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Often you have probably heard preachers tell YOU that Hebrews 10:1-12 does away with all the Laws of Yahweh.
Answer for yourself: Is Hebrews 10:1-12 really true? Before you say "of course" it is, you better read this article because you might be surprised by the time you finish it.
Answer for yourself: Presuming Paul as the author of Hebrews, would the same man who told you of Yahweh's Renewed Covenant, and of the FACT that Yahweh's Laws would be written in the hearts and minds of His People in the New Testament (Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16), then turn around and teach that these same Laws are done away with? Well he does. Just read Galatians and reference to Hebrews 10. Let us sort out the confusion as we familiarize ourselves with Heb. 10:1-12.
Since the WHOLE CONTEXT of the passage deals with the Holy Day of Yom Kippur, then we must UNDERSTAND that it is "THE PRIESTHOOD" that is taken away (Aaronic) and not the COVENANT since "THE COVENANT" IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THE PASSAGES.
This is of critical importance as most try to interpret these verses as saying that Yahweh took away the Old Covenant and replaced it with a New Covenant. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let us investigate.
The Apostle Paul also spoke to the Galatians about this LAW. Now LYING preachers will tell YOU that: '"The LAW is a CURSE." Again I warn you: Don't YOU believe it!
Preachers will come and read Galatians 3:13, KJV:
The MESSIAH hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree.
Answer for yourself: First, I ask you: Exactly "what is" The Curse of the Law?
Answer for yourself: Will observing "thou shall not kill" bring a curse upon you, or is it just the opposite?
THE LAW itself (Torah-613 commandments) is not "the curse", because the Apostle John writes in John 7:49, KJV:
"For this people who KNOW NOT The Law are CURSED."
Answer for yourself: Is this a New Testament Scripture? Yes.
Answer for yourself: Do you know the LAW?
Answer for yourself: Are you under a curse from God and don't know it? Sure are.
Answer for yourself: If the "CURSE OF THE LAW" is ignorance of the Law, then how can you remove that curse? Try studying the Scriptures.
The Apostle Paul then shows the penalty for being cursed, saying in Hebrews 6:8, KJV:
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose END is to be BURNED.
Most assuredly, the "Curse of The Law is: The Death Penalty for having BROKEN The Law!" Romans 6:23, KJV, tells us: For the wages of SIN is DEATH;
Therefore, Galatians 3:13 reveals Paul's theology:
The Messiah hath redeemed us from the DEATH PENALTY in the Law that applies to us when we first broke the Law, having become the Death Penalty for us...
Answer for yourself: Does Paul get it only half right? He sure does.
Besides Paul's idea of vicarious atonement attached to the death of Yeshua which is patterned from pagan mystery religions, he makes the statement that, as far as he was concerned, that Jesus delivered us from the death penalty associated with the violation of the Law of God. I do not wish to take Paul to task in this article about false atonements as we have articles to show you his error in this regard, but notice what Paul did not say which most read into Paul when associated with his writings; Paul does not say that JESUS DELIVERED US FROM THE LAW OR COMMANDMENTS...ONLY THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING IT!
I know that was quite a revelation for most of you, so its "OK" to sit down and let that sink in. When you are ready please continue.
This particular LAW that the Apostle Shaul spoke about to the Galatians was the same Law that he spoke about to the Hebrews—The Law of the Priesthood/Sacrifice! In Galatians 3:16-19, we find:
This ADDED LAW, which the Apostle Paul speaks of, was the LAW of the Levitical Priesthood!
When Moses brought the Children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the Aaronic Priesthood was given to Moses' brother—who was the Firstborn Son in Moses' immediate family. This LAW of the Firstborn as Priests was IN EFFECT UNTIL the incident of the golden calf at Horeb. Because of this SIN which came to pass 430 years after the institution of the ratified Covenant, with the Firstborn as Priests, the LEVITES were taken as priests INSTEAD OF the FIRSTBORN, as Numbers 3:41,45, KJV, says:
For Paul, Jesus was his Messiah, and for Paul this Messiah took the place of the Levitical Priesthood.
