Torah; Gospel
To Torah - or - Not To Torah, Is Not Questionable!
Or should we believe any thing that the Apostle Shaul [Paul] wrote on this subject ?
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When Shaul [Paul] was first saved, he learned directly from the Master Yahu-Shuah Himself.
Galatians1:1 Shaul, an apostle, not from men nor through man,  but through Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One 
and Ailoheem the Father who raised Him from the dead.

Later Shaul goes to see Shimeon Kafe [Simon Peter] for 15 days to verify what he has learned.
{Galatians1:18}
Then after three years I went up to Yerushalayim [Jerusalem] to inquire of Kafe, and remained with him fifteen days.

Shaul makes claim that the 'same One' who was commissioning Kafe to the Yahu-Deem [Jews],
was commissioning him to the gentiles.
{Galatians 2: 7-8}
For he that was mighty in Kafe in the apostleship over the circumcision, the same was mighty in me among the gentiles

And at that time Shaul receives approval from Yahakobe [James], Kafe [Peter], and Yahu-Khawnawn [John].
{Galatians 2:9} and therefore when Yahakobe, Kafe, and Yahu-Khawnawn, which seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the righthands, and agreed with us that we should preach among the heathen, and they among the Yahu-Deem:

Kafe verifies Shaul's gospel
{2 Kafe [Peter] 3:15}
and consider that the longsuffering of our Masters is salvation; as also our beloved brother Shaul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,

And he says that those who distort what Shaul has said, do so to their own destruction.
{2 Kafe [Peter] 3:16}
yea, almost in every epistle, speaking of such things: among which are many things hard to be understood:
which they that are unlearned and unstable pervert, as they do other Scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Kafe, Yahakobe, and Yahu-Khawnawn having been with Yahu-Shuah on earth were in agreement with what Shaul preached.
Shaul learned directly from Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One.
He verifies what he has learned with Kafe, Yahakobe, and Yahu-Khawnawn.
Kafe, Yahakobe, and Yahu-Khawnawn were in agreement with what Shaul proclaimed.
{Galatians 1:8-9}
But even if we, or a Messenger [Angel] from Heaven, preach any other gospel [good news] to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

What Did Shaul [Paul] Proclaimed:
(Our) Confession:
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{Act 24:14-15} But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the Ailoheem of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Torah and in the prophets: And have hope toward Ailoheem, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

(Our) Repentance:
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Shaul:
{Acts 17:30} And the time of this ignorance Ailoheem regarded not:
but now He bids all men everywhere to repent,
{Acts 20:21} witnessing both to the Yahu-Deem [Jews], and also to the Greeks,
the repentance toward Ailoheem, ...

(Our) Death, Burial, and Resurrection:
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Shaul:
{1Corinthians 15:1-4} Brethren as pertaining to the Good News which I preached unto you,
which ye have also accepted, and in the which ye continue;
by the which also ye are saved -- I do you to know,
after what manner I preached unto you -- if ye keep it,
except ye have believed in vain.
For first of all, I delivered unto you that which I received:
how that The Anointed One died for our sins,
agreeing to the Scriptures, and that He was buried,
and that He arose again the third day according to the Scriptures
{Romans 6:1-5} What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin, that there may be abundance of grace?
Yahuwah forbid.
How shall we that are dead, as touching sin, live any longer therein?
Remember ye not, that all we which are baptized
in the Name of The Anointed One Yahu-Shuah,
are baptized to die with Him?
We are buried with Him by baptism for to die:
That likewise as The Anointed One was raised up from death
by the Glory of the Father: even so we also should walk in a new life.
For if we be graft in death like unto Him:
even so must we be in the resurrection.

(Our) Example:
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Shaul:
{Philippians 3:17-19} Brethren, be followers of me, and look on them which walk also,
as ye have us for an example.
For many walk -of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping-
that they are the enemies of the cross of The Anointed One,
whose end is damnation,
whose ailoheem is their belly and whose glory is to their shame,
which are worldly minded.


Therefore...
(Our) Conduct:
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Yahakobe' [Jame'] epistle isn't about "how to be saved", but "how Believers should live".
It's not really about how to receive Salvation, but how one lives, once they are saved. (Set of Instructions for Set-Apart [Holy] living)
And in that, all three of these Apostles (Kafe [Peter], Yahu-Khawnawn [John], and Yahakobe [James]) agree with each other.

