Question:
You teach that believers should obey the Law, yet the writings of Paul teach that we are not under the law but under grace. How do you reconcile this?
Answer:
Firstly, it is important to note the Greek language of Rav Shaul’s (Paul) day possessed no word group corresponding to our words “legalist,” “legalistic,” or “legalism.” Therefore, the Greek language lacked convenient terminology for expressing vital distinctions between Divine written Torah (Law) and legalistic man-made observances also translated as “law.” Law is the Greek word Nomos (Strong's #3551). When translators came across the Greek word Nomos, they injected their particular theology into the translation. Nomos can mean any law:
written Torah, oral law, legalistic, law of sin and death, law of adultery, or anti‑Torah and is translated simply as "law.” This infers to many "the Law of Moses" when in reality the text was referring to rabbinic oral legalistic observances in contradiction to written Torah. The result is the baby has been thrown out with the bath water! Brethren have inherited a lawless gospel when in fact the text was instructing us to follow written Torah and not be "under the law" of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Dead Sea Scrolls’ manuscript 4QMMT reinforces this truth. An error in translation has led to Torahlessness (lawlessness)—the very apostasy that Rav Shaul warned us to avoid. If Rav Shaul taught against the Torah, then YHWH’s people would have called him a false prophet and he would fail the litmus test of the Torah in regards to Prophets (Devarim/Deuteronomy 13).
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Question:
Am I hearing you correctly? Are you saying that the altar is greater than the sacrifice, and that now that Messiah has come we are still going to be expected to offer animal sacrifices in the future, and that there is going to be a running Temple service? If this is what you are saying I find this completely outrageous. Messiah changed things so we don't have to follow the Law of Moses, and He did
away with the Temple sacrifices so we don't have to do that stuff either anymore. He was the final sacrifice—now we have Messiah’s sacrifice there is no need for sacrifices!
Answer:
Let it be understood that the altar is YHWH’s ownership symbol on the earth (Tehillim/Psalm 24). The one who is opposed to altars is the anti-Moshiach (anti‑Messiah) (Daniel 9:27). YHWH sends His witnesses to stand beside His altar once the anti-Moshiach shuts it down (Gilyahna/Revelation 11). He does this to proclaim His sovereignty and ownership to the world. To be in opposition to the altar and sacrifices is akin to being in opposition to YHWH and actually aligns
you with the will of the anti-messiah; most brethren don't realize this.
The scripture testifies that yes, the altar is greater than the sacrifice (Mattityahu/ Matthew 23:19). Torah is where you get the instruction for altars, and by kicking out the altars of Moshe (Moses) the sacrifice of Moshiach falls on the ground and His precious blood is trampled underfoot, insulting the Ruach (Spirit) of grace through the error of Torahlessness (Lawlessness) (Ivrim/Hebrews 10:26). Religious men teach that sacrifice is more important than the altar—altars sanctify, sacrifices don’t. Without the altar of the Parah Dumah (/Red Heifer) on
the Mount of Olives that Moshiach was sacrificed on, Moshiach would be just another innocent man falsely accused. It is the altars of Moshe that tell us He is the lamb of YHWH. Doing away with the Torah/Law does away with the very things that uphold Moshiach’s sacrifice. Nowhere in the Brit Chadasha (New Testament) does it say that Temple sacrifices will not be reinstated – nowhere.
The testimony of a false witness would say that Moshiach would get rid of the Temple, sacrifices, and Torah customs (Acts 6:13). This is not supposed to be the testimony of believers. Do you see how far we have strayed? Many have become false witnesses by believing the rhetoric of religious men over the Word of YHWH. The question is this: What do the Sacrifices mean? The false testimony comes from not really having a working knowledge of the sacrificial system in the first place. Let me explain. Don't confuse limited atonement by animal blood in this world for the health of the nation with universal remission for the world to come on the heavenly altar. Moshiach’s blood removes all sin for all time in all ages to come and gives you entrance into the Olam Haba (World to
Come). Moshiach’s sacrifice is all-encompassing and all-sufficient for permanent forgiveness. The key word in the book of Ivrim (Hebrews) is "better," – not New Testament versus Old Testament, but the blood upon which the covenants are established. So how on earth can sacrifices for the spiritual and physical health of the nation be an affront to a sacrifice of that magnitude?
They can't.