Hebrews 10:11-12
Hebrews 5:6:
Hebrews 7:21
Hebrews 10:21
The Levitical Priesthood Law was ADDED, because of the SIN which was committed, but the covenant that was ratified at first INCLUDED the "Firstborn as Priest" as a PROMISE.
However, Yeshua taking this "place" in the mind of the Pauline writer in no way "does away with" any of the OTHER Laws, Statutes, and Judgments— which were NOT "added", but were ordained from the beginning! You need to read that again!
Yeshua, in taking this "place" as a priest of the order of Melchizedek, in no way "does away with" any of the OTHER Laws, Statutes, and Judgments— which were NOT "added", but were ordained from the beginning!
This baffles many people but really the metaphor is simple once you understand that Melchizedek was a non-Jew himself who was under the Covenant of Adam and Noah. His ministry was to teach the Laws and Covenant of Noah to the non-Jews of the world as at that time no Jew existed. Yeshua in like fashion never ministered to a true Gentile only a half-breed in Samaria but it would be his followers who would under the unction of the Holy Spirit begin to break free of a Gentile hating Judaism and take to the non-Jews of the world the Covenant of Noah and the Laws of Noah and no longer enforce upon the Gentile world circumcision to be part of the Israel of God as had been done by those Jews who used such an ordinance to keep the non-jew at arm's length. When one studies the first century one is alerted right off that there was little if any outreach to the non-Jew and this was on purpose as circumcision of adult males was enforced by Rabbi Shammai and others for the expressed purpose of using such a surgical procedure on an adult male as a deterent from his association with them as many died from infection for such a procedure; let us not forget that a 7 day old baby has his mother's antibodies to ward off infection...something an adult male lacked. As you now clearly see the outreach to the Gentile world through the Messianic branch of Judaism by Yeshua's followers where they functioned as a Holy Nation and Royal Priesthood (priests bring others to God) was just like what Melchizedek did as a Gentile priest. Thus the comparison and similarity.
Answerforyourself:What could this mean for the Christian concerning his obedience to the Sabbath, the Festivals, and righteous giving of his tithe to the place where Yahweh places His Name? You should shutter to contemplate a life filled with paganism masquerading as righteousness. The church is in dire need of repentance and forgiveness for substituting a religion about Jesus for the faith and religion of Jesus. I once was guilty, but now am free. You can be too!
The Levitical Priesthood Law, created for the offering of animal sacrifices AFTER the Firstborn Son of the Children of Israel had disqualified themselves as priests, was NOT from the ORIGINAL PROMISE.
The Apostle Shaul then shows us in Hebrews 9:1-15:
The Renewed Covenant, of which Yahshua is The Mediator in that it was in his name outreach was made to the Gentile nations, is NOT A "LAWLESS" COVENANT! The Renewed Covenant, which Yahshua mediates, is to obey Yahweh's Laws COMPLETELY; and to LOVE doing so.
Hebrews 10:16
This is THE COVENANT that I will RENEW with them after those days, says Yahweh; I will put MY LAWS into their hearts, and in their minds I WILL WRITE THEM;
Just think what a totally different world this would be IF just Yahweh's Ten Commandment Law was KEPT: If just this Law was observed there would be no breaking Yahweh's Sabbath Day of Rest, no dishonor to father or mother, no murder, no adultery, no theft, no false testimony brought forward, and no coveting of any kind. There would be Just, Perfect LOVE for Yahweh, and for Mankind.
In Proverbs 2:6 we are instructed:
For it is YAHWEH Who gives WISDOM; from HIS MOUTH comes KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTAND/NG.
