Over the past few months or so, I've been dealing with a topic that has drawn a great deal of confusion and controversy. I've taken much flack for it in the ministry, but in the times we are in, I refuse to move away from it just because it's not the message that people want to hear. People love when you talk about evil; they love hearing about conspiracies and exposing the darkness that surrounds us.
But when you discuss the actual answer to the darkness and how we rise up away from it, there is less desire to hear about this. I recognize that this is the case, and if I was trying to please tickling ears, I would simply just pivot. But the truth is that I cannot until certain things are clarified, because it's just too important.
In this series about the Torah, I've gone over many things in order to make sure that the ways of the Most High have been understood. In the first part, we discussed the falsehoods about the mindset of keeping the 613 laws, and for the most part, I have been happy about the result of that video because throughout all the criticism, I am no longer hearing the false rebuttal about "Am I keeping all these 613 laws? " So I would say that the message has been received from that video.
In that video, we also went over the Ten Commandments, and from that point, there was a rejection because, unfortunately, there are many that are against keeping Yah's commandments. In the next video, part two, I introduced you to the Most High through understanding Him through His Torah and how He commanded Israel. This was a very beautiful video to me, and it saddened me how there were people who were so against His law that they refused to understand what was being communicated.
After that, we went over the feast days from the Sabbath and the other appointed times. If you have not seen the PDF, you can go back to the video, and the link is now in the description box if you did not get the email sent out from my website. After that, we went over the dietary laws, and then we discussed what Yah loves and what He hates.
I was very pleased by the response from those videos, but as expected, there were people that were against it because of verses from the New Testament. Now, here's the thing: I do understand why there is rejection because I was once in the same boat. My understanding of the Scriptures started from the Christian church, and also from when I first started to read the Bible, I only started in the New Testament first; that's all I read.
So I understand where all the rejection comes from. There are a lot of negative views about Yah's Torah, His law, and it comes from many different places. It comes from false teachers who have preached a lawless faith in Christianity.
It comes from a misunderstanding of the New Covenant, which is a very serious problem. It comes from reading Paul first before you understood Paul's foundation. There are a lot of misunderstandings about the Torah, and it's something that cannot be overlooked.
For me personally, in this ministry, it would be very easy for me to just move on past those who have chosen to reject every word I have said in this Torah series just so they can hold their view that they don't have to keep Yah's Torah and His commandments. If I was chasing views or subscribers, I could easily move on away from this topic and speak about other things. But the thing is that from the beginning, this ministry has always been about preparing Yah's people for the kingdom, and I take that very seriously.
Being that Yah has shown me what is bringing the confusion and has presented to me the words to communicate it, I am responsible to bring it out regardless of whether it's what everyone wants to hear or not. So I must speak about this subject. The confusion about whether we should keep the Torah is actually about the confusion with the New Covenant.
In mainstream Christianity, it is said that we do not need to keep the Torah; we do not need to guard Yah's commands any longer. People say things like, "This is why Jesus gave us a New Covenant to free us from the law. " Jesus didn't give us a new covenant; Yah gave us the New Covenant.
People say we don't need to keep the law because Israel was never able to keep the law, so why should we? That's a lie. People say Paul said we aren't under the law, so why are you teaching about it?
Those that say this misunderstand Paul because they only started reading his books first and did not understand his foundation. I've been getting a lot of comments like this and others, and the thing is that while these comments provoke me because I feel that these videos have been very clear about all these things, the truth is that there is still a fundamental misunderstanding, and it does need to be dealt with. The source of the misunderstanding comes from the same place that I have said multiple times, and unless people actually humble themselves and truly admit this to themselves, there will always be this deception.
The problem starts because people learn about what's in the Bible from reading the New Testament first without having a foundation of what the Old Testament says. So many people use what Paul says as if Paul supersedes Yahweh Himself or as if he supersedes what Yahusha actually says. And listen, I'm not going against Paul, because on the flip side, there are others that are in the comments that want me to completely reject Paul, but I cannot do that.
This, because the problem is not Paul; it is the doctrines of men and the approach people take when reading the Word. So, I am not rejecting Paul. If you personally believe that Paul is a false apostle, that is, of course, your decision; but I do not believe Paul was false.
