Dear Messianics, the Torah (first 5 books of Scripture) are not solely for the Yahudim/"Jews", but they are the Instructions for ALL of those engrafted into Yisrael. Yahusha showed us how to live it. "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more." He shows us leniency, but obedience is still required and is even rewarded.
Not all of what the Yahudim of today do is truth. They still abide by the Pharisaical "oral law" also known as the Talmud. Yahusha blatantly broke these oral laws which is part of why the religious leaders of the Yahudim of His time, the Pharisees and Sadducees, were after His head. Even today, the Yahudim do not consider Him the Messiah because they are blinded by their man-made traditions. Although Yahusha completely disregarded the Talmud, He is the only person who has lived on the earth and perfectly abided by the Torah: the Law, the Teaching, the Instruction of His Father.
In Yahusha's coming, a new priesthood in the line of Melchizedek was instituted. No longer are priests of the Levite tribe responsible for the duties instituted to them by Torah. Yahusha was the ultimate sacrifice/slaughtering up for our transgressions, and so we are not required to find unblemished animals for atonement as is spoken in Torah. Our new Priest who atones for our daily transgressions is in His Temple that is no longer on the earth, but in shamayim/the heavens, where He does so and prepares New Yerushalayim, His City being made for the Chosen Ones; the Qodeshim; the Natsarim; the Branches, the Watchmen, the Guardians of Yah's Torah.
Who are they?
What are their characteristics?
TWO traits stand out the most and this is reverberated throughout all of Scripture. Halleluyah! Check Hazon/Revelation Chapter 14, Verse 12. It says, "Here is the endurance of the Qodesh Ones, here are those guarding the commands of Eloah and the belief of Yahusha."
Also check out Hazon/Revelation Chp. 12, Verse 17
"And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of Eloah and possessing the witness of Yahusha Messiah."
What are the commands of Eloah?
What defines what is right or wrong?
If the law is no more, why would the prophetic book of Hazon mention a people "guarding commands" at the end of days?
Are we safe assuming that we need not know what the defining lines of right and wrong are despite Messiah's warning in Mattithyahu/Matthew Chapter 7, Verses 22 and 23?
They read,
"Many shall say to Me in that day, 'Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?'
And then I shall declare to them, 'I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!"
Think on this.
Even from back then, Yahusha knew and warned that there will be a people claiming to prophesy in His Name, casting out demons, and doing all kinds of things for His sake, and yet He turns them away because they are lawless.
Maybe it would be a worthwhile venture to become a bit more lawFUL.
"Oh, that's just being legalistic!"
A citizen of a nation who abides by the law, doesn't get tickets, doesn't get pulled over, doesn't go to jail.
Is it wrong to abide by the law? It is often encouraged.
If we pay attention to the laws of men, how much more should we abide by the Laws of the Creator?
In love and shalom.
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