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Grace (Intermediate) Christian Foundational Teachings No.4: Law and Grace (Intermediate) The Torah is YHWH’s "Grace" and Christians have grossly Missed It WE INFORM – YOU CHOOSE PROFESSOR WA LIEBENBERG 0 The Torah is YHWH’s "Grace" and Christians have Grossly Missed It by Professor WA Liebenberg Proofread by: Lynette Schaefer All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or copied. Distributed by: Hebraic Roots Teaching Institute Pretoria – South Africa Email: [email protected] Mobile: +27 (0)83 273 1144 Facebook Page: "Hebraic Roots Teaching Institute" Website: http://www.hrti.co.za 1 Preface YHWH ―God‖ has called us to do two things. First, we are never to give up studying and seeking the correct interpretation of any given Bible passage. Second, such opportunities are golden moments for us to learn to show grace and love to others whose understanding of a given passage may differ from ours. Throughout the HRTI‘s teachings, we use a slightly different vocabulary to that which some might be accustomed. We have chosen to use what many refer to as a Messianic vocabulary. The reasons being: firstly, using Hebraic-sounding words is another way to help you associate with the Hebraic Roots of your faith. Secondly, these words are not merely an outward show for us – they are truly an expression of who we are as Messianic Jews and non-Jews who have "taken hold" of our inheritance with Israel. Instead of saying "Jesus", we call our Saviour "Y‘shua" – the way His parents would have addressed Him in Hebrew. In addition, rather than referring to Y‘shua as "Christ", we use the word "Messiah" – which is an Anglicized version of the Hebrew word, Moshiach. "YaHoWaH" is the name of God in Hebrew, where it is written as four consonants (YHWH or YHVH, as the W and V is derived from the same Hebrew letter ‗Vaw‘). These four letters are called the Tetragrammaton (Greek for "[a word] having four letters). Jews ceased using the name in the Greco-Roman period, replacing it with the common noun Elohim (―God‖) to demonstrate the universal sovereignty of Israel‘s God over all others. At the same time, the divine name was increasingly regarded as too sacred to be uttered and was replaced in spoken ritual by the word Adonai (―My Lord‖). From about the 6th to the 10th century, the Masoretes (Jewish scholars who were the first to add vowels to the text of the Hebrew Bible) used the vowel signs of the Hebrew words Adonai or Elohim as the vowels for YHWH; and later on the artificial name Jehovah was produced. Christian scholars and translators after the Renaissance and Reformation periods replaced the sacred name YHWH with GOD and LORD (all in capital letters in the Bible); which was a strategic move of Satan for not using the Name. The Sacred Name occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text of the Bible, demonstrating YHWH wants us to use it. In the 19th and 20th centuries, biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh and it is now the conventional usage in biblical scholarship; but leading Hebrew Scholars suggest YHWH should be pronounced as Yah- isיה) oo-VaH (Y‘shua is derived from YaH-shuvah which means YaH saves. Yah an abbreviation of God‘s name YHWH, as seen in Psalm 68:4. The Name is also found in the word hallellu-YaH, which means, "you praise the LORD"). 2 The Argument for Keeping the Torah (Law) as YHWH’s Uncompromising Guidelines of Holy Living Introduction Many Christians are asking the question: "Can one follow the Torah (Law) fully today? Are we under the Torah (Law) today, or grace? Must Christians adhere to the full Law?" They continue to make statements like this: "The answer to this, of course, is no. There is no temple, no sacrifices, no Cohen Gadol (High Priest), no Levites (priesthood), and so forth. There are Scriptures that indicate that if one does not obey the whole law, leaving out nothing, then he is guilty of breaking the entire law." This is the argument by many Christians to prove that we cannot keep the Law; they normally quote the following verses: For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he 1 is a debtor to do the whole law. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in 2 one point, he is guilty of all. This causes many Christians to say, "We have nothing to do with the Law anymore and therefore are not under the Law". Yip, you have heard the argument and it makes perfect sense based on these two verses only; but they are unfortunately taken out of context. They say Sha‘ul (Paul) wrote this to the Jews and Gentiles in Galatians and Yakov (James)3 to the twelve Tribes of Israel to make the point clear that we cannot keep the Law. The question is, what part of the Law do Sha‘ul and Yakov discuss here? We strongly suggest you read the booklets "CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS" No. 2 and No. 3 first before you read further. 