Yahakobe [James]: "faith without works is dead"
{Yahakobe 2:14} What does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith,
when he hath no deeds? Can faith save him?
{Yahakobe 2:17-26} Even so faith, if it has no deeds, is dead in itself.
Yea, and a man might say,
"You have faith, and I have deeds:
Show me your faith without thy works,
and I will show you my faith by my works."
Believe thou that there is one Ailoheem? You do well.
The devils also believe and tremble.
Will you understand, o you vain man,
that faith without deeds is dead?
Was not Abrawhawm [Abraham] our father justified through works
when he offered Yitskhawk [Isaac] his son upon the altar?
You see how that faith wrought within his deeds,
and through the deeds was the faith made perfect.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"Abrawhawm believed Ailoheem,
and it was reputed unto him for righteousness,"
and he was called the friend of Ailoheem.
You see, then, how that of deeds a man is justified,
and not of faith only.
Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot justified through works,
when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
For as the body without the spirit is dead,
even so faith without deeds is dead.

Kafe [Peter]: "...Set-Apart behavior.." Live/be Set-Apart
{1stKafe 1:13-17} Therefore, gird up the loins of your minds, be sober,
and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought unto you
by the declaring of Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One;
as obedient children,
not fashioning yourselves unto your old lusts of ignorance:
But as He which called you is Set-Apart,
even so be ye Set-Apart in all manner of conversation,
because it is written, "Be ye Set-Apart, for I am Set-Apart."
And if so be that ye call on the Father,
which without respect of person judges according to every man's works,
see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know it beforehand:
Beware, lest ye be also plucked away with the error of the wicked,
and fall from your own steadfastness;
{1stKafe 1: 9} … receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Shaul: lay aside the flesh, pursue Ailoheemliness
{Romans 12:1-2} I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercifulness of Ailoheem,
that ye make your bodies a living sacrifice:
Set-Apart and acceptable unto Ailoheem,
which is your reasonable service.
And fashion not yourselves like unto this world:
But be changed through the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what thing that good, that acceptable,
and perfect will of Ailoheem is.
{Philippians 2:5} Let the same mind be in you that was in the Anointed One

{Philippians 2:8} He humbled himself and became obedient unto the death, even the death of the cross.

{Philippians 2:12} Wherefore, my dearly beloved, as ye have always obeyed --
not when I was present only, but now much more in mine absence --
even so work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

{Philippians 2:13} For it is Ailoheem which works in you both the will and also the deed, even of good will.
{Philippians 2:16} holding fast the Word of life, unto my rejoicing in the day of the Anointed One,
that I have not run in vain, neither have labored in vain.

{Colossians 3:1-3} If ye be then risen again with the Anointed One,
seek those things which are above,
where the Anointed One sits on the right-hand of Ailoheem.
Set your affection on things that are above,
and not on things which are on the earth.
For ye are dead, and
your life is hid with the Anointed One in Ailoheem.

{Colossians 3:5} Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:
{Colossians 3:6} for which thing's sakes the wrath of Ailoheem comes on the children of unbelief.
{Colossians 3:7} In which things you walked once, when ye lived in them.
{Colossians 3:8} But now put ye also away from you all things; wrath, fierceness, maliciousness, cursed speaking, filthy speaking out of your mouths.
{Colossians 3:9} Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,
{Colossians 3:10} and the new put on; which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of Him that made Him:
{Colossians 3:11} Where is neither gentile nor Yahu-Deem [Jew], circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarous or Scythian, bond or free: But the Anointed One is all in all things.
{Colossians 3:12} Now therefore as elect of Ailoheem, Set-Apart and beloved, put on tender mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering,
{Colossians 3:13} forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel to another; even as the Anointed One forgave you, even so do ye.
{Colossians 3:14} Above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness,
{Colossians 3:15} and the peace of Anointed One rule in your hearts, to the which peace ye are called in one body: and see that ye be thankful.
{Colossians 3:16} Let the word of the Anointed One dwell in you plenteously in all wisdom. Teach and exhort your own selves, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs which have favor with them, singing in your hearts to Ailoheem.
{Colossians 3:17} And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the Name of the Anointed One Yahu-Shuah, giving thanks to Ailoheem the Father by Him.