To have Yahweh's WISDOM, which IS His Knowledge and Understanding, and then to practice Yahweh's wisdom, would then bring the "peace" and "joys" that Yahweh desires for all His Creation. No wonder the Apostle James calls Yahweh's Law The Perfect Law of Liberty, saying in Yaaqob 1:25:
But he who looks into the PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY, and perseveres (continues persistently) in it. he is not being a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work; this man will tee blessed in HlS PERFORMANCE OF THE LAW.
Answer for yourself: Is this a New Testament Scripture? Yes
Answer for yourself: Does this sound like the thinking of a man who believed the Laws of God had passed away? No way!
The King James Version renders the last part of this verse, as: "his man will be blessed in his DEED." But you can prove to yourself that the word translated DEED is the Greek word "poiesis," word #4162 in Strong' s Greek Dictionary, and means: Performance of The Law!
Answer for yourself: Is James the hand-picked pastor (by Jesus no less) of the Jerusalem church? Yes
Answer for yourself: Did Jesus pick the right man to carry out faithfully what he had begun? Yes.
Answer for yourself: How can we be blessed by performing commandments and Laws which we were told were passed away? We can't.
This, my friend, is just another example of the ENMITY of which we read previously—the hatred and opposition—which those in this world, including those who TRANSLATED the King James Version and those who PREACH AGAINST the Laws of the Kingdom of Yahweh—have against Yahweh Himself.
KNOWING that Yeshua lived a SINLESS life: a life without having broken even "one" of Yahweh's Laws, one then understands what Yeshua meant in Yahchanan 15:9-12, when he said:
Most assuredly, Yeshua did not have "different" commandments from those of His Father. The Holy Scripture states emphatically that Yeshua Messiah is in ONE ACCORD with Yahweh his Father. In John 7:11, we see:
John 17:17
John 17:21
21 That they ALL MAY BE ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that THEY ALSO may be ONE IN US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.
John 17:24-26
For anyone to tell YOU that Yeshua "did away with" any of His Father's Laws would be a sure sign that they are LYING to you. For anyone to tell YOU that the Apostle Paul "did away with" any of his Heavenly Father's Laws would ALSO be a SURE SIGN they are LYING TO YOU, AS WELL!
The sure sign that there is NO SCRIPTURAL TRUTH in anyone who teaches against The Law of Yahweh is found in Isaiah 8:20, which says:
To THE LAW and to THE TESTIMONY: if they speak NOT according to THIS WORD it is because there is no LIGHT in them.
False teachers and lying preachers today proclaim to you, if you will listen to them, that "all those old Jewish laws are all done away with, that they were 'nailed to the cross'".
Colossians chapter 2, verse 14 is possibly on of the most misunderstood passages in all of the New Testament. For years I was taught that THE LAW was nailed to the cross and now we are UNDER GRACE.
We at Bet Emet Ministries can find no Scripture in the Bible which commands one NOT TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES. So with than in mind, let us rightly divide this Scripture. The Apostle Paul begins to tell us in verse 10 than we are complete in Messiah, through identification with him through Mikveh (baptism) and are quickened and made alive with him through his resurrection following his crucifixion. So far..so good. In verse 14 he states "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.
As stated earlier I was taught that the WHOLE LAW was done away with in Christ's sacrifice. Is that so? Can you tell me what part of the Law is written against you? What part of the Law is contrary to you? Remember that it is those parts of the Law which were contrary and written against us that Jesus took away and nailed to the cross. But what if it was just part of the Law and not all of the Law? Are you familiar with Hebrews where it states that when there is a change of the Priesthood that is of necessity a change in the Law? Jesus replaced the Aaronic Priesthood with the Melchizedek Priesthood, and as states, there was a change in the Law. But notice, it does not say that there was the ABOLITION OF THE LAW OR THE CESSATION OF THE LAW!
