Wherein
Lies the Contradiction?
By
Isaac Aluochier
[Author's note: The following article is a response to questions raised by a serious student of the Holy Scriptures.]
SHOULD THOSE WHO ARE IN YAHWEH INVENT NEW TEACHINGS?
DO YAH'SHUAH'S WORDS CONTRADICT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE?
SHOULD THOSE WHO ARE IN
YAHWEH INVENT NEW TEACHINGS?
Shalom Shabbat, Brother Isaac,
I have read through your new piece on authority. As
I read it, I found it to be about the authority of Yahshua, which has not been
in question here. My question has been about the authority behind your
"new" halakhah (teaching, legal practices) and the last paragraph of
your paper began to address this issue but you did not develop it enough. You
say, "It is therefore not impossible to ascertain the true servants of
Yahweh, who are sent by Yah'shuah. It is also therefore not impossible to
ascertain the teaching of the Holy Spirit, including those new things that he
was to teach, which Yah'shuah did not teach when he came as a human
being."
If I understand this passage correctly, you are
saying that those who are in Yahweh can invent new halakhah and it does not
have to be based on anything written anywhere... the Holy Spirit can instruct
of "new" halakhah.
New Teachings Should Not Be Invented
Shalom Shabbat, Brother
To clarify, those in Yahweh ought not and should not "invent" new halakhah. As the article shows, servants of Yahweh simply repeat or replicate what has been given them to speak by the Holy Spirit. For just as Yah'shuah simply repeated or replicated what he had heard from the Father, so also the Holy Spirit does, doing this by Yah'shuah's authority. The faithful servant of Yahweh therefore simply conveys whatever he receives from the Holy Spirit. And if he does this, whatever he conveys is truth from Yahweh, conveyed by Yah'shuah's authority. The faithful servant of Yahweh is therefore just a messenger, conveying to the world truth originating with the Father. He therefore does not "invent" truth, but only passes it on.
DO YAH'SHUAH'S WORDS
CONTRADICT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE?
Well, I find that acceptable only when it agrees
with what Yahweh or Yahshua has already revealed. The idea that in the
"new" halakhah certain parts of the law (namely the one not
containing His righteousness) are obsolete contradicts what Yahshua himself
said. On this basis I have to question the "new" halakhah.
Shalom
Brother
Wherein Lies the Contradiction?
Let us now get into the specifics, for it appears that we are agreed on the generalities. Can you show me clearly where what I have said "contradicts" what Yah'shuah himself has said?
For clarification, you might remember that I have already said that ALL of
the Law is still applicable, including the portions dealing with blood. Only
that not all of it is applicable to all people in all geographic parts of the world.
Therefore, with respect to Yisraelites in the
It is your view that those portions of the Law dealing with blood were
fulfilled at
"5:17Don't think that I came to destroy the
law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18For most
assuredly, I tell you, until Heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest
letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until
all things are accomplished. 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these
least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the
Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in
the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:20For I tell you, that unless your righteousness
exceeds that of the Sofrim and Perushim, there is no way you shall enter into
the
All Provisions of the Law Remain Intact
As Yah'shuah did not come to destroy the law, the clear implication one draws is that the law is still applicable, even the portions of it that have been fulfilled! As heaven and earth have not passed away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke has passed away from the law. As these may only pass away from the law when all is accomplished, and as they will not pass away while heaven and earth have not passed away, one concludes that all will not be accomplished until the time for the passing away of heaven and earth. And as heaven and earth have yet to pass away, ALL the provisions of the law remain intact, including those pertaining to blood!
Are We Contradicting Yah'shuah's Words?
If by asserting that not all of the law is applicable to all people in all geographic parts of the world, despite acknowledging that it is applicable in its entirety to Yisraelites within the land of Yisrael, I am breaking some of commandments of the law and teaching men to do so, I shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven! Likewise, if you are teaching that blood provisions in the law are no longer applicable, presumably all over the world, including in Yisrael, yet heaven and earth have not passed away, you shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven!
The Sofrim and Perushim Lacked Righteousness for
Salvation
It is also evident, from Yah'shuah's words, that the Sofrim and the Perushim were not doing all the law, for if they were doing all the law it would not be possible for one to exceed their righteousness, for the law contains Yahweh's righteousness. But that their righteousness could be exceeded suggests that they were not doing all the law. The implication being that there were portions of the law containing righteousness that the Sofrim and Perushim did not do.
Therefore, if we are to enter the kingdom of heaven, we must do these portions of the law that the Sofrim and Perushim did not do, for these portions do indeed contain righteousness. Am I doing these portions? Are you doing these portions?
SHALOM
ISAAC
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