwa is the ‘seed’ that came (Galatians 3:16). His blood that He shed on the cross redeems us from our sins as the blood of the animals represented that and prepared us for that. Once He died for our sins, we do not need the Levitical Priesthood law, the Schoolmaster, because it led us to Him, and He took over for that, permanently. Once the children got to school, Yahushuwa through His Holy Spirit became our teacher on how to keep the law correctly.
Here is more of that verse, to see it in context:
Galatians 3:19-26 King James Version
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but Yahuwah is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of Yahuwah? Yahuwah forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Yahushuwa the Messiah might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Yahushuwa the Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of Yahuwah by faith in Messiah Yahushuwa.
Jews also had man-made ordinances about not associating with Gentiles. These were not part of Yahuwah’s laws.
Ephesians 2:14-15 King James Version
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
The verse above shows Paul retelling the message in Peter’s vision, that the Gentiles were not their enemies, and could be given the opportunity to become part of their nation when they repented of their sins and believed in and confessed Yahushuwa as their Messiah. Next are some verses that show that the Law of Yahuwah does NOT forbid association with the Gentiles – they too are to be treated fairly and given the opportunity to follow Yahuwah’s laws:
Exodus 22:21 King James Version
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23:9 King James Version
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 17:15 King James Version
15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus 24:22 King James Version
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am Yahuwah your God.
Numbers 15:15 King James Version
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before Yahuwah.
Deuteronomy 10:19 King James Version
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 24:17 King James Version
17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy 27:19 King James Version
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
So, you see, the man-made laws, dogma, actually violated Yahuwah’s laws! So, when Peter got the meaning from Yahuwah for his vision, it was not actually CHANGING any laws, but was letting him know he did not have to obey those man-made laws.
And here are New Testament verses that show the same:
Romans 2:9-11 King James Version
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with Yahuwah.
Romans 10:12 King James Version
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Yahuwah over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
1 Corinthians 12:13 King James Version
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Galatians 3:28-29 King James Version
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Messiah Yahushuwa.
29 And if ye be Messiah’s, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Look at that! In Yahushuwa we are Abraham’s offspring, Israelites, not Jews or Gentiles.
Ephesians 3:6 King James Version
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Messiah by the gospel:
Peter’s vision is an area of Scripture Christians use to justify breaking the law – the dietary laws.
The vision Peter had is not about eating unclean animals, as Christians love to say it is – it was to let him know he could begin to minister to the Gentiles, and not just the Jews. It was an allegory. Like an idiom doesn’t mean what it says, an allegory is similar. The definition of allegory from Oxford Languages is “a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.”
Peter never ate unclean meats, and neither did our Messiah, and Peter KNEW that Yahuwah didn’t want him to start. And guess what? Unclean animals are mentioned in Revelation (New Testament). If they’re not unclean anymore, why are they in there? Some try to insist that Yahuwah would be lying if He didn’t mean that the unclean animals could now be eaten.
Yahushuwa used parables a lot when He taught. They are similar to allegories – phrases or stories that don’t necessarily describe events that actually happened, yet they are not considered to be lying.
Here is Peter’s vision:
Acts 10:9-22, 28 King James Version
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Yahuwah; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What Yahuwah hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
(Most Christians stop here and claim this means we can eat whatever we want now. But the rest of the Scripture lets us know that this is not so.)
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
(Peter doubted what it meant because he knew Yahuwah was not telling him to eat unclean animals, so he wanted to find out what the allegory meant. If he believed Yahuwah did want him to start eating unclean animals, he would not have argued with Yahuwah, and would not have wondered what it really meant.)
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth Yahuwah, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from Yahuwah by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
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28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but Yahuwah hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Notice - "YAHUWAH (GOD) HATH SHEWED ME" - God gave him the meaning of the vision! It's that simple!
Verse 28 tells us that it’s about people and not animals, and is an allegory. Notice how it says in verse 10 “And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance” – Yahuwah used his hunger as a tool to get His message across, meeting him where he was at. Peter was VERY hungry, yet he still knew he was not to eat unclean animals and so he argued with Yahuwah “Not so Yahuwah.”