{Colossians 3:23} And whatsoever you do, do it heartily as though you did it to the Master,
and not unto men,
{Colossians 3:24} forasmuch as you know that of the Master ye shall receive the reward of inheritance,
for you serve the Master Yahu-Shuah.
{Colossians 3:25} But he that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done:
for there is no respect of persons.

{Philippians 3:17-19} Brethren, be followers of me, and look on them which walk also,
as ye have us for an example.
For many walk -of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping-
that they are the enemies of the cross of the Anointed One,
whose end is damnation,
whose elohim is their belly and whose glory is to their shame,
which are worldly minded.

Considering Shaul’ words, it seems that we should live a life that,
by deeds, shows our faith, and that not of the sinful nature
that is in opposition to the Torah Writings {The Word Of Yahuwah}.

Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One:
{Mattith-Yahu [Matthew] 4:4 and Loukanus [Luke] 4:4} … man does not live by bread alone,
but by every Word that comes from the mouth of
Yahuwah
(Footnote: the Anointed One quoted this from the Torah in Debarim [Deuteronomy] 8:3)

Yahuwah:
{Yahu-Shuah 1:8} Remove not the scroll of this Torah from your mouth;
but meditate therein by day and by night;
guarding to work according to all inscribed therein:
and then you prosper and then you comprehend.


Yahu-Khawnawn [John]:
{Yahu-Khawnawn 1:1-5} In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with Ailoheem:
and the Word was Ailoheem.
The same was in the beginning with Ailoheem.
All things were made by Him, and
without Him was made no thing,
that was made.
In Him was life;
And the life was the Light of men;
And the Light shined in the darkness, but
the darkness comprehended Him not.


Did Yahu-Shuah [not Jesus] Do Away With the Torah [Law]?
Did Yahu-Shuah do away with the commandments of Yahuwah?

Many turn to the Sermon on the Mount to point to "conclusive proof" that Yahu-Shuah retired the Ten Commandments by fulfilling our need to keep them with His death. But in fact, far from doing away with the law the sermon Yahu-Shuah gave is a confirmation and deepening of the understanding of the intent of Yahuwah' Holy Commandments. Yahu-Shuah stated unequivocally in His sermon: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill," (Mattith-Yahu [Matthew] 5:17). The Greek word pleroo, here translated "fulfill," means "to make full," "to fill to the full," "to make complete in every particular," "to render perfect" or "to carry through to the end" (Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon , 2005, Strong's number 4137). Far from destroying or abolishing the law, as some interpret this verse, Yahu-Shuah said He came to fill the law to the full—to complete and perfect it. This He did by showing the deeper spiritual intent and application of the law [Torah]. We see this through the remainder of the chapter, where Yahu-Shuah proceeded to give a deeper meaning to it, contrasting the understanding of the Commandments of those listening to Him with Ailoheem' intent by the statements: "You have heard that it was said to those of old ..."and "But I say to you that . . ."


There were those in the day of Yahu-Shuah, as well as today, that refused the Anointed One and His Gosple for Sawtawn' kingdom.

{Act 3:14} But you denied the Set-Apart [Holy] One and the Just [Lawful/Law abiding/ Worker of Righteousness], and desired a murderer [a lawless one/worker of iniquity] to be granted unto you; 



     Believing comes by Hearing and hearing by the Word.
                                 Law and Lawlessness

Nomos (Strong’s 3551) is the Greek word translated "law" (i.e. - in the New Testament). Nomos has many definitions -- it can mean law of the land, any codified law/set of laws, a basic principle, and of course, it can mean Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]. There was no specific Greek word for "legalism" and often nomos is used when Shawool [Paul] is referring to legalism -- since legalism itself is also a set of laws, nomos fits well there too.

Having defined law, it's time to define 'lawlessness.' In Greek, it is anomos -- that is, anti-law. Christians tend to assume that every single instance of 'law' in the Scriptures can only mean Torah (I've shown above that is not true in all cases -- its a broad word); yet few stop to think of the ramifications. If 'law' can only mean Torah --- then what does "lawless' mean? Anti-Torah? In the case of lawlessness, I happen to agree that the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] is indeed meant -- that the sign of the end times would be "Torah-lessness." Christians often brag that they are "free from Law" not realizing that's just a seemingly nice way of saying "without law" or "having no law." (i.e. – Lawless/worker of iniquity)

