The Truth

There may be some who do not know what Torah refers to. Torah in Hebrew means to teach, instruct, direct, and give law. As I said earlier, it’s a legal prescription to follow what must be done. In Greek Grammar, it is called the Pentateuch (Pentateuchos), meaning "five books." It is a reference to the first five books of the bible. Does it have a deeper meaning? Yes, it does. I am not referring to the Mosaic Law. I’m referring to anything God says in His word.
In Genesis Chapter 1 (https://biblehub.com/), the phrase “God said” is used 11 times. Look what happens when God speaks. Stuff happens! So, before God ever commanded the man in Genesis 2:16 (https://biblehub.com/genesis/2-16.htm), He had already spoken several times, but it isn’t till Genesis 2:16 that man received the first (command) precept, or charge from God. God also told man that if man didn’t listen to just that one command, man would surely die. (man is used in the text as mankind)

In Genesis 3 (https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/3.htm), the crafty, prudent, subtle serpent appears and “said, ' Hath God indeed said.
From that point on, there has been a serpent asking all of us, " Hath God said?

To prove the point, let’s look at the serpent in Genesis 3. The word for serpent, as used in Genesis 3:1(https://biblehub.com/genesis/3-1.htm), is a noun. Please do not think of a snake in zoological terms. It does not apply here. It’s too difficult to explain the serpent in a post, but the Hebrew word rendered “serpent” in Genesis 3:1 is Nācḥāsh, derived from a root meaning “to shine,” and thus means “a shining one. So there we have the serpent (devil) imitating God. Please ask what the serpent is doing. He is twisting what God commanded in Genesis 2:16. The word Nācḥāsh (serpent) when used as a verb (https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5172.htm) is an enchanter, or uses divination, and foretells the future.

Now, let's look at where the Apostle Paul draws his words from in 2 Corinthians 11 (https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm). He immediately, in verse 2, tells the Corinthians that he has betrothed (brought to union, as in the marriage of Adam and Eve before the fall). Verse 3, he wrote directly of the serpent that deceived (seduced) Eve. In verse 4, Paul goes right after the false prophets/preachers. He tells them that these people can bring a different spirit. Whoever this preacher was, he was not sent by God, yet the Corinthians listened to his words.

I will leave the rest of the chapter to you. I would like to point out in verses 13-15, Paul writes, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”

There is so much more to say. If we look at the seed of the serpent, we hear them in pulpits across Western civilization. They take the form of the New Apostolic Reformation and the Five-Fold Ministry, among others. If a preacher is not using the bible to teach, then they are teaching a false doctrine. Period! Prophets telling you they have a word from God, for you are likely liars. Does what they say line up with God’s word?

If you are someone who has been caught up in this garbage, it’s never too late to ask for forgiveness. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.” Remember the snake perverted what God said. He didn’t do away with the words.

Deuteronomy 13:1-4
“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

We serve God, who is long-suffering. We can still pass the testing.
God Bless you all.

One thing that will never change is the fact that Jesus was born in the flesh, was crucified for our sins, and He rose again in three days. When He ascended, He kept His promise and sent us the Holy Spirit, who is a witness of Jesus. We don’t need to be a theologian to believe in that simple act of salvation. In Revelation, Ephesus was a church with a sound doctrine. Jesus complimented them on their work, labor, and patience. They found the false apostles liars. They had everything going for them spiritually. Their perseverance aimed to make known to their persecutors that Jesus possessed far greater worth than any physical or financial comfort that denying Him might bring. There was one problem, though. They put doctrinal purity above the Love of Christ. I pray that we all have a hunger for the truth of God’s word. But most of all, I pray we have a hunger for God Himself and that we love one another. Let’s return to our First Love.