So why do them, you may ask? Because you may want to draw near to YHWH, you may want to take a vow, share in a family Shalom (peace) meal and approach YHWH in thanksgiving after having a child. There are a multitude of reasons in the healthy life of a disciple for doing this. In Acts 21:24, Rav Shaul bought fifteen animals—they were sacrificed years after Moshiach accomplished the work of redemption—why? Because if there is a running priesthood and a dedicated altar in Yahrushalayim (Jerusalem), it is the appropriate way to approach YHWH and have a close intimate experience—Shaul knew this. Altars and sacrifices are the dividing line between YHWH and Ha Satan, between Moshiach and Anti-Moshiach, between the World to Come and Sheol (the grave). It’s important to be sure that you make the right choice based upon Scripture not rhetoric, because once that altar gets hot in Yahrushalayim in the not‑too‑distant future, it will be decision time for all of us. Judgment starts first with YHWH’s people, then it goes out to the nations (Yehezchel/Ezekiel 9).
Question:
Are you another branch of Messianic that are trying to convert Jews? You explain the Torah in a way that makes sense to me, but I keep waiting for the conversion tactic … so let’s have it.
Answer:
To clarify our position: To pin a Jew—or any Y’Israelite for that matter—to a Christmas tree is against Torah (Devarim/Deut. 12). To try and steal away a Jew’s heritage through conversion or assimilation is against Torah/anti-nomian and a practice that we as Y’Israelites stand against. Torah To The Tribes is just that—a community that wants to bring the Torah to all twelve tribes of Y’Israel, both Jewish Y’Israel and Ephraim Y’Israel. Now let me be clear on this, the Torah teaches that the restoration of Kol Y’Israel (all Israel) can only be accomplished through Moshiach Ben Dawid/Yoseph—we all understand this. The Jewish people have led the way in proclaiming more false Moshiach’s than any other people on the face of the earth; Sabbatai Zevi is just one classic example of the Jewish people being led astray. Yet today there are many Jews in Chabad that proclaim a dead and still buried rabbi as Moshiach and are still
recognized as Y’Israelite Jews. Torah to the Tribes, however, proclaims the Leper Scholar (Sanhedrin 98b) as Moshiach and expects to be judged and welcomed as Y’Israel with equal weights and measures (Devarim/Deut. 25:15). The Leper Scholar is Moshiach Yahushua as the TaNaKh and Brit Chadasha teach. Our belief on this does not disqualify us as Jewish Y’Israel or Ephraim Y’Israel, nor does it make us adherents to a New Testament or a Christ that are both antithetical to the Brit Chadasha (Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 31:31, Ivrim/ Hebrews 8:6) and Moshiach Yahushua (Devarim 13:5, Mattityahu/ Matthew 5:18) which we hold dear. It's Christendom that has lifted up the Torahless Christ who replaces Jewish Y’Israel and Ephraim Y’Israel with a separate entity called the church—another classic example of proclaiming a Moshiach who violates the teachings of Moshe Rabainu and people being led astray. It is paramount that Torah-observant Y’Israelites who proclaim Yahushua as Moshiach are clearly identified as Kol Yisrael and not confused with the age-old adherents to the doctrine of the Trinity, God-man theology, the Church, Chen (grace) void of Torah, and the conversion of Jews.
Now this statement may be shocking to the faint of heart, but the Jew from Nazareth, the Leper Scholar is not a Christ, not a teacher of a New Testament or part of a Trinitarian Godhead . Our Moshiach was spoken of by Moshe Rabainu as Ha Navi (the prophet) (Devarim/Deut. 18:15) who would be raised up to teach the Torah to Kol Yisrael through a Brit Chadasha—a renewed administration of the Torah (Qorintyah Bet 3:1/2 Corinthians 3:1) and gather in the exiles from afar.
Jewish Y’Israel and Ephraim Y’Israel and the Chaverim (friends), two sticks/ houses made one in the hand of Moshiach Ben Dawid. No conversions period—Jewish or Ephraimite—just Brit Milah ha Lev (circumcision of the heart) by the outstretched arm of YHWH just as Moshe Rabainu taught us all from Beresheeth (Genesis).
Re-unification of the 2-Houses of Israel without proselytizing
Torah To The Tribes recognizes the extensive damage done to the Jewish people over the centuries by attempts to convert them to Christianity.We do not support any of these missionary activities, either historically or currently. If you are Jewish, we do not wish to proselytize, to persuade you to accept any of our beliefs, or to influence you to abandon your historic and correct faith.
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The Altar & The Cubit
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