We begin again, what part of the Law was contrary to you? When Yahweh said "Thou shall not kill"....was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by warning you of what to avoid in order that He can bless you? When Yahweh said "Thou shall not commit adultery"...was that given as a commandment against you or to help you by protecting you from getting a communicable disease, or worse...aids? When Yahweh said "Thou shall honor thy father and thy mother"...was that given as a commandment contrary to you or was it because in obeying it you receive the manifestation of the promise that you will live long and prosper? It seems to me, as to any parent who has children, you give your children do's and don'ts BECAUSE YOU LOVE THEM AND WISH THEY BE KEPT FROM HARM AND RECEIVE BLESSING INSTEAD.
Answer for yourself: Can you not see the intent of each of Yahweh's commandments is to bless you and not curse you? I hope so.
Answer for yourself: Can you find one commandment which was given "against" you by Yahweh? There is none.
Answer for yourself: Can you name one commandment which is impossible to keep or obey? There is none.
So, as Paul stated there must be something in the Law which was contrary to us and we must find out. This one is easy. The soul that sinneth shall die! Included in the Law are both blessings and curses. The curse of the Law is the death penalty for our disobedience. We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. Yet, the handwriting of ordinances written contrary to us are not the blessings when we obey....but rather...the curse of the DEATH PENALTY when we disobey. The DEATH PENALTY for sin is definitely written in the Law and it is CONTRARY TO US...and it was nailed to the cross in Yeshua's body as he became THE CURSE FOR US...HE PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR DISOBEDIENCE TO THE LAW. Thus, the only thing nailed to the cross was the judgment rightly coming to me and you, but not our eternal responsibilities to imitate Yeshua and Yahweh to the best of our abilities by obeying the commandments which are in reality manifestations of Yahweh's attributes. It is in obeying the commandments we become like Him. Yahweh would never take away the pattern, only the Gentile Christian Church who misinterpreted the pattern as bondage would, and did for over 1800 years. They forgot that Yeshua said "my burden is easy and my yoke is light." Let us never forget again.
However, Yahweh does not give "two different ways" to enter into His Kingdom; there is only ONE way, and that is Yahweh's Way and Yahweh says to YOU in Deuteronomy 30:15-16:
See, I have set before YOU today LIFE and RIGHTEOUSNESS, DEATH and DESTRUCTION.
16 For I COMMAND YOU today to LOVE YAHWEH your Father, to walk in all His ways, and to KEEP His Commandment, His Statutes, and His Judgments, so you may LIVE and multiply, and so Yahweh your Father may bless you in the land that you go in to possess.
This is your "choice". You can either OBEY what Yahweh has said, and receive Eternal Life, or we can DISOBEY Yahweh, and be cast out of His Kingdom. There are no two ways about it, and neither did the Apostle Paul preach two different ways!
The Apostle Shaul taught the Romans, the Galatians, the Ephesians, the Colossians, the Hebrews, and all others whom he taught, to OBEY Yahweh and DO HIS WILL through Yahshua Messiah, His Son. Paul taught, that: IF you will DO these things, THEN you will be given Yahweh's Free Gift of Eternal Life in His Kingdom.
Those who teach "another way" are called LIARS, just as our Heavenly Father inspired John to write in I John 2:4, saying:
He who says: 'I know Him: and does NOT keep His Commandments, is A LIAR, and The Truth is NOT in him'.
The LIARS who will not repent of their LYING will most assuredly suffer destruction in The Lake of Fire, which is The Second Death, as we see in Revelation 21:8:
But the fearful, and unbelieving. and the abominable' and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and godworshipers, and ALL LIARS, will have their part in The Lake which burns with fire and brimstone—which is The Second Death.
Our Heavenly Father also says that the ONLY ones who will be given Eternal Life, and who will enter into His Holy City, are those who WILL OBEY His Commandments, as we see in Revelation 22:14:
Blessed are those who do His (Yahweh's) Commandments, that THEY may have right to the tree of life and MAY ENTER IN through the gates into the city.
It is our prayer for you at Bet Emet Ministries that Yahweh Bless your UNDERSTANDING of the Apostle Paul's teachings, which are sometimes 'hard to be understood'— but which do NOT 'do away with' any of The Perfect Laws of Yahweh, in any way.