I believe that how he is used is false. But either way, at the end of the day, there is a problem that is found in Christianity that upholds a lawless mentality. People believe the New Covenant is just belief in Yahusha, and when we believe in him, we are saved, and therefore we do not need to keep the Torah.
They believe that the New Covenant is simply faith in Yahusha, and that is a highly oversimplified way of reviewing the New Covenant. So, what I'm going to do is review this doctrine and explain the misunderstandings. Does the New Covenant remove the adherence to the Torah?
Absolutely not; we establish the Torah. We must review this completely and make sure there is no longer confusion. Let's [Music] begin.
Okay, so in the Torah series, I went thoroughly through the Torah, and there's a lot more to cover; but the problem that I saw most people have is that they reviewed all that information from a mindset that they wanted to reject what was being said rather than understand what was actually being presented. Many people who claim to love Yah sadly don't actually like the Torah; they feel there is something wrong with it. I had a private conversation with a young man my son's age; he was trying to talk to me about this Torah series, and he was resolved and had his mind made up against following the Torah because of what was said in Acts, chapter 15.
He basically resolved that the Torah was bondage, but when I asked him what his problem was with the Torah exactly, he could not answer me. He had a view about the Torah from this event in Acts, chapter 15, which I went over in the first part of the series, which was about circumcision; but the Torah itself, he had an issue with keeping, though he could not articulate why. It was a very bad mindset.
As I said in the Torah series, it is important that when reviewing the Torah, you do not review it with this mindset that there is something wrong with the Torah because when you summarize it like this, it makes it difficult to understand the actual New Covenant. When you have a problem with the Torah, you have a problem with Yahweh, and that is very dangerous. Let me ask you, for those who are against the Torah, who is your example in the Scriptures that you follow?
When I read the Scriptures, I find examples of men that are what I would call my role models—men like Abraham, who was a man of faith and loved Yah; men like Moses, who talked directly with Yah and was able to be used directly by him to bring Yah's people into covenant with him; men like David, who truly had a heart for Yahweh. As 1 Kings 15 says, when comparing Jeroboam, a king of Judah, to David: “He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to Yahweh his Elohim, as was the heart of his father David. Nevertheless, for David's sake, Yahweh his Elohim gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem, because David did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh and had not turned aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
” (1 Kings 15:3-5) I also admire and follow men like Hezekiah, who loved Yahweh and, according to 2 Chronicles 31:20, did what was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his Elohim. You see, he brought Judah back to strict adherence to the law and was found right with Yah. Now it came to pass in the third year of Hosa, the son of Ela, king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
He was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abby, the daughter of Zachariah, and he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh according to all that his father David had done. He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image, and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days, the children of Israel burned incense to it and called it Nehushtan.
He trusted in Yahweh Elohim of Israel so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him; for he held fast to Yahweh. He did not depart from following him, but kept his commandments which Yahweh had commanded Moses. Yahweh was with him; he prospered wherever he went, and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
(2 Kings 18:1-7) This was Hezekiah, and he was blessed so much that Yah extended his life for an extra 15 years, all because he did not depart from Yah and he kept his commandments. These men are men I strive to be like; these are my role models. I desire to be like those who the Scriptures testified were found good and right and true before Yahweh.
When you follow these men, you find that all of them follow the Torah, and they brought their people to do the same thing. So, when people make statements like, "Why should they keep a law that none of Israel was able to. .
. " Keep. I know that they make the statement based on things that they have heard and not actually read themselves.
There were plenty of men and plenty of periods of time in Israel when they followed the Torah, and they were blessed. So listen, if you reject the Torah because you feel that Israel themselves cannot keep the law, you have a strong misunderstanding that I am trying to correct because that's just not true. Israel did keep the Torah.
Now, there was no one perfect, of course, except Yahusha, but there were periods when they were blessed because they renewed themselves in covenant with Yah and brought back renewal and blessings. What do you think the Feast of Dedication was about? With the book of Maccabees, Yahusha celebrated the Feast of Dedication.