God Bless you all,

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝. ⁣⁣
It’s hard to see in the English Text of the Bible where a precept is given. The writer of the book in the Bible may be recalling a precept God commanded. A command in the Hebrew language is called a Mitzvot (plural) or Mitzvah, a singular command. The Mosaic Law has 613 commandments, or Mitzvot. 248 commandments are positive commandments, and 365 of the commands are negative. Thou shalt not steal is considered a negative command, but obeying the command results in a positive outcome for the individual obeying the command. ⁣⁣
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Psalm 103:18 (https://biblehub.com/interlinear/psalms/103-18.htm) uses the word "commandments" in place of "precept." The Psalmist (David) is telling us that God's enduring mercy (covenant) as those who do His precepts. ⁣⁣
What is a precept? A biblical precept is something that is appointed or charged. In John 14:15, https://biblehub.com/john/14-15.htm, Jesus says, “ If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” The commandments in this verse are the same word as the commandments in Psalms 103:18. It means precepts; it’s an authoritative prescription. This means we need to hear what God is saying.⁣⁣
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Isaiah 58:13 https://biblehub.com/isaiah/58-13.htm God promises Israel that if they keep the Sabbath, turn not your foot to your own way, and honor the LORD's Holy Day, then we will delight in that day. Does that sound legalistic? Let’s dig deeper into the Sabbath day.⁣⁣
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𝐁𝐓𝐖: 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.⁣⁣
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Genesis 2 begins with the completion of heaven and earth, and the hosts of them were completed in six days. https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/2.htm. What does God do? He rested. This does not mean He was exhausted from all that work. What it means is that God had just finished creating a place for man/humankind. Adam and Eve had not yet been deceived. He wasn’t observing a day. He blessed everything He had just completed for us on the seventh day. Everything God wants us to walk in has been perfectly completed on His part.⁣⁣
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𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦. https://biblehub.com/1_john/3-2.htm .⁣⁣
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Exodus 20:8 https://biblehub.com/nkjv/exodus/20.htm teaches us to remember the Sabbath day, verse 10. Tells us the Sabbath day is of the LORD your God. Keeping it on the seventh is a reminder to us from GOD that says, " Hey, remember me. I did everything for you! Notice the capital LORD and the uppercase God. That is the Father and the Son. Each is used in the singular, but they are still together. ⁣⁣
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𝐒𝐨, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. ⁣⁣
Jesus mentions the Sabbath multiple times in the gospels. In John 5:17 https://biblehub.com/nkjv/john/5.htm, the Jews are so mad at Jesus for healing a man on the Sabbath, they want to kill Jesus. Jesus answers, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” This really made the Jews mad. He has just made Himself equal with the Father. Jesus says I do nothing of Myself, but what He sees the Father do, He does in like manner. There are many other acts of the Savior that apply here, but our focus is on the Sabbath.⁣⁣
In Matthew 12, Jesus https://biblehub.com/nkjv/matthew/12.htm says that He is greater than the Temple and He is Lord, even of the Sabbath. I ask again, who gave us the Sabbath? The Lord of the Sabbath did. Jesus is quoting from 1 Samuel 15:22 https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/15-22.htm and Hosea 6:6 when He says I “desire mercy and not sacrifice. " https://biblehub.com/nkjv/hosea/6.htm. ⁣⁣
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More teaching to follow,⁣⁣
God Bless you all!⁣⁣

There is no doubt that the food God allowed the Israelites to eat is healthy. There is, however, a deeper meaning for why He commanded them not to eat certain foods. Let's take a look at the why in https://biblehub.com/kjv/leviticus/11.htm. This also will cover https://biblehub.com/kjv/deuteronomy/14.htm. In ancient history, swine were offered to pagan gods. The wild boar was offered to the Egyptian god Set (Seth).
The hare or the rabbit is a companion to Ishtar. Ishtar was a Mesopotamian goddess who would influence Egyptian culture, later known as the goddess Isis. The rabbits were the messengers of Isis. The messages they delivered were probably shiny little easter eggs. The Hare was also worshiped as Wenet, or the swift one. Wenet was also worshiped as a snake goddess.
If we understand the food Israel was to eat, then it gives us a better understanding of the God we serve. It is a great and healthy diet, but there is more to it than just that. God forbid them to eat camel, but according to https://academic.oup.com/af/article/13/6/53/7479629
Swine (Pork), on the other hand, is not healthy. Rabbit meat is healthy. (Taste Like Chicken).
Camel meat is healthy, I have never tried it (Don’t Plan To), but there are countries in the Middle East that farm Camels for meat. All the animals, except the camel, which God said was unclean to people, were offered to pagan gods in the Ancient Near East, but so were cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. I will continue to study this, but the one thing that is interesting is that most of the research concludes God was definitely separating Israel from other Nations. He is their (ours too), and they were to keep all the Mosaic Laws (613 Laws Total).
So, the question is: Why did God give the Mosaic Law in the first place? Starting with the dietary laws is at least erroneous. The first commandment is https://biblehub.com/exodus/20-3.htm. This commandment was given after God reminded the Israelites that “I am God who brought you out of Egypt. " The Torah begins in Genesis and does not include the Mosaic Law. As I pointed out in an earlier post, God rested on the seventh day. Genesis has to be the starting point of why not only the Mosaic commands were necessary, but all of God's laws. In the next post, we will begin with the “precepts” of God. I use links from https://biblehub.com/ for followers of this page to simply click the link and follow the teaching at their own pace.