Where it says it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with someone from another nation, there is NO law in Torah of this nature. The law being referred to is the Israelite leaders’ man-made dogma, or ordinances, fences, the laws that are called ‘the ordinances against us’. Here are some man-made laws (dogma) that were written by the Jewish leaders and that they expected the people to obey:
Mishnah Tractate Avot 1: Moses received the Torah (Law) from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets handed it down to the men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples, and make a fence around the Torah (Law).
Mishnah Tractate Avot 3: Rabbi Akiva said: Jesting and frivolity lead a man towards promiscuity. ‘Tradition’ is a safeguarding fence around the Torah. Tithes are a fence to wealth. Vows a fence to abstinence. Silence is a fence to wisdom.
When people talk about how the Pharisees put ‘fences’ around Yahuwah’s laws, this is what they are referring to. The Pharisees believe the fences help them to not mess up and break a law in Torah. But they make it a burden when you add to Yahuwah’s laws. If Yahuwah wanted ‘fences’ He would have written His own into His laws! The man-made added laws created enmity. Besides, we are told not to add or take away from the Scriptures! Jews also had man-made ordinances about not associating with Gentiles. These were not part of Yahuwah’s laws.
And here the story continues in the next chapter, showing even more how Peter’s vision is about people (the Gentiles) and not animals:
Acts 11:1-18 King James Version
1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of Yahuwah.
2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What Yahuwah hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
16 Then remembered I the word of Yahuwah, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17 Forasmuch then as Yahuwah gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on Messiah Yahushuwa; what was I, that I could withstand Yahuwah?
18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified Yahuwah, saying, Then hath Yahuwah also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Changing the dietary laws would go against not removing a jot or tittle.
Matthew 5:17-18 King James Version
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
And don’t forget Isaiah 66!
Isaiah 66:15-18 King James Version
15 For, behold, Yahuwah will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will Yahuwah plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahuwah shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh (THAT IS PIG MEAT, PORK), and the abomination (THAT INCLUDES OTHER UNCLEAN MEATS), and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith Yahuwah.
Revelation 18:2 King James Version
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
As you can see, there are still unclean animals in Revelation, which is about the last days. Next is more Scripture that Christians insist mean we are allowed to eat unclean animals.
When Yahushuwa ‘declared all foods clean’ He was not referring to unclean animals that He forbids us to eat – they were NOT considered to be food!
Mark 7:18-21 King James Version
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
‘Meats’ in this verse is #1033 in the Strong’s Concordance, broma, and means ‘that which is eaten, food, meat, victual’. It’s referring to edible meat (Kosher meat) that’s been offered to idols, that it can’t defile a person. The versions that say he declared all ‘meat’ clean are incorrect! The translations below did a better job on this verse:
AMP
since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?” (By this, He declared all foods ceremonially clean.)
CSB
For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean).
CEB
That’s because it doesn’t enter into the heart but into the stomach, and it goes out into the sewer.” By saying this, Yahushuwa declared that no food could contaminate a person in Yahuwah’s sight.
CJB
For it doesn’t go into his heart but into his stomach, and it passes out into the latrine.” (Thus he declared all foods ritually clean.)
The unclean animals are NOT ‘food’.
A pig farmer told a man whose book I once read that if you pick up a pig’s foot and squeeze it, pus will come out of it. The pig has a canal that runs down its’ feet, which is a sweat gland that releases pus into the ground. The pig feeds off the ground and ends up eating its’ own pus as well. They eat feces, tumors, dead pigs, garbage, etc., and there are researchers who say pigs are not fit for human consumption because they have such a high toxicity level and do not have a way of clearing the toxins from their bodies.
The author also said that whenever a mink farm accidentally gave the mink feed with pork in it, ALL of the mink would die! He said it was because pigs are so toxic and the mink could not handle the poison from them. Yet a pig can eat some poisons or get bit by a poisonous snake and not die. The man had stomach cancer, and learned that cancer feeds off pork, so he gave up pork, and his cancer healed.
Eat what’s set before you – this verse doesn’t mean what most Christians think it means. Neither does the phrase “All things are lawful for me”
1 Corinthians 10:20-29 King James Version
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to Yahuwah: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of Yahuwah, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of Yahuwah's table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke Yahuwah to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is Yahuwahs, and the fulness thereof.
