...from filthy rags to righteous fruit

WHAT IS THE TORAH, WHO SHOULD OBEY IT?

First published D1 M03 2025

[pw = pagan word]

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Let us have a look concerning the Torah of Yahuah. Important synonyms for Torah are "law", "mishpat" and "commands".

The Written Torah of Yahuah has nothing to do with false religion which corrupts his Written Torah. It has nothing to do with Judaism and its Oral Torah invented by man which tries to corrupt and / make the Written Torah of Yahuah void. Judaism often causes confusion by calling their invented rules the Torah as if Yahuah has written them when they are not Torah and not written by Yahuah in his Word. This is nothing new and was what was happening with the scribes and Pharisees in Yehoshua's day trying to elevate their own traditions and laws above Torah.

But who is the Torah for in the first place?

From the beginning Yahuah has said who his Torah is for.


Here we see the law is synonymous with the word "Torah" in the Hebrew translation according to Strong's Hebrew Concordance:


We see that Yahuah makes it clear that His law or Torah is for both the Yahaudi ( pw Jew) and Gentile.


Here we see that the law or Torah is synonymous with the other Hebrew word "mishpat". Note mishpat has nothing to do with Mishnah or Talmud later invented by Judaism which corrupts Yahuah's mishpat (law, Torah)



Again Yahuah makes it clear that the Torah must apply for both Yahudi and Gentile. There is no different law for Gentiles. But Christianity, Catholicism and Judaism for example falsely preach, to this day, that there is a different law for Gentiles.

Again Yahuah declares from the Pentateuch (Torah) itself  that "sin" is transgression of the Torah not transgression of some other man-made law :
 

So this time we get the clear definition of Sin for both Yahudim (pw Jews) and Gentiles which is carried forward to the Apostle's. Here Yahuchanon clearly confirms Yahuah's definition of "sin" involves his Torah not a man-made Torahless law.


Note Apostle Yahuchanon (John) accepts the Torah is for all, both Yahudim and Gentiles hence he uses the word "whosoever".

Yahuah further adds that his Torah applies to men, women and children whether Yahudim or Gentile:


By this stage we should have gotten Yahuah's message very clearly yet false religion remains stubborn and rejects Yahuah's Torah to this day.

We see that the Gentile Abram who became Abraham obeyed the Torah of Yahuah and was promised to become the father of many nations (Gentiles) who would obey Torah.


So we see that the Torah is mentioned in all five books of the Pentateuch to be Yahuah's law for all people both Gentile and Yahudim.

Yet Christianity for one declares that a Jesus/ J-zeus came along and abolished (fulfilled) the Torah and replaced it with some other law for Gentiles.

Is this what the Son of Eloheem, Yehoshua taught?  Is this what Yehoshua the Anointed one of Yahuah commanded? Of course not, Yehoshua cannot contradict his Father.

Mat 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law [TORAH] or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to FULLY PREACH (Greek: pleroo) them.

Mat 5:18  For truly, I say to you, until shamayim (pw heaven) and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law [TORAH]until all is accomplished.

Mat 5:19  Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven), but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of shamayim.

Mat 5:20  For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of shamayim (pw heaven).  

So we see that Yehoshua has come to preach Torah obedience and entrance into shamayim (pw heaven) requires obedience to the law which by definition is Yahuah's Torah for ALL people. Hence Yehoshua like Yahuchanon (John) uses the same word "whoever"


Christianity does not believe that entrance into shamayim requires righteousness they claim that our righteousness is filthy rags  even after redemption. For more see:  Filthy Rags or Righteous Fruit?

Yehoshua went out of his way to separate and expose false religion that corrupts Yahuah's Written Torah. Hence he made it clear that Torah is to be obeyed and false traditions which try to make it void or pervert it are to be avoided.