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This is why I ask people to find a church where the Bible is being taught in its entirety. The person who wrote this post starts it with an image of a pig. The caption on the Image reads, "Am I Food?" " A critical look at what is food and whether or not we are to eat pig or other unclean animals.

She says Yeshua (Jesus) is going to "destroy those eating swine when He returns the second time.

I will reply to this later this evening.

Here is her original post!

“Rise Peter. Kill and eat.” But did he get up and eat pig? Let’s look. 

One of the greatest modern assumptions is that if something can be physically eaten, then God must have intended it to be food. But scripture never defines food that way.

According to the biblical standard, food is not determined by culture, appetite, survival trends, or human preference. Food is defined by the Creator Himself.
In Leviticus 11 and deuteronomy 14, God separates the animal kingdom into two categories: what is permitted for human consumption and what is not. The distinction is intentional, ordered, and rooted in holiness. Scripture never presents unclean animals as “food that became acceptable later.” They are consistently identified as outside the boundaries of what God designed for His people to eat.
This is important because we often blur the line between “edible” and “food.” They are not the same thing.
A human being can technically consume almost anything. People have eaten poisonous plants, insects, dirt, blood, rodents, and even other humans in extreme circumstances throughout history. But the mere ability to consume something does not redefine its created purpose.

Humans are never called food in scripture. Dogs are never called food in scripture. Vultures are never called food in scripture. Pigs are never called food in scripture. Shellfish are never called food in scripture.
The biblical definition matters. All animals are animals and flesh, but not all animals are food.
Leviticus 11:7 says regarding the pig,
“And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud he is unclean to you.”

Notice the wording carefully. It does not say “eat it if you want.” It does not say “it was unhealthy only for ancient times.” It says it is unclean to you.
Likewise concerning sea creatures,
“Whatever in the seas does not have fins and scales… they shall be an abomination unto you.” Leviticus 11:10-12
These distinctions are not random dietary preferences. They indicate for us what animals we are to eat as food and what animals are not food for us. They also reflect separation and holiness. God repeatedly tells His people to distinguish between the clean and the unclean because holiness touches every area of life, including what we place into our bodies.

In revelation, we still see the distinction between clean and unclean birds. The birds could no longer be called unclean if the law had been changed and their distinguishing mark removed.

Revelation 18:2:
And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
Some argue that Peter’s vision in Acts 10 abolished these distinctions. But Peter himself explained the meaning of the vision.

“God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” Acts 10:28
The vision was about people, specifically Gentiles, being welcomed into a covenant relationship with God. Peter never concluded that pigs became food.

If the vision had truly changed God’s dietary instructions, Peter missed the interpretation entirely. Yet scripture records his own explanation for us.

Likewise, Messiah never declared pigs or shellfish clean. In Mark 7, the entire discussion centers around ritual handwashing traditions added by men, not the overturning of Leviticus 11. The Pharisees accused the disciples of eating bread with unwashed hands according to tradition of man which was a commandment not in the Torah, but in the oral traditions. Yeshua rebuked elevating man-made traditions above the commandments of God.
The context is not pork. The context is not shellfish. The context is eating bread with ceremonially unwashed hands, which is a rule that God never made or put in the Torah. It was a rule from the oral traditions.

Furthermore, Isaiah 66:17 even gives a future warning connected to the return of Messiah.
“Those who sanctify themselves… eating pig’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse shall come to an end/be consumed together, declares YHVH.”

That is future tense.
Long after the resurrection.
Long after Acts 10.
Yeshua will destroy those eating swine’s flesh when He returns the second time.

Modern culture treats Yah’s food instructions as optional while simultaneously acknowledging that every created species has a designed diet. We understand that feeding the wrong food to animals destroys their health. Yet many become offended at the idea that the Creator may also have established boundaries for human consumption.
Scripture presents God not merely as Savior, but also as Designer. And the Designer determines how we function.

Let’s re-examine how we view scripture and remember the basic premise. God has not, will not, and never will change.
Malachi 3:6 “For I am the LORD, I do not change. “
We are told that false prophets would be the ones who would try to take us away and turn us away from obedience to the commandments of Yah. According to Deuteronomy 13. Do not be led astray this day by the false prophets behind the pulpits. I love you all! May Yah set His people free! Love, Mama Mel

Oh, and by the way, Jesus never ate pig, and He never will eat pig when he returns to rule on earth from Jerusalem for the thousand years during the millennial kingdom. Just saying."