The argument is made by Christians (with straight faces no less!) that Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] was only given to show man how sinful he was, to show he could not keep Torah and that he needed a Savior. A few problems here. In the first place, Torah wasn't given to show us how sinful we were but how Set-Apart [Holy] Yahuwah our Ailoheem is. Yahuwah our Ailoheem said He gave Torah to show man how to live as a mikra ['called out'] people (note, "Congregation" is modern English translation of Greek word ekklesia-- which also means mikra, that is, "Called Out Ones"). Torah is a lifestyle document. Christians would have you believe Yahuwah our Ailoheem gave Torah to His Chosen People so that He could later introduce "Grace" and then condemn His original Chosen People in favor of other nations. What? If that was how Yahuwah our Ailoheem treated His Chosen Ones -- how much better will He treat His non-Chosen Ones? Would an Ailoheem of love deliberately give people a document they could not obey, and then condemn them for their expected failure? Yahu-Shuah [Yahu Saves] came 1500 years after Torah was given --- that's 1500 years of fruitless efforts to obey? No way!

When Yahuwah our Ailoheem gave the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living], He promised blessings for obedience, punishments for disobedience. Yishra-Ail [Israel] did stray from Torah and received many punishments -- right up to being taken into captivity. If the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] wasn't keepable, if it was given only as a trick to show it couldn't be kept -- that would make Yahuwah our Ailoheem a sadist for punishing people for failing to do an impossible task that He set for them!

The Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] was not given to show man couldn't keep it. To the contrary, Yahuwah our Ailoheem Himself declared the Torah was keepable! Yahuwah our Ailoheem said in Debarim [Deuteronomy] 30:11-14:
"For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou should say: 'Who shall go up for us to Heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' Neither is it beyond the sea that thou should say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou may do it."

The Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] is keepable --- and there is no other. He has given it all here --- there is no other Torah up in Heaven or in the sea --- this is it! And it is keepable -- it is "not too hard for thee." Now if Iaue our Ailoheem says it is keepable, no man-made doctrine to the contrary should be accepted. There is not a single command given in the Torah that was impossible to keep. Man chooses to disobey -- but the fault lies within man, not the Torah.

Was the Torah a temporary document until “The Anointed One” came?

Torah NEVER states that it’s end will come or that it will be changed later. Did Yahuwah our Ailoheem not foresee He would send an Anointed One? Indeed He did -- and realizing the lawless beliefs that would later come, Iaue our Ailoheem added a special clause to the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]:
{Debarim [Deuteronomy] 4:2} "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Yahuwah [not the LORD] your Ailoheem [not God] which I command you."
See also:
{Debarim [Deuteronomy] 12:32} "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it."

Following this passage to not add to or take away from the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living], is a warning against false prophets (Deuteronomy 13). A false prophet is *anyone* who comes teaching the people to disregard Yahuwah our Ailoheem' Torah[Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]! Yahuwah our Ailoheem warns these false prophets will test the people's faithfulness to Him -- His people will instead "walk after Yahuwah our Ailoheem [not the LORD your God], and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him" (Debarim [Deuteronomy] 13:4). At the time of Yahu-Shuah [Yahu Saves], the only way to test those who claimed to be prophets of Yahuwah our Ailoheem was to compare what they taught to the teachings of the Torah - period. There was no other test. So when the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] is cast aside as irrelevant -- so is the foundation that proved Yahu-Shuah *is* The Anointed One.

Yahu-Shuah never taught against the Torah --- if he had, he would be considered a false prophet! Yahu-Shuah and the Torah cannot be contrary to each other -- each must validate the other. Be wary of man-made church doctrines espousing a "Jesus" loosely based on the life of Yahu-Shuah HaMoshiach [The Anointed One] -- a "Jesus" who is credited with turning the people away from the Torah. The real Yahu-Shuah came "*not* to destroy the law (i.e.- The Torah), or the prophets: but to fulfill" (Mattith-Yahu 5:17 [Matthew]). Fulfill means to do exactly as written -- not to abolish or change! Anyone teaching to 'take away' from the Torah is a false teacher and anyone adding to the Torah is a false teacher. Think about the arguments between Christianity and Yahu-Daism [Judaism] .... Ironically, for two-thousand years now, Yahuwah our Ailoheem has had four sets of people: Torah rejecting (so-called) believers; Yahu-Shuah rejecters who add man-made writings to the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]; Those whom beleive that Yahu-Shuah came as the Torah incarnate and follow Torah as well; and those that do not beleive at all.  Does either of these groups please Yahuwah our Ailoheem?