They fought for the Torah. The Old Testament is filled with testimony and examples of Israel being in covenant with Yah and them keeping His Torah. But yes, of course, we can act like they were all perfect with this, and unfortunately, there were many that did not keep the Torah, and they provoked Yah to jealousy.
But if we are a people who are desiring to enter into Yah's Kingdom, we cannot be ones who reject what Yahweh stands for. We must follow and be like the people that He loves. If you say you are a Christian, that is supposed to mean that you are a follower of the Christ, the Messiah.
Why was the Messiah perfect? I mean, could He be perfect if He did not follow the law? Of course not; He followed the law perfectly.
So someone saying that they are a follower of Yahusha, a follower of the Messiah, a follower of Christ, but now feels that they can live a life that's opposite the way He lived, you're living a hypocrisy. But perhaps I'm moving too fast, so let me take this back a few steps. Let me get back to the point about my role models.
As you read the Bible, let me give you a good best practice: it is good to find role models that you want to model yourself after. Like I was saying earlier, I have a few for many different reasons, but other than Yahusha Himself, there is no better role model for me that I follow and desire to be like than King David. David truly had a heart for Yah, as 1 Samuel 13:14 says about David that he was a man after Yah's own heart.
It is my sincere personal desire to be known like that by Yah; for Him to feel this way about me is what my heart desires. Imagine Yah feeling that you are a man or woman after His own heart. So as I read about David, David was not a lawless man.
David loved Yah and loved His Torah. Do you know what the longest chapter in the Scriptures is? The longest chapter in your Bible is Psalm 119, with 176 verses.
In this chapter, David celebrates the Torah continuously. This is a plea to walk in Yah's ways and His laws, to live in righteousness and keep Yah's statutes. Let me give you some examples: “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways. You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
Oh, that my ways were directed to keep your statutes! Then I would not be ashamed when I look into all your commandments. I will praise You with uprightness of heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will keep Your statutes; oh, do not forsake me utterly. ” (Psalm 119:1-8) Let me read some more: “Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your Torah.
I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide your commandments from me. My soul breaks with longing for your judgments at all times. You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who stray from Your commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies. Princes also sit and speak against me, but Your servant meditates on Your statutes. Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
” (Psalm 119:17-24) Let’s give more: “Let your mercies come also to me, oh Yahweh, Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I have hoped in Your ordinances.
So shall I keep Your Torah continually forever and ever. And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts. I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed.
And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love. My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. ” (Psalm 119:41-48) Same chapter, more: “You have dealt with Your servant, oh Yahweh, according to Your word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments. Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good and do good; teach me Your statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your Torah. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.
The Torah of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver. ” (Psalm 119:65-72) And I can keep going on and on in this chapter. This is how the whole.
. . Chapter reads: The longest chapter in your Bible is a proclamation to the love of the Torah, a desire to follow all of Yah's commandments and statutes, that those who keep them are blessed to keep His Torah and not only keep it, but to delight in it.
Read this on your own, but I want you to really think about this. For those that are against this Torah, how is it that a man who was the king of Israel, described as a man after Yah's own heart—a man from whom our Messiah descends—why is it that he loves the Torah and delights in it, but some of you believe that the Torah is something that is bondage and something that should not be kept and should be stayed away from? You reject me for preaching the Torah.
If any of you were against this series about the Torah, how can any of you read these verses in Psalms 19 and declare them to Yah and believe that you're not being a hypocrite? There’s no way you could read those verses and call out to Yah and not be a hypocrite, and I just want to point out that hypocrisy. But let me continue.
Understand, if you feel that Israel was not able to keep the Torah, and therefore you must not follow it, it is because you have been falsely taught this, and you have not truly learned this from a true biblical perspective. Why is the longest chapter in the Bible about a Torah that you all feel should not be followed or kept? But listen, I get it.
Maybe this doesn't prove anything yet to you because you are fully convicted that the law is done away with because of the New Covenant. And so that's why we actually need to deal with it, and that's what I'm going to do. I am breaking this up, but I don't want to wait too long with them, which is why I'm releasing this a little early and not at the regular time, because I'm going to deal with this methodically, being that this is something that needs to be dealt with properly.