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
28 But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is Yahuwahs, and the fulness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
1 Corinthians 6:12 King James Version
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Is Paul actually saying that all things are lawful for him? No, he is actually quoting a mantra used by the Libertine Gnostics of Corinth, in his letter to the Corinthians. The translators didn’t bother to put that in quotation marks so we would know that he was not speaking his own ideas but was quoting a mantra from the cult that they came out of. He quoted their ‘mantra’ so he could address it because it goes against the law of Yahuwah.
The translations below do have the quotation marks in place, therefore making the verse easier to understand as it was meant to be! In quotation marks are the cult’s words, and ‘but……’ are Paul’s words as he answered back to them.
New Living Translation
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.
English Standard Version
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
Berean Study Bible
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
This whole section is about eating meat that’s been offered in sacrifice to idols (demons). There is instruction in the Bible to not eat meat that has been, but Paul is saying if they go into a feast where they don’t believe this (“that believe not”), and may be serving food that may have been offered to idols, to not ask about it, but just go ahead and eat it, because in reality it won’t harm them. These people didn’t serve the ‘unclean’ meats that Yahuwah forbids, such as pork, shellfish, etc. and it is NOT referring to unbelievers who eat unclean meats, it is referring to believers who may have served meat bought in the market that had previously been offered to idols.
He goes on to say in verse 28 that if they come right out and say it has been offered to idols, then they were not to eat it, because that might give the server the idea that idol worship was approved of by them, and cause them to stumble. In other words, in this particular instance, what they don’t know won’t hurt them!
1 Timothy 4:1-5 King James Version
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which Yahuwah hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of Yahuwah is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of Yahuwah and prayer.
Many think that Paul is saying that every creature of Yahuwah means even pigs and other ‘unclean’ animals, but that is not true. He was talking to Jewish believers who never ate ‘unclean’ animals. He didn’t need to explain to them that he didn’t mean they could eat the forbidden meats – they already knew this, but we modern-day believers wouldn’t necessarily know it if someone didn’t bring it to our attention. The animals that Yahuwah told them they could eat, that were considered Kosher because Yahuwah made them that way, were forbidden by some cults that taught doctrines of demons, forbidding them from eating the kosher meats, from getting married (as the Catholics forbid their priests to marry), and other ridiculous restrictions that were not restricted by Yahuwah. Their restriction of marrying goes directly against Yahuwah’s commandment to be fruitful and multiply.
He was NOT saying that they could eat unclean meats as long as they prayed over them. He WAS saying they could eat the kosher meats that were made by Yahuwah to be food, and if there was a possibility that they had been offered to idols, prayer would sanctify them. IF he meant that every creature that Yahuwah created was good to eat, that would include dogs, cats, snakes, rats, people, monkeys, spiders, centipedes, etc! Again, we need to remember, Yahushuwa Himself, the Creator and the writer of the laws, said not one jot or tittle will by any means be abolished until heaven and earth pass away, and that doesn’t happen until AFTER the tribulation and the Millennium, and that includes the dietary laws!
Colossians 2:14-17 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body (is) of Yahushuwa the Messiah. (‘is’ is not in the original text!)
In this verse Paul is actually saying the opposite of what most Christians are taught to believe. They think it justifies celebrating pagan holidays and eating unclean meats (16-17), etc., and for not keeping Yahuwah’s feast days, and not to let believers judge you for that. But this was for new converts who came out of the cult called the Essenes, telling them to not let those cult leaders judge them for keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbaths, feast days, and dietary instructions, and only allow the body of Messiah to judge concerning these things. (Believers are allowed to judge among each other to help each other make sure they’re doing things right.) Christians love to say that Paul did not teach to keep the laws, or that he himself did not keep them, but that is a lie.
Acts 21:24b King James Version
24 ….. but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Although the Essenes observed the Law, they shunned Temple worship and kept to themselves, deliberately lived in poverty, many were celibate. They didn’t believe in resurrected bodies. Some groups of them didn’t believe in eating meat. When groups of them got born-again, their people were judging the new converts for the way they kept the Law in Leviticus, because it wasn’t the way their sect did it. The new converts learned to obey the laws in Leviticus – the Essenes obeyed some of them but had their own rules that did not fit with Yahuwah’s rules. Even verse 14 (14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;) shows us that it is referring to man-made laws, NOT Yahuwah’s laws, as the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ there is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’
More of this Scripture shows it is referring to man-made dogma, not Yahuwah’s laws:
Colossians 2:20-22 King James Version
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? (more confirmation that it was the man-made dogma that was the problem – commandments and doctrines of men is SPECIFICALLY mentioned here!)