Is the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] Forever?
{Debarin [Deuteronomy] 7:9} "Know therefore that Yahuwah your Ailoheem [not the LORD thy God], He is Ailoheem [not God], the faithful Ailoheem [not God], which keeps Covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations."

The Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] declares itself to be everlasting -- forever. It's Shabbaths were appointed forever -- NOT just until The Anointed One came!
{Exodus 31:16} "Wherefore the children of Yishra-Ail shall keep the Shabbath, to observe the Shabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant."
{Leviticus 24:8} "Every Shabbath he shall set it in order before Yahuwah [not the LORD] continually, being taken from the children of Yishra-Ail [Israel] by an everlasting Covenant."

All doctrines must be tested against the Torah for accuracy. If you hold a doctrine that contradicts the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] --- your doctrine is wrong --- and you are guilty of lawlessness. The Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] is the foundation. Misunderstanding this fact will lead to incorrect doctrines and a skewed mistaken view of Scripture. As Shaul [Paul] says "The Torah is Set-Apart [Holy], and the Commandment Set-Apart [Holy], and just, and good." (Romans 7:12)

The sign of the end times is lawlessness ... are you a part of the apostasy or the Truth? Don't be lawless.

End Note: But Doesn't "Law of Christ" replace Torah?

Oddly, In the same breath Christians claim Yahu-Shuah *is* Ailoheem, they manage to say the "Law [Torah] of Christ" is not the same as "Law [Torah] of Ailoheem". Many Christians claim the "Law [Torah] of Christ" is as follows: "And thou shall love the LORD thy God (instead of Yahuwah thy Ailoheem) with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these (Markos [Mark] 12:30,31).

However, these commands are not new, they are found in the Torah:
{Debarim [Deuteronomy] 6:5} And thou shalt love Yahuwah your Ailoheem [not the LORD thy God] with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might"

{Leviticus 19:18} "Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbor as for yourself: I am Yahuwah [not the LORD]."


Further, Yahu-Shuah quoted these *after* quoting the Shema, a quintessential text of Yahu-Daism [Judaism] from Debarim [Deut] 6:4, "HEAR, O YISHRA-AIL: YAHUWAH OUR AILOHEEM, YAHUWAH IS ONE."

Yahu-Shuah' Law [Torah] *is* Yahuwah' Law [Torah]. Where the Law [Torah] of The Anointed One differs isn't in regard to Yahuwah' Law [Torah], but man'. Yahu-Shuah came to correctly interpret the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]. Man had added to Yahuwah' Law [Torah] in an attempt to fence and protect Yahuwah' Law [Torah], and in the process, parts of Yahuwah' Law [Torah] had been misunderstood. Yahu-Shuah helped define what the Law [Torah] was really teaching (The "Sermon on the Mount" is an excellent example of Yahu-Shuah clarifying Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living]). When Yahu-Shuah summed up the Law [Torah] into these two commands, he was conveying essential principles -- love Yahuwah and love your neighbor. But how does Yahuwah want us to love Him? How does He want us to love our neighbor? We're back to the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] -- we need the Torah [Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] to define "how" to love Yahuwah and our neighbor.

Pro-Torah [Pro-Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living] Observant Verses within the New Testament:
{Loukanus [Luke] 16:16,17} "The Law [Torah] and the prophets were until Yahu-Khawnawn [John]: since that time the kingdom of Ailoheem is preached, and every man presses into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law [Torah] to fail."

{Loukanus [Luke] 1:6} "And they were both righteous before Ailoheem, walking in all the Commandments and ordinances of Yahuwah blameless."

{Acts 24:14} "But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the Ailoheem of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law [Torah] and in the prophets."

{Romans 2:13} "(For not the hearers of the Law [Torah] are just before Ailoheem, but the doers of the Law [Torah (Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living)] shall be justified)."

{Romans 3:31} "Do we then make void the Law [Torah (Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living)] through faith? Ailoheem forbid: yea, we establish the Law [Torah (Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living)]."

{Romans 7:12} "Wherefore the Law [Torah] is Set-Apart [Holy], and the Commandment Set-Apart [Holy], and just, and good."

{Romans 7:14} "For we know that the Law[Torah (Set of Instructions for Set-Apart Living)] is Spiritual: .. … ."

{Romans 7:22} "For I delight in the Law[Torah] of Ailoheem after the inward man."