End of her post.

I have no interest in telling people whether their beliefs are right or wrong. I teach the word of God. I use the Bible, and I show where the bible affirms itself. It is up to each individual who hears the teaching to open the Bible, search the scriptures, and see if these things are true (Acts 17:11). That could potentially be a problem with a church that teaches only from the New Testament.

One day, I hope soon, I will teach the gospel in Genesis. It points to the cross in the New Testament.

I don't try to grow a following on FB. I use FB to spread the gospel. God builds His church, not me. I grieve that many find the teaching "too deep to understand." These teachings should have never departed from the church. The message of the cross in Genesis is a message of Mercy. I'm tired of people painting a false image of God, just waiting to pounce on anyone who might sin. All have sinned (fallen short) of the glory of God. He offers Mercy and Grace on that cross, not judgment.

One promise I will make to all who follow this page is that you will not be banned for disagreeing with the teaching. I ask that, if you disagree, you use scripture to support your argument. We can learn from one another. I will ban anyone who comes on here using vulgarity and a lack of etiquette to disrupt the grace of God.

Our fellowship is with the Father and His Son. It is that fellowship in which we fellowship with one another (1 John https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_john/1.htm)

God Bless you all!

𝐒𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰.

Sin has a broader meaning than transgressing the law.

The church may teach that the law is done away with based on Matthew 5:17. We no longer keep the law. But I contest that thinking. I truly believe that Jesus writes the law in our hearts and minds. He is the fulfillment of that law He wrote with His own finger. That is the law Moses literally broke before presenting it to Israel. The law shows us our need for a Savior who forgives us of all sin. Trying to keep the law is walking in self-righteousness. Repentance is turning from our way to His way, for the remission of sin. Obedience is the hearing of His word. Jesus said it has been written; Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every spoken (rehma) word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

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If there is a pastor, prophet, or a dreamer of dreams teaching a spirit of divination to the body of Christ. If they are distorting the meaning of faith, then run. Don’t argue, don’t debate them, just leave. Perhaps God will save them before He judges them. Don’t let them drag you into their judgment, should they not repent. They are bringing to you another gospel. As for the people who read the words I post, I ask you to pick up your Bible and read it.

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Some ignorantly teach faith in faith. Faith is not faithing in something He may do. Faith points to Him directly as a Savior who died for the sins of the world. Faith points to the future that is in Him, but not yet.

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We haven’t received our inheritance yet. Most of the modern-day church world is saying Father, give me my inheritance now. The father let the prodigal son have His inheritance, where did it get him? But the prodigal son returned home to the father.

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Well, now is the time for us to return to the Father. He rescues us from the sin we walked in and gives us freely His Mercy and Grace. When He gave us His Holy Spirit, He told us that His Spirit would testify of Him and lead us into all truth. Is Jesus the truth? Are the words He spoke true? Did He give us His word in a book we call the bible? Faith places our hope in Him alone. The riches that so many people are teaching today as tangible things, whether it’s money, emotions, or self-alignment through our consciousness to the consciousness of God, are lies.

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There is only one way to the Father, and that is through our Lord Jesus Christ. Do we want to sin against the One we love? That is not a fair question unless we understand we love Him because He first loved us. As I said in an earlier post, we are not afforded the luxury of defining love, but we must understand His love. We must walk in His love as He defines it. Not what we think it is. Don’t dare call me judgmental. I didn’t say the words.

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Jesus says come unto me, all who labor, and I will give you rest (Sabbath). You have defined sin as not keeping the Torah. But the definition of sin means to fall short. Jesus didn't say, "Come to me on the Sabbath day," but He did claim to give us rest in Matthew 11.

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In John 8:11, He told the woman caught in the very act of adultery, Neither do I condemn you; go and sin (fall short) no more. Doesn't the law say to stone the adulterous? In John, Jesus forgives the woman. Did He break the law which He wrote, or did He show His grace and mercy which the law never shows?

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The apostle Paul also said the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. He claimed to know Christ and Him crucified. He did not preach the law.

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John wrote in 1st John 3, sin is also transgression of the law, he says, "What manner of love does the Father bestow on us that we should become the children of God”? He tells us to purify ourselves in the hope of our Savior. He tells us to seek His righteousness. Does the Torah offer righteousness? John is saying we need the Messiah, who is our hope.