Here are two more verses addressing the man-made doctrines of the Pharisees, and how burdensome they are:
Matthew 23:4 King James Version
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Galatians 5:1 King James Version
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Messiah hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
You have to know about the history and customs of this period to figure many Biblical things out, and unfortunately, the translators didn’t bother to put the explanation in there – not even in the footnotes! So, for hundreds of years, it gets taken out of context and used to justify doing the wrong things. Yahuwah and Paul never called the pagan days ‘holydays’ – only ‘Yahuwah’s feast days are called ‘holydays’, and Yahuwah’s people are instructed to watch for when the sliver of the ‘new moon’ comes each month, as each month on the Hebrew calendar starts on the new moon.
Colossians 2:16 King James Version
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
When the people came out of these cult movements and started obeying Yahuwah’s instructions, the Essenes started harassing them for it, and Paul was telling them not to accept judgment for that.
In this verse that is used out of context to justify breaking Yahuwah’s laws (I mentioned it a bit earlier),
Colossians 2:14 King James Version
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
…the actual meaning of the word ‘ordinances’ here is ‘a man-made dogma or decree.’ Yahuwah’s laws are not against us and they’re certainly not nailed to the cross! Man-made religious laws, written by the hands of men (handwriting of ordinances), that were added to Yahuwah’s law are. Look at the following verses. They make it obvious that Yahuwah’s law is for us and not against us!
Psalm 19:7-8 King James Version
7 The law of Yahuwah is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Yahuwah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of Yahuwah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahuwah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 119:1 King James Version
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of Yahuwah.
Romans 7:12 King James Version
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Paul is paraphrasing, in Romans 7:12, King David from Psalms 19:7-11, and he said this LONG after Yahushuwa rose from the dead.
Psalm 19:7-11 King James Version
7 The law of Yahuwah is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Yahuwah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of Yahuwah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Yahuwah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of Yahuwah is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of Yahuwah are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
THE SCHOOLMASTER
Scripture that Christians use to excuse following the law is this:
Galatians 3:23-26 King James Version
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Yahushuwa the Messiah , that we might be justified by faith.
26 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of Yahuwah by faith in Messiah Yahushuwa.
Schoolmaster is #3807 in the Strong’s Concordance “paidagogos”. It means “a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school.” The whole Mosaic law is not ‘the schoolmaster’ that brings us to Yahushuwa. The feast days are prophetic about Yahushuwa, but it is the law of the Levitical Priesthood, which was added because Yahuwah’s people made the golden calf in the wilderness, an idol, and committed idolatry by worshipping it, that brings us to Yahushuwa, as that is the law He took over as the High Priest, as we studied earlier. The Levitical Priesthood law was added because of the transgression, until the seed should come (Galatians 3:19) and Yahushuwa is the ‘seed’ that came (Galatians 3:16). His blood that He shed on the cross redeems us from our sins as the blood of the animals represented that and prepared us for that. Once He died for our sins, we do not need the Levitical Priesthood law, the Schoolmaster, because it led us to Him, and He took over for that, permanently. Once the children got to school, Yahushuwa through His Holy Spirit became our teacher on how to keep the law correctly.
Here is more of that verse, to see it in context:
Galatians 3:19-26 King James Version
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but Yahuwah is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of Yahuwah? Yahuwah forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Yahushuwa the Messiah might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Yahushuwa the Messiah, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of Yahuwah by faith in Messiah Yahushuwa.
Christians tend to believe that Yahuwah’s laws are bondage, but it’s the Pharisees additions to Yahuwah’s laws, the man-made laws, that are bondage. Yahuwah’s laws are not a burden. Remember, His law is the marriage covenant between Yahuwah and His bride. It’s even called the law of liberty, but again, the verses below imply that we are to DO something.