So I made this to set the stage and scene for it, and we will deal with the actual understanding of all this in the next video. You see, we do not have time to live in rebellion against Yahweh. The devil has taught the masses a lawless faith that people believe because they have found scriptures that tell them what they want to believe.
But you must understand, the scriptures do not contradict themselves; man contradicts themselves and they live in hypocrisy, because while they claim a love for Yahweh with all their heart, soul, and strength, they have only chosen to know about Him through the Gospels and letters written by Paul, but they ignore the foundation from which the scriptures were actually written. This is why I asked early who your example is, because please know you do not have an example of anyone found righteous in the scriptures who did not follow the Torah. Yes, of course, we are in a New Covenant, which means that you no longer need to justify yourself to Yah through the Torah of the old covenant.
But many of you are taking that too far because you have not taken the time to understand Yahweh from the foundation He established in the church. There are many that say that God does not change, like Malachi 3:6 says, "For I am Yahweh; I do not change. " But yet, hypocritically, people feel like He does.
They feel the same God that once chastised His children for disobedience and blessed them for obedience then made a covenant and said these same laws don’t matter anymore. That would mean He changed. The problem is that you have learned these things falsely, and I want to make sure that the truth has been spelled out to you clearly.
I mean, look at comments like this: There are people that have said that those who focus on the Torah are in bondage. This is a completely different faith than what the scriptures say. Please go back to all the scriptures I read from David.
David never said he was in bondage. The New Covenant does provide freedom, but not at the sake of being lawless. There is obviously a point of confusion, and it needs to be addressed.
Now, before I go any further, I recognize that this subject needs to be broken down, and so this is what I'm going to do. Please know and understand that if you start your understanding of the scriptures from Yah from the beginning, you can understand that there was not a problem with the Torah. How can all these people that we read about in the scriptures be found right with Yahweh by being ones who kept His Torah, and then you are someone who says you don't have to be like them, and then say if we focus on what they did we are in bondage and not pleasing Yahweh?
Do you honestly think that when we stand before Him, He is going to bless you because you spoke against people who are trying to bring His Torah back in remembrance? Ask yourself that sincerely. Ask yourself: Why did Yahweh reject His children?
Why did He put them in bondage and in captivity for rejecting His Torah, just to give you a new covenant when there is no law? He wouldn't, and He did not do this. He prophesied about this New Covenant, and if you're going to understand it, you cannot look at it through these lawless lenses.
If Yahweh doesn’t change, why would He bless those who keep His Torah and then now curse them that keep His Torah? That doesn’t make sense. There is a very.
. . Clear reason why there's confusion, and that is because people think they understand the New Covenant.
But understand there is no way that you can understand the New Covenant if you never understood the old one. That's why I keep saying it shouldn't even be labeled as the New Covenant, but rather the Renewed Covenant, because in this Covenant, He is not changing His laws; He is writing His law on our hearts. So the thing is that I recognize that there's confusion, and what needs to be done is that this confusion is dealt with clearly and explained.
Now that we understand that there are people in Israel who are able to keep the Torah, and not only keep it but delight themselves in it, the next thing we will understand is how the New Covenant fits in with the law. So before we go more into the Torah, we must go into understanding the New Covenant. We are going to dive right into it and break it down, and by the end of this, I pray all confusion should be gone.
Now, I do know that there will be enemies of this, and this video series is not going to change the fact that many Christians believe in being lawless. That doctrine of lawlessness goes with another big subject I just did about the Antichrist. But being that we are in such perilous times, I feel an urgency to put this study out.
So instead of you waiting all week to start it, I've decided to put this video out early so the real study can start on the Sabbath. My hope is that by the end of this, people are now brought into a deeper, obedient relationship with the Most High, and they are ready to follow Him and come into His kingdom. Everyone can do and choose what they want, but at the end of the day, you cannot say that these things were not taught and brought to your attention.
I'm not here to make the decision for you; I just want to make sure that the word has been brought out and the lawless doctrines of Christianity have been challenged and corrected. Remember, there is nothing wrong with the Torah, so please guard and keep the Commandments of the Most High. Be blessed.
Hallelujah! Praise Yah! Okay, thanks again for watching.
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