1 Gal 5:3 2 James 2:10 3 The half-brother of Y‘shua 3 What is the Torah You must first understand how the Old Covenant was put together in order to understand the concept of Torah (better known as the Instructions from YHWH4) and what Rabbi Sha‘ul and Yakov discussed. The Old Covenant is known as the TaNaCh in Hebrew. TaNaCh is a Hebrew acronym5 for Torah, Nevi‘im and Chetuvim. The Five Books written by Moshe (Moses) is known as the Torah6 in the TaNaCh. Nevi’im is the Hebrew for Prophets, and they are the collected Books of the Prophets or the Prophetic Books. Chetuvim (Hebrew for the Writings) are the remaining Books; the sayings and the historical Books. In other words, the TaNaCh is the entire Old Covenant; what the Hebrews call the Hebrew Bible. The purpose of TaNaCh is as different as its parts: the Torah (meaning teaching/instruction), is YHWH‘s plan on how to live life (in book form_– in order for YHWH to bless us). The Torah is the Believer‘s Life Manual. Nevi‘im represents the blood, sweat and tears of the Prophets‘ leadership over a period of 920 years, beginning with Samuel and ending with Ezra. Though the last Prophet died long ago, their prophecies still apply today. While many of their prophecies were immediately applicable, many are about Messiah Y‘shua. The Moshiach7 is the most fundamental Jewish belief. Chetuvim are the collected writings of Moshe (Book of Job), King David (Psalms) and Solomon (Proverbs, the Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes), the Prophets Samuel (the Scroll of Ruth), Jeremiah (the Scroll of Lamentations); and Daniel (the Book of Daniel) as well as the Men of the Great Assembly (the Scroll of Esther). Listed below are the Books of the TaNaCh with their Hebrew names: The Torah (Teachings or Instruction from YHWH) a) Bereishit (Hebrew "In the beginning" – Anglicized name for Genesis is "creation") b) Sh’mot (Hebrew "Names" – Anglicized name is Exodus meaning "departure") c) Vayikra (Hebrew "He called" – Anglicized name is 4 Law 5 Acronym is short form or a contraction 6 Also known as the Chumash 7 Messiah 4 Leviticus meaning Levites) d) B’dmidbar (Hebrew "In the wilderness" – Anglicized name Numbers mean Numbers) e) Devarim (Hebrew "Things" – Anglicized name Deuteronomy mean "second word") The Nevi’im (Consisting of the Major Prophets and the Twelve Minor Prophets) Yehoshua (Joshua) Shoftim (Judges) Shmuel (Samuel I & II) Melachim (Kings I & II) Yeshayah (Isaiah) Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) Yechezkel (Ezekiel) Trey Asar (―The Twelve‖, treated as one book) 1) Hoshea (Hosea) 2) Yoel (Joel) 3) Amus (Amos) 4) Ovadyah (Obadiah) 5) Yonah (Jonah) 6) Michah (Micah) 7) Nachum (Nahum) 8) Chavakuk (Habakkuk) 9) Tzefanyah (Zephaniah) 10) Chagai (Haggai) 11) Zecharyah (Zechariah) 12) Malachi (Malachi) The Chetuvim (Writings) a) Tehillim (Psalms) b) Mishlei (Proverbs) c) Iyov (Job) d) Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) e) Rut (Ruth) f) Eichah (Lamentations) g) Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) h) Ester (Esther) 5 i) Daniel (Daniel) j) Ezra & (Ezra) k) Nechemyah (Nehemiah, treated as one book) l) Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles I & II) According to the Rabbis, there are two Torah‘s: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. The Written Torah is what YHWH gave to Moshe on Mount Sinai. The Oral Torah is the interpretation of the Written Torah with man’s perceptions and ideas on how to understand and live the Written Torah. This is also the tradition of the Hebrew people most of the time. There is some good insight of the Oral Torah, but the Oral Law can never supersede YHWH‘s Written Torah. YHWH outright forbids adding anything to the Written Torah: Deut 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 YHWH your God which I command you. Deut 12:32: What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. Prov 30:6: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Now, the Written Torah consists of the Five Books in the TaNaCh that Moshe wrote. The Oral Torah consists of additional instructions passed down orally from generation to generation. The Rabbis understand the Written Torah as YHWH's expressed will and the Oral Torah as the detailed instructions of how to fulfill that expressed will; which of course we do not follow.
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