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In Exodus, God commands honoring the Sabbath, but not before He says, "I am the LORD your God." The immediate focus is on God and what He speaks. He then emphasizes His words or His Dabar in the Hebrew text, Logos in John 1:1. Dabar in Exodus 20:1. His word, His teaching, is forever settled in Heaven according to Peter.

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God gives us His law, and no, we can"t keep it; however, there's a problem. Jesus comes on the scene and says He is the Lord of the Sabbath. He also raises the standard of the Torah when He says to look upon a woman to lust for her is to have already committed adultery. The Torah only speaks of the physical act, while Jesus makes it a matter of our inner being. By those standards, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath, and we all have an open invitation to enter into His rest. I personally have entered His rest so many times. It didn't have to be on a Saturday. It could have been at 3 am on a Tuesday morning. The origin of the Sabbath is in Genesis 2:3, not in the Exodus.

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It was given before the fall of man. Right after the creation, God rested from the work that He had done. Why on the 7th day? Seven is complete perfection in the Bible. Can we build or add to a completed work? Christ is our perfection who died on the cross and rose again. He asks the question, " Will I find faith on the earth when I return? No mention of the law. Isn't it the love of God, and the hearing (obedience) to His word, that brings us to the point where we cry out the confession of our need of a Savior who loves us? Isn't loving one another the fulfillment of commandments? That is the repentance, from our ways to His way.

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We can all debate the meaning of fulfilled in Matthew 5:17, but in John 8, when Jesus forgives the adulteress, He shows us that the law was fulfilled by Him. Instead of punishment, He shows that there is His Grace and Mercy, even for what, according to the Torah, should have brought death. That is what John is teaching us in his writing. We have all transgressed the law; we need to walk in His righteousness because ours is as filthy rags.

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Ezekiel taught this also. We can offer nothing to the Lord from ourselves that will please Him. Abraham believed in God, and it was his Righteousness. Belief and faith aren't the same thing. Faith is trust, confidence, fidelity, and hope in Christ. Obedience is the hearing of His word. Did Adam and Eve hearken to His word? That was long before the Torah. Is the gospel of Christ found only in the New Testament, or is He the seed that will bruise the serpent's head?

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It's erroneous to limit all of God's word to the first five books of the Bible. The prophets, the psalms, Jonah, Job, and the entire Old Testament speak of Jesus. He is the fulfillment in the New Testament as our Savior, but the words of the prophets have only partially been fulfilled.

I will scream at the top of my lungs to agree and say the modern-day church is saturated with false prophets, but Israel was was a flock with no shepherd. Israel will be given a second chance. A remnant will say blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. For the Church, today is our day of salvation. We either get it now, or we spend eternity in the lake of fire. Not my words. I pray that we all trust Him in His grace and mercy.

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God bless.

Romans 5: 1-5, Later in Chapter 10 of Romans, Paul will tell us that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Can you please tell me how to interpret Galatians 5:2, 3, 6, 11, and 12? I've asked this question 3 times now, and no response. I am not looking for an argument, but wanted a real interpretation of these scriptures, because they don't make sense to me if we are supposed to be Torah observant. No response tells me she doesn't have the answer, so I'm only going to concern myself with the fruit of the Spirit and love for another.

This broke my heart. The above paragraph is copied from a comment post on FB. I’m glad I stumbled onto it. After asking for an understanding of scripture in Galatians, she was ignored. It’s always a concern for me when I see a professed “teacher” of God’s word use scripture to make a point rather than teach the Bible. As you can see from this young lady's request, she wanted sincere answers from the bible. I commented back, and I told her I see the same pattern from the media creator of the FB page. So here is a teaching on Galatians 5:

It’s difficult to interpret a few verses without adding the context of the letter to the churches of Galatia. I want to summarize why the apostle Paul wrote the letter to the church. The church of Galatia has been infiltrated with false doctrine. In the opening, Paul clarifies his “apostolic authority " when he says he is an apostle not from or through men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father. There is no higher authority than God. Paul was writing to the churches in Galatia. Galatia is located almost 700 miles from Jerusalem. There was a wealthy Jewish community in Galatia. Archaeologists have found evidence of wealth from the Jewish community in the Temple of Augustus in Galatia. This temple also contained a bilingual text of Greek and Latin in honor of Emperor Augustus. Add all three together, and it’s possible to see in this case that the Jewish community may have been involved in regional politics. The Galatians faced a formidable force after Paul left the region. The Galatians themselves were ancestors of Celtic invaders; they inhabited the region alongside ancient Phrygians, whose religion centered on worship of Cybele, a mother goddess of fertility. The worship was a celebration of music, castration of their priest, and bull sacrifices. As a sidebar, I want to say, be careful who we worship. The sacrifice of the bull was horrific; the priest would bathe in the blood of the bull and castrate themselves in an act of ritual purification. The worship of this goddess was popular among the Romans and the Hellenistic world during the early church.
The churches of Galatia were likely composed of Galatians, Paphlagonians, Phrygians, Pisidians, Lycaonians, and Isaurians. I'm writing this only because of my post about tongues and interpretations. Scholars have no doubt that these people spoke their own native language in Galatia.

