This will take a few lessons to
get through, but I believe it is
very important. Yahshua,
desire for "Jew and Gentile" was
that they lived in
YHVH's
glorious grace. He also stressed
that
YHVH's people walked in
obedience in their newly found
life in
Yahshua, and that these
two ideas were not in conflict.
Considering the two opposing
cultures, this was not an easy
task. Drawing two such contrary
views of life into one would
take up a lot of writing space.
I believe that the Messiah
Yahshua was the answer to that
enmity created by the law
between "Jew and Gentile".
The phrase "under the law" is
found ten times in the
Brit Chadashah.
If you are familiar with
scriptural numerics, then you
will quickly notice that the
number ten usually speaks of law
or judgement for disobeying (10
commandments, 10 plagues, the
tithe, etc.). I intend to
discuss these ten occurrences.
First, however, we must take the
time to define what we mean by
the "law".
As I have said many times
before, the New Testament
writers would have used this
word as it has always been
understood and defined. Simply
put, if law was evil or bad in
the Tenakh
then it would continue to be
understood as evil or bad in the
Brit Chadashah.
If YHVH's laws were understood
as righteous and holy in the
Tenakh,
then they would continue to be
defined as righteous and holy in
the Brit Chadashah.
I would pray that this would not
only be in harmony with the very
nature of
YHVH, but is simple
common sense.
A Hebrew acronym for the Scriptures that Christians call ::The Old
Testament:: Also rendered as Tenak, or Tenach. See.. 2nd Timothy 3:16
Tenakh
If
YHVH is constantly changing
the meaning of these words, then
there is no solid rock on which
we are to stand. Our God is the
same yesterday, today, and
forever (Ivrim 13:8)
The book of ::HEBREWS:: in the Writings of the 1st Apostles, the book
that Christians call the New Testament.
Do you believe that only Yahshua was the same?
the text and conforms
the Scriptures to the ever
changing ideology of the church
rather than forming the church
around the solid consistent rock
of scripture.
When you read the book of Acts,
you see that, historically, the
followers of
Yahshua did
not simply accept
whatever new teaching they heard.
They could not have tested
established revelation
Tenakh,
which they knew to be true, by a
new revelation which they did
not know to be true.
The three sections of the
Tenakh,
were already accepted and
established as
YHVH's Holy
Everlasting Word. YHVH had
already commanded, and Yahshua
confirmed, that a new teaching
or claim of Messiahship was to
be tested against what
YHVH had
already revealed, not the other
way around.
Interpreting the Scriptures
backwards produces a message
that is backwards. They could
not have justified New Testament
teaching by quoting the New
Testament!
The English word 'law' is
translated from the Greek word
nomos. It is very
important to see how this word
evolved, because the defining of
words change our image and
perception of the full meaning
of a sentence when it is formed.
The translation process from
Greek to English has already
changed the meaning of law. In
Greek society, the concept of
law still held a positive,
honorable, and instructive
substance. When we peruse the
Tenakh,
we see that the law was
reverently esteemed, and was
given many other titles to
describe it's place in the lives
of YHVH's people.
We will discuss those titles
later. As this word traveled the
translation process, it took on
a much heavier negative
connotation. As early as the 3rd
century A.D. the so-called early
church fathers had already begun
to denigrate this word.
Law was already being taught as
a product of 'the Jews'. An
heretical character named
Marcion taught that the entire
Tenakh,
should be removed from our
pulpits as well as many sections
of the New Testament which put
'the law' and 'the Jews' into a
more positive light, such as the
book of Luke and the book of
Acts.
As the western culture
progressed, the concept of law
grew more and more negative. The
whole scriptural concept of law
and bondage was reversed.
Law was taught as bondage, not
sin. Certain cliches and
phrases were adapted to
express this bondage. What began
in
YHVH's word as light, life,
righteousness, the way, the
walk, truth, goodness, and
holiness, soon became disdained,
loathed, and despised.
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IT'S THE LAW!
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LAW AND ORDER!
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THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW!
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HE BROKE THE LAW!
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I FOUGHT THE LAW AND THE
LAW WON!
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The law has become the enemy.
Today, in many movies the
handsome bank robber or jewel
thief is actually applauded over
the bumbling representatives of
the law, the police. Iniquity is
actually portrayed as good and
the law as bad!
Law is no longer seen as good
and righteous but is seen as
nothing but fear and punishment.
This is because the scriptural
concept of law has been so
twisted and redefined that it is
virtually unrecognizable.
I
have come to at least one
undeniable conclusion for a long
time now. A nation's behavior is
guided by it's philosophy, and a
nation's philosophyis formed by
it's religious values.
All
cultures and peoples form their
society, no matter how large or
small, from their view of
whatever they deem to be the
ultimate Superior.
In this great nation it is
supposed to be the 'God of the
Bible'.
But is it really?
Hebrew for the books that are composed of the Writings Of The 1st
Apostles, also called the New Testament by Christians.