{Revelation 12:17} "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the Commandments of Ailoheem, and have the testimony of Yahu-Shuah the Anointed One [the one that taught Torah (Instructions for Set-Apart Living)]."

{Revelation 14:12}  "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of Ailoheem,
and the faith of Yahu-Shuah [not the fake Jesus]."

1 Yahu-Khawnawn [1 John] 2:3-6 "And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His Commandments. He that says, I know him, and keeps not His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keeps His word, in him verily is the love of Ailoheem perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that says he abides in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked [i.e. – do the same things as Yahu-Shuah did]."

{1 Kafe [Peter] 1:15} But as he who has called you is Set-Apart [Holy], so be Set-Apart [Holy] in all manner of conduct;

{1 Kafe [Peter] 1:16} Because it is written, You will be Set-Apart [Holy]; for I am Set-Apart.

{2 Kafe [Peter] 3:2} That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the Set-Apart [Holy] prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Master and Savior:

{Act 1:5} For Yahu-Khawnawn [John] truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Set-Apart [Holy] Spirit not many days from now.

{Act 2:38} Then Kafe [Peter] said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yahu-Shuah the Anointed One for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Set-Apart [Holy] Spirit.

{Act 11:16} Then remembered I the word of the Master, how he said, Yahu-Khawnawn [John] indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Set-Apart [Holy] Spirit.

{Act 19:2} He said unto them, Received you the Holy Spirit when you believed?

{Act 1:8} But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Yerushalayim, and in all Yahu-Dea [Judea], and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

{2 Kafe [2 Peter] 3:11-13} Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all Set-Apart [Holy] conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of Ailoheem, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness [not Lawlessness]

In the Set-Apart Instructions for Righteous Living you will find that it says:

{Eph 5:27} That He might present it to Himself a glorious Congregation [Called out Ones], not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be Set-Apart [Holy] and without blemish.

{Loukanus [Luke] 9:26} For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He shall come in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the Set-Apart [Holy] Messengers [Angels].

And again,

{Markos [Mark] 8:38} Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He comes in the glory of His Father with the Set-Apart [Holy] Messengers [Angels].

Repent of Lawless thinking!!!

And if you say that Shaul [Paul] taught that we did not have to keep the Instructions of Yahuwah because of Grace consider that he received the same Set-Apart Spirit:

{Act 9:17} “And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Shaul [Paul], the Master, even Yahu-Shuah [not Jesus], that appeared unto you in the way as you came, has sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Set-Apart [Holy] Spirit.”

Now this Set-Apart Spirit is to lead us into all Righteousness,, and that is what Shaul [Saul/Paul] taught as well. Keep in mind that many of the aforementioned Scriptures about the Torah [Law] were written by Shaul [Saul/Paul] and the following will show that Shaul taught exactly what the other Apostles taught. TORAH - TORAH

Keep in mind - Faith with out works is dead -, and where would one expect dead faith to land them? It ain't hard to figure. 



Now as for where people like to take Shaul out of context

“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in RESPECT of a Set-Apart Day, or of the New Moon, or of the Shabbath Days: which are a shadow of things to come…” was written by the apostle Shaul in Colossians 2: 16-17 (KJV). This passage is often misinterpreted. What does it really say?

Shaul was combating a local heresy. False teachers had introduced their own religious philosophy, which was a blend of Yahu-Dish and gentile concepts. Their distorted ideas were founded on human “tradition” and “principles of the world,” not on the Word of Yahuwah. Shaul warned the Colossians to “ beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to The Anointed One” (earlier in verse 8).

These false teachers introduced their own rules and regulations for their idea of proper conduct (addressed in verses 20-22). The content of Shaul’ warning to the Colossian Assembly strongly indicates that these heretics were the forerunners of a major heresy that developed into Gnosticism, which is a belief system that holds that secret knowledge [gnosis is Greek for “knowledge,” hence the term Gnosticism] can enhance one’s religion. Gnostics claimed to be so spiritual that they disdained virtually everything physical, regarding it as beneath them.

The false teachers in Colosse rejected the physical - the perishable things that could be touched, tasted or handled (see verses 21-22) – particularly when it related to worship. Their philosophy encouraged neglect of the physical needs of the body to attain heightened spirituality. In reality, however, their self-imposed religion did nothing of the sort and accomplished nothing in combating human nature. As Shaul wrote, it was of “no value against the indulgence of the flesh” (verse 23).