James 2:12 King James Version
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Psalm 119:42-45 King James Version
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
The words ‘precepts’ in verse 45 is #6490 in Strong’s Concordance, ‘piqqûḏîm’, and it means ‘properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law):—commandment, precept, statute.’
He walks in liberty BECAUSE he seeks Yahuwah’s precepts (mandates ‘for the law’, commandment, statute). He has hope in Yahuwah’s judgments. He will keep His law CONTINUALLY FOR EVER AND EVER. That should give you a clue that it IS THE LAW THAT BRINGS US LIBERTY! When Christians insist that they are at liberty to NOT obey Yahuwah’s laws, that they are done away with, they are mistaken. It is the Torah, the law of Moses and the 10 commandments that is the law of liberty, forever and ever!
James 1:25 King James Version
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect , and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
And yet, Christians insist that Yahuwah’s law is bondage, and they think ‘Jesus’ has His own law and calls it the law of liberty! ‘Jesus’ is the one who created Yahuwah’s law! ‘They’ are ONE GOD, the CREATOR of the universe and everything in it. Yahushuwa is the Word made flesh. How about Christians stop twisting everything and start believing the truth and get set free by it?
But we as humans cannot, on our own, obey ALL of them perfectly – we mess up sometimes, even often, and therefore always falling short and needing a savior, because if we have even one unforgiven sin, we cannot enter heaven. No sinfulness is allowed in Yahuwah’s kingdom because He is holy and pure, and does not tolerate sin. Our Messiah gave us the gift of grace, which gives us favor that we didn’t earn and do not deserve, and Yahushuwa’s blood that was shed on the cross washes away our sins so they are no more, when we repent.
Romans 3:23-25 King James Version
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Yahuwah;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Messiah Yahushuwa:
25 Whom Yahuwah hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past (sins committed previously), through the forbearance of Yahuwah;
Sins that are PAST – His grace does not cover FUTURE willful sins unless we repent of them.
What is Grace? Grace means the divine influence upon the heart, according to the Greek Concordance. It means unmerited favor, undeserved favor. But what does grace do?
Titus 2:11-15 New International Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Yahushuwa the Messiah, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:11-13 King James Version
11 For the grace of Yahuwah that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Yahushuwa the Messiah;
So, Yahuwah’s grace provides us forgiveness of sin, and it teaches us to live right, or to obey Yahuwah’s commandments. It also empowers us to live right, to keep the law. It is NOT a license to keep on sinning (violating Yahuwah’s commandments).
2 Corinthians 12:9 King James Version
9 And he said unto me, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Yahushuwa may rest upon me.
Power and grace go hand in hand. We obtain the power to overcome sin through grace, because we are weak and He is strong. Again, grace doesn’t give us a license to sin, it empowers us to stop sinning, to start obeying our Creator.
We also have His Holy Spirit, our comforter and helper, which most believers do not know that one of the reasons He was given to us is to help us obey the law! It’s interesting that the LAW was given to Moses on Pentecost, in the Old Testament days, and later the Holy Spirit was given to believers on Pentecost, in the New Testament days! The Holy Spirit CAUSES us to obey His law of the OLD TESTAMENT! (If we walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh – most Christians refuse to cooperate and let it cause them to obey the law.)
Ezekiel 36:26-27 King James Version
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.
Acts 2:38 King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yahushuwa the Messiah for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Holy Spirit)
Yahuwah gave us His Holy Spirit so that it would cause us, as our helper, to walk in His laws, and not just to be our comforter. And it will empower us to stop sinning and to be successful witnesses of our Messiah as well.
Acts 1:8 King James Version
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
The verse below tells us to keep His commandments, and live.
Proverbs 7:2 King James Version
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
But Christians will say “That’s the OLD Testament!!!!” as if it doesn’t count anymore. But this next verse says:
Matthew 19:17 King James Version
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Yahuwah: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Well, how about that?! They both say the same thing! O.T. and N.T. both tell us to keep His commandments to live! And the N.T. verse in Matthew is Yahushuwa Himself saying it! Fancy that. There are actually several more verses in the N.T. that say to obey the law in order to enter heaven. Like this one:
Revelation 22:14 King James Version
14 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.
