Yah'shuah Did Not Come To Destroy The Law Or The Prophets
Matthew 5:17-18 reads,
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"Don’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.Don't Yah'shuah's words make it clear that it was his purpose not to destroy the law - the writings of Moses - or the prophets? Don't Yah'shuah's words make clear that nothing is to pass away from the law prior to the passing away of heaven and earth, prior to the accomplishment of all things? Also, don't Yah'shuah's words imply that the time for the passing away of heaven and earth is also the time for the accomplishment of all things, seeing that this is the time that things can pass away from the law?
When do heaven and earth pass away? When are all things accomplished? Have heaven and earth passed away? Have all things been accomplished?
When Heaven And Earth Pass Away
Revelation 21:1-8 reads,
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I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 21:2I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God’s tent is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 21:4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away. 21:5He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." 21:6He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."Isn't the time heaven and earth pass away the time of the new heaven and the new earth as seen in 21:1? Isn't this also a time when there will be no sea? Doesn't 21:4 make clear that this is the time when "the first things", including heaven, earth and any aspects of the Law of Moses, have passed away? Doesn't Yahweh in 21:6 make clear that this is the time when "it is done" - when whatever is to be accomplished is indeed accomplished?
The Law Of Moses Is Still Applicable Today
Is the current heaven and earth the first heaven and earth or the new heaven and earth? Does the current earth have sea? Seeing that the current earth has sea isn't it evidently clear that this is still the first earth, and therefore not the new earth? And seeing that this earth has not yet passed away, isn't it clear, from Yah'shuah's words in Matthew 5:17-18, that nothing has to date passed away from the law of Moses? Isn't it therefore clear that the law of Moses is still as valid today as it was at the time Yah'shuah was speaking?
The Book Of Revelation Is Christ's Revelation
Revelation 1:1-3 reads,
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This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, 1:2who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.Isn't the book of Revelation as written by John really Yah'shuah's revelation? Wasn't Yah'shuah's revelation given to him by Father Yahweh for the purpose of showing Yah'shuah's servants what was to happen soon? Therefore, didn't Yah'shuah's revelation originate with Father Yahweh? Isn't it therefore also Father Yahweh's revelation?
Believe Yahweh And Yah'shuah's Word
Seeing that both Yahweh and Yah'shuah have shown that heaven and earth have not yet passed away, seeing that the existing earth still has sea while the new one will not, shouldn't we believe both Yahweh and Yah'shuah? Shouldn't we also believe Yah'shuah's words in Matthew 5:17-18 that nothing has yet passed from the law seeing that heaven and earth have yet to pass away?
Yah'shuah Upheld Application Of The Law Of Moses
Matthew 8:1-4 reads,
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When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 8:2Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."8:3
Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."Didn't Yah'shuah, after healing the leper, command him to comply with the provisions of the law of Moses pertaining to lepers who have been cleansed of their leprosy? Doesn't this clearly show that Yah'shuah upheld the application of the law of Moses, even in his private life? Didn't Yah'shuah heal this particular leper in private, and command him to keep the matter private? Yet, even in privacy, didn't Yah'shuah still command the cleansed leper to abide by the law of Moses? Isn't it therefore clear that Yah'shuah abided by the law of Moses both in public and in private?
Yah'shuah And Moses Together In Yah'shuah's Kingdom
Matthew 16:28-17:13 reads,
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Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."17:1
After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 17:2He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 17:3Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.17:4
Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."17:6
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 17:7Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don’t be afraid." 17:8Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone. 17:9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."17:