The heretics condemned the Colossian Congregation for the manner in which the Colossians observed the Set-Apart Days. Notice that they didn’t challenge the Days themselves. It was the physical enjoyment of them- rejoicing and feasting- that provoked the objections of these false teachers.

The original Greek in verse 16 for “meat, or in drink”- enbroosei and en posei-means “in eating and in drinking.”


Notice Shaul’ words again: “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or REGARDING [Greek meros, meaning ‘PART,’ or ‘REGARDING ANY PORTION OF’] a Festival or a New Moon or Shabbawth” (Colossians 2:16 [KJV]). Many English versions have miss-translated this word on purpose, to be misleading, in order to help support their false theology that these Feast have been done away with. Please consult a Greek Lexicon for confirmation of the true definition to this Greek word meros.

Shaul was actually telling the Colossians to ignore these heretic’ judgments and criticisms about their enjoyment of the eating and drinking aspects of Yahuwah’ Festivals.

There is no mention of the abolition of Yahuwah’ Torah (Set of Instructions for righteous living within the Kingdom of Yahuwah) or His Set-Apart Days. Nothing is done away with in these verses. In fact, it is just the opposite. The very criticism the Colossians were receiving about their observance of these Days confirms they were keeping them. How could they be criticized “with regard to” days they were not keeping?

Rather than showing disregard for the Days Yahuwah established as Set-Apart, Shaul’ comments in this passage confirm that the Colossian Assembly - who were primarily gentiles ( Colossians 2:13)- were observing the weekly Shabbawths and Set-Apart Days of Yahuwah more than 30 years after Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One’ death and resurrection.

The once-pagan Colossians never kept these Set-Apart Days of Yahuwah before! They were heathen prior to conversion. Now that they had learned the Gospel, they were keeping Set-Apart Days that Yahuwah Sanctified. And Shaul is warning them not to be ridiculed into mixing their old pagan ways with Yahuwah’ Set-Apart Days - the ways of those who hated Yahuwah’ Torah and His Festivals in the first place.

“Let no man therefore judge you…” (verse 16) in these matters, said Shaul, “but [rather] the body… of The Anointed One” (Colossians 2:17, last part).

This verse has troubled many. Yet it should not. Notice that the word “is” in the King James Version is in italics. It does not appear in the original. The original Greek says only, “… but, the body of The Anointed One.” What is the body of The Anointed One? How does Shaul use this expression in Colossian?

Turn to chapter 1. In verse 18 we find that The Anointed One “is the head of the body, THE CONGREGATION.” See also Colossians 2:19.

The true Congregation of Yahuwah is the Body of The Anointed One. Just as the Spirit of Yahuwah once dwelled in the earthly body of Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One so now the Set-Apart Spirit dwells in each member of the Congregation and together the members constitute One Body, doing the very work The Anointed One did. The Congregation is therefore The Anointed One’s Body today! And The Anointed One is the Head as the husband is the head of the wife (Ephesians 5:23).

Shaul is declaring in Colossians that no gentile [pagan] person is to sit in judgment of a true Believer’ conduct. The pagan society is not to determine how we are to live. But it is the responsibility of the Assembly -The Body of The Anointed One- to determine these matters! The Congregation is to teach how to observe the Festivals- to explain the meaning of self-control in eating and drinking, etc.

So these little-understood verses ought to be translated clearly: “Let no man therefore judge you… but [rather let] the body of The Anointed One [determine it].” Let The Anointed One’ Body judge these Congregational matters. Greek scholars recognize the last clause “but [rather] the body of The Anointed One” demands that a verb be added, but have often not seen that the missing verb should be supplied from the most logical and grammatically parallel clause so as to read properly “Let the body of The Anointed One judge [these matters]”!

Had they not been observing these Days, the heretics would have had no basis for their objections to the eating and drinking aspects- the feasting portion- of the Shabbawths, New Moons, and the Set-Apart Days. Colossians 2:16 was written as a warning to the Gentile Believers at Colosse to protect them from false teachers-teachers who were subtly perverting the message Shaul taught. Notice what Shaul wrote: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink [margin- for eating or drinking], or in respect of a Set-Apart Day, or of the New Moon, or of the Shabbawth Days, -

“which are a shadow of things to come ” (Colossians 2:16).

Yahu-Shuah said “How often I would have gathered you under my wings but you would not”. The Set-Apart Days are a shadow of things to come, Yahu-Shuah is the One to come, and He would have often protected us under the Shadow of His Wings (the Set-Apart Days of Yahuwah) but we would not. Keeping the Shabbawths and Festivals of Yahuwah are the Wings of our Savoir that He, Yahu-Shuah, would have us to gather under.

Shaul was not talking to people being harassed by other true believers, or the Yahu-Deem, for not wanting to observed Yahuwah' Set-Apart Days, he was encouraging them not to fall for a/the False Gospel taught by Gnostics.


Walking in the Spirit of Yahuwah fulfilling the Law Yahuwah is not the same as walking in the flesh trying to keep or not trying to keep the Law of Yahuwah. For if one crucifies their flesh to allow Yahu-Shuah The Anointed One to live in them through the Set-Apart Spirit, this Set-Apart Spirit will live out the Law of Yahuwah through them. Anything we do of the flesh is as filthy rags in the site of Yahuwah (and considered to be adulteress), and only the deeds done by His Set-Apart Spirit [which we are to receive after we accept Yahu-Shuah as our Savoir and Master] through us are to be counted as Righteous. So no we do not gain Salvation by our works of the flesh but if we are truly salvaged the Set-Apart Spirit will walk out the Law of Yahuwah through us, if we crucify the flesh and quench not the Set-Apart Spirit. This would include leading us to observe the Shabbawth and the Feast Days. Again not done to gain salvation, but allowed to be done through us for the sake of the will of the One Whom sent the One Whom salvaged us (because They asked it of us - not as payment for services rendered, but as a duty to our Master' will, that is if we really accepted Him as our Master and Savoir.

I'll be quite frank here - no Master no Savoir - no deeds of the Spirit no faith, no salvation. Yahuwah seeks those whom will worship Him in Spirit and Truth: FOR THERE SHALL BE A TIME WHEN THEY SHALL NOT BEAR SOUND TEACHING, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, THEY SHALL HEAP UP FOR THEMSELVES TEACHERS TICKLING THE EAR[1], [Footnote: [1] Isa. 30:10, Jer. 5:31, Rom. 16:18.] AND THEY SHALL INDEED TURN THEIR EARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, AND BE TURNED ASIDE TO MYTHS).


So no part of the Law was ever done away with. The sacrifices are taken care off once and for all (not done away with), everything else still goes as well including the Priestly duties being carried out by Yahu-Shuah HaMoshiach in the Heavenly Temple of Yahuwah, even as we speak. So they (the priestly duties) are no longer needed to be attended to by the tribe of Levi anymore upon the face of this earth either, same way the sacrifices no longer are need to be performed. These are the only parts of the Law that Yahu-Shuah fulfilled or is fulfilling, everything else is still a go here on earth.



PuttingDevekut Back into Torah Observance

The true foundation for Yahu-Daism was that of observing the Torah in sincerity,
not simply as an empty observance. As we read in the Mishna:

“Be not like servants who serve their master for the sake of wages,
but be like servants who serve their master with no thought of a wage –
and let the fear of Heaven be upon you.” (m.Avot 1:3)

So if we do not observe Torah as one wishing to earn something, what is our motive?
The Torah answers this question:

…you shall diligently keep all of these Commandments
which I command you, to do them, to love Yahuwah your Ailoheem,
to walk in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him.
{Debarim [Deuteronomy] 11:22}

You shall walk after Yahuwah your Ailoheem,
and fear Him, and keep His Commandments,
and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him,
and cleave unto Him.
{Debarim [Deuteronomy] 13:5 (13:4)}

We must observe Torah as one cleaving to Yahuwah. The Hebrew word for “cleaving” is DEVEKUT. When we observe Torah it should not be an empty act, but an act of DEVEKUT, of cleaving to Yahuwah through His Spirit. After all is this not what His Spirit would do? 

When we observe Torah, it must not be an empty act of observance, or one simply aimed at earning something (such as “Salvation”) but it must be an act of cleaving to Yahuwah through His Spirit. Torah observance with the right intent (lead by the Set-Apart Spirit)brings us more into attachment with Yahuwah, awmane[Strong' #H543].


So next time you perform a commandment don’t forget to be sure it is the Set-Apart Spirit doing it (through you)  
      as an act of
  DEVEKUT/CLEAVING. 


 
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