Many like to say that is ‘works religion’, but it’s in the Bible and you can either take a marker and block these verses out and ignore them (and get in trouble with Yahuwah for that), or you can study this out and learn why they say that, and adjust your beliefs to the Scriptures and move away from your preconceived ideas. It is not ‘works’ religion. We cannot get born-again by our works, as I will soon show you that Paul taught about that. But ‘works’ (doing the commandments) comes AFTER getting born-again, and is a PART OF FAITH, and His grace EMPOWERS YOU AND TEACHES YOU HOW TO OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS. Faith without works is dead, and dead faith will do nothing for you.
In Matthew 19:17 above, it does not mean that Yahushuwa is saying that HE is not good. He is implying that they call Him good because they know that He is Yahuwah who came in the form of a man.
Obeying Yahuwah’s Torah, law, instruction, commandments (one and the same) do not come BEFORE salvation, as our ‘works’ cannot save us, but are necessary AFTER getting born-again. When we are born-again, we are forgiven of all of our sins, thereby being released from the penalty for sinning, which is transgressing Yahuwah’s law, and that penalty we are released from is death, as Scripture says that the wages of sin is death, and we are released from the law of sin and death! Getting born-again means believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth that Yahushuwa died on the cross and rose from the dead for our sins. It includes confessing our sins and giving them up, asking forgiveness for them (example: Father I am a sinner and I ask You to forgive me), confessing Yahushuwa as our Savior (I thank You Yahushuwa for dying for my sins), dying to ourselves, our own ways, (Help me to live my life YOUR way and not my own), and beginning the journey of learning to live His way. Obeying His instructions comes AFTER getting born-again, as He accepts us where we are and then helps us change.
1 John 1:9-2:2-7 King James Version
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1-7
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the Messiah the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
See, we are to CONFESS our sins (to Yahuwah, not a priest), receive forgiveness for them and be cleansed from them, and then we are to ‘sin not’ (learn to stop sinning, to stop transgressing His laws, start obeying His laws.) His commandments are exactly the same thing as His laws.
The Holy Spirit can teach the believer, but most Christians do not actually listen to Him. Most listen to their pastors and ministers who do not tell them the truth about many things. It is upsetting to hear Christians insist that they follow the Holy Spirit who teaches them all things,
(John 14:26 King James Version
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.)
yet they do not obey Yahuwah's laws, when the Bible says that the Holy Spirit is given to us to cause us to obey Yahuwah's laws! It should be understood that He will bring the things you read in His word to your remembrance, because that is how He speaks to you. But they think He told them not to obey the law.
And the ones who read their Bibles don’t usually know how to understand many of the topics. You need to know the context of the verses to understand many of them, because they are translated in a way that doesn’t explain the context, and so they are understood wrong.
So, in Matthew 7 we have people who believed in Him and did miracles in His name (and it takes Yahushuwa’s supernatural power to do miracles), yet He says they were workers of iniquity. What does iniquity mean? The Strong’s Concordance tells us. It is #458 anomia, and #459 anomos, and means violation of law, unrighteousness, lawlessness, destitute of the Mosaic law - it refers to a premeditated choice, to continue iniquity (lawlessness) without repentance. So they were workers of lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 King James Version
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John above tells us the definition of sin – it is to transgress the law. This means to disobey Yahuwah’s law. This is New Testament saying this. So, the people in Matthew 7 were living in un-repented sin – refusing to obey Yahuwah’s law! This is what most preachers do not teach their flock. Most teach that the law was done away with, in spite of verses like this, and many teach that the Messiah made a different and new set of laws that only include loving God and loving each other. When Yahushuwa told the people about those who say “Lord Lord!” and said they didn’t obey the law (iniquity), He was referring to the Old Testament law! That’s all they had at that time! There was no New Testament yet! Yet He was talking about people in the future – about something that was GOING to happen AFTER He rose from the dead, and showing that they would be rejected because they violated or transgressed the Old Testament law! This is really very simple to understand, but most Christians will reject this and continue rejecting the law.
Hosea 4:6 King James Version
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of Yahuwah, I will also forget thy children.