Judaism in Galatia represented the Jewish way of life. Synagogues existed mostly in Southern Galatia. The Jewish population was probably extensive. They had been brought there and granted citizenship by Seleucus I two or three centuries earlier. Seleucus was believed to be a bodyguard of Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, his kingdom was divided among the four generals who served him during his conquest of the then-known world. Galatia was part of the empire granted to Seleucus I.
The teacher (the only person that I promised this writing knows who that is) teaches that there were no Jews in Galatia. It could be that this teacher thinks Galatia was a city, which it was but Paul was writing to the churches in the region or province of Galatia.
Paul writes Grace to the churches in the opening address. In verse 4 of chapter 1, Paul goes right to the fact. He writes not just “Christ,” but also uses the title and the name of the Lord, saying, “The Lord Jesus Christ.” Who gave Himself for our sins. Paul could have easily written for the Lord who is giving (active, ongoing) for our sins. Many of the people who follow the Torah as an act of faith of obedience to the law must understand that sin (transgression of the law) is being forgiven by our Savior, by the will of God. Paul then jumps in and starts with the problems the churches are having. He tells them that he is astonished at how quickly they have turned from the gospel of the grace of Christ. I intentionally used the word “quickly. “In the text, it is a reference to how fast the false doctrine has turned the people from grace freely given, to another gospel, instead of a period of time, like hey, it’s been a month. What happened?

I need to jump ahead; it’s difficult to teach on a couple of verses without first showing the context. The end of chapter 1 ends with Paul evangelizing the faith. For us church members, that faith (Strong's # 4102) is belief, trust, confidence, fidelity, and faithfulness to Christ. And it brought Glory to God. Paul was not a Judaizer; he did, in fact, keep the law. He tells us this all through Romans 7. When Paul writes that believers are “dead to the law,” he means that they are dead to the law as it represents a principle of living or a basis of right standing before God. The law no longer functions as the basis for salvation or spiritual acceptance. The law brought fruit to death. But through the body (flesh) of Christ, we no longer live for the Torah, but we are united in Christ to bear fruit for God. If you didn’t read the post about the acacia wood and the Mercy seat, we may not understand this. We have died from the law to be married to the one who kept the law. The Lamb of God!
Let’s move up to Galatians 5:2,3. The verse reads, “Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. The teacher who teaches that Judaism is wrong and that Paul is trying to lead people out of Judaism is wrong. Circumcision was required by law in Leviticus 12:3. Yes, Leviticus is part of the Torah. If it wasn’t part of the 613 laws of the Torah, then Paul would not have said that a person being circumcised (in the Greek text) has just become a debtor or obligated to obey the whole Torah. It could be worded as such: If you are being circumcised, then you are in bo***ge of the law to keep (obey the whole law. All 613 of them. Paul answers the question between the law and grace in verse 6. “but faith which worketh by love.” Just to clarify, John wrote about it in 1 John 3:16. “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
Galatians 5:11 is a rhetorical question Paul asks. He did not expect an answer. The Jews or the Judaizers were accusing Paul by saying he was using the circumcision inconsistency; He was accused of changing his stance on the law (circumcision) to suit the various audiences he spoke or wrote to. He said, " If that’s the case, why am I being persecuted?

The cross was an offense to those who thought keeping the law was the way to salvation. The thought that they could not achieve salvation by keeping the law was an offense to them.
Galatians 5:12 is harsh. Paul is actually writing that he wishes self-mutilation on those who are disturbing the Galatians. We don’t see it in English, but it’s there in Greek. He is actually saying to those wishing to be cut or circumcised to self-amputate, cut off, or possibly castrate themselves. They were upsetting the Galatians by raising the law over liberty in Christ. When Paul says not to use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, he is again speaking of the law in verse 14. The grammar shows us that in Greek. Freedom also points to the law in verse 14, but look what he adds to the word 'freedom': 'the law is fulfilled, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
God Bless you!