The word Torah can mean either law, commandments, or instructions. They all mean *exactly* the same thing. So, when we talk about His law, we are talking about His commandments or instructions. I heard a pastor tell my husband “I obey the commandments but don’t talk to me about that law! I won’t talk about the law! It’s done away with!” He’s hung up on my husband for trying to talk to him about the law, as if it was a dirty word! He wouldn’t even discuss it with him! He died recently and we are hoping he isn’t going to hear those words of Matthew 7, but it doesn’t look good for him. He was warned by someone who loved him, and he rejected the correction.
Commandments and law are the same thing. It is VERY important to find out the actual meanings of the original Greek or Hebrew words in order to understand a verse. And historical content is important too (who was he talking to, what were their lifestyles, what was he addressing with them, was he telling them something or quoting something THEY said or believed, etc.)
Most Christians say that His law was done away with, but our Messiah Himself said it wasn't (Matthew 5:17-18). Even after they are shown what Yahushuwa says about it, some will still insist it’s done away with, like they know better than Yahushuwa and don’t you DARE tell them otherwise or else they will stop being your friend, denounce you as their relative, call you a hater, a false prophet, a liar, un-Christlike, unloving, legalistic, hateful, etc!
1 John 3:6 says that those who sin (transgress His laws) haven’t seen or known Him – do our feelings over-ride these verses?
1 John 3:4-6 King James Version
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
And this one says He doesn’t know us if we transgress His laws:
Matthew 7:21, 23 King James Version
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (which literally means practice lawlessness – refuse to obey the laws/commandments).
It doesn’t sound like those who transgress His laws have much of a relationship with Him, as they always claim to! Christians often say they don’t have to DO anything to enter Heaven, but the Scriptures say otherwise. Again, getting born-again happens by Yahuwah’s grace through faith, and is a free gift that we do not have to work for. BUT, AFTER we get born-again, we are to do certain things as a result of our new life in Messiah, and there are consequences if we refuse.
Hebrews 10:26-31 King James Version
26 For if we sin (transgress His laws) wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of Yahuwah, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith Yahuwah. And again, Yahuwah shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Yahuwah.
I want you to notice that this is speaking to believers, people who are already born-again, not to un-believers. “Wherewith he was sanctified” – unbelievers have not been sanctified. “Yahuwah shall judge His people” – HIS PEOPLE are those who are born-again and grafted in.
As I showed you, the definition of sin is to transgress His law, which includes the above-mentioned activities, and our Messiah is coming back for a bride that is without spot or wrinkle – that is holy and sanctified – does not live in sin. The average Christians do not qualify, because even after they are given the correct information and Scriptures, they usually reject it and continue to willfully disobey Him, which is sin. Yahuwah is the one who draws the lines, and we do not know where He draws them, but we decided to take this stuff seriously and do our best to live according to His instructions. How about you?
What happens to Christians who believe and confess the Messiah but do not keep the commandments? Some of them will hear “depart from Me, I never knew you, workers of lawlessness” and I believe these are the ones who have had the knowledge presented to them and they flat out rejected it so Yahuwah rejects them, because they kept willfully transgressing the law.
But there are many Christians who just plain don’t know any better because their pastors have lied to them (some of the pastors don’t know any better either, but they should), and they are loving Yahuwah to the best of their knowledge and ability, and seeking Him fervently, trying to live set-apart lives without sin, repenting when they recognize that they’ve sinned…. Personally, I believe they will probably make it to heaven. This is my opinion. Yahuwah is merciful, long-suffering, patient, kind, loving, and WANTS all of us to spend eternity there with Him. That is why He warns us so many times in His word about hell. He wants us to heed His warnings and avoid going to hell. It is the eternal destiny of all who refuse to get born-again and live by His instructions, and instead choose to live their ’own way’, rejecting His instructions.
We have thought “why can’t we just leave people alone in their ignorance, since most of them rebel against any correction?” But like I said, there are verses saying if we see one in error we are to correct them or else their blood will be on our hands if they die in their sin and are judged, so we have to warn them.
Ezekiel 3:18-19 King James Version
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Yahushuwa died for us breaking His law (so we do not have to die for our sins – He took away the penalty of death for our sin – the law of sin and death), not for us having to keep the law, since He tells us that transgressing (refusing to obey) the law is what sin is, and we are told to stop sinning. When He forgave the woman for committing adultery, He told her to go and sin no more.
John 8:11b New King James Version
11 ….. And Yahushuwa said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.” (go, and transgress the law no more)
When He healed the man in John 5, He told him to go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon him, indicating that his condition came on him because of his sin, and he was forgiven, but if he went back into that sin, it would come back even worse.
John 5:14 King James Version
14 Afterward Yahushuwa findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
So, He was telling them to go and transgress the law - commandments no more, go and start obeying the commandments - laws (same exact thing).
Galatians 5:18-25 King James Version
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of Yahuwah.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live, let us also walk in the Spirit.
If you are led by the Holy Spirit, you will obey the law, as Ezekiel 36:27 says, and you won’t be under the law of sin and death!
Ezekiel 36:27 King James Version
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.
It’s important to note that He said this in the Old Testament days, that He would put His Spirit WITHIN them, and that would cause them to keep His commandments (this is the laws in the Old Testament of course – there were no ‘new laws’ that He could refer to in the O.T.), and He didn’t GIVE this gift of the INFILLING of the Holy Spirit until the New Testament days (see the book of Acts), and yet said it will CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY STATUTES and keep my judgments and do them – His commandments/laws of the Old Testament!!!
Romans 8:1-5 King James Version
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahushuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahushuwa hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, Yahuwah sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
You see, there is more than one law mentioned in the Bible. People assume when they read that we are not under the law, that it means we do not need to obey the Old Testament laws. But that is not what it means.
We are not under the law of sin and death WHEN WE WALK BY THE SPIRIT (Romans 8:2)! We also are not under the Pharisees’ man-made laws. This is Scripture interpreting Scripture – this is why we cannot just take one verse out of context and make a doctrine out of it. We need to put them together to understand the full message.
The wages of sin is death, and we are told to stop sinning, to sin not (see verse below), but if we DO sin (and we will from time to time because we’re not perfect), since we have an advocate with the Father, who IS “Yahushuwa” (it says Jesus Christ, but should say Yahushuwa, but notice that it’s saying He IS the Father!), then we can repent of any sins we do commit, and be forgiven and have eternal life, instead of having to die for them, therefore not being under the law of sin and death but under grace, which covers our sins WHEN WE REPENT OF THEM. Christians need to stop saying “I’m not under the law, I’m under grace” because most of them don’t know what it means, and believe they can disobey Yahuwah’s laws and be fine.
1 John 2:1-6 King James Version
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin (transgress the law) not. And if any man sin (transgress the law), we have an advocate with the Father, Yahushuwa the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments (law – we know we know Him if we don’t transgress His laws).
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments (transgress His laws), is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word (laws), in him verily is the love of Yahuwah perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (He obeyed His own law that He wrote/created.)
Many assume that verses like the one in Galatians 5 mean we are not under the law of Moses, the Torah, but this is wrong and I’ll get into that more later and explain it through Scripture. I know, I keep saying I’ll talk more about something later, and I will – there is so much to cover and I have to cover some in more detail than I at first do. But for now, take note that in the verse above it says we know we know Him IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS! He, being Yahuwah in the flesh, wrote the ten commandments with His own finger, and told Moses what words to write on the scrolls for the rest of the law – there is no NEW set of commandments that is being referred to here. The Messiah’s commandments are the Father’s commandments – they are One God. The Father’s commandments are the Messiah’s commandments. Commandments and law are the same thing. There are NOT two different sets of laws here. And there are NOT two different Gods!
Our Messiah came to fulfill the law, which literally means to teach it to us correctly in that verse (Matthew 5:17). I can’t say this enough times. That word fulfill does NOT mean to do away with the law. That is also explained in here more in a different place. We can’t go over these things too much. It needs to sink in.
And as far as ‘walk, even as He walked” – He obeyed the law. The definition of sin is to transgress the law, and He was sinless, so no, He never transgressed the law, not even when He picked grain on the Sabbath. He was in obedience to the law at all times. He wouldn’t have qualified to die for our sins if He wasn’t sinless. So, we are to obey it too, in order to walk as He walked. And yes, we will mess up at times and break His law, but back to 1 John 2 which says to not sin, BUT IF WE DO then we can go to Yahushuwa and repent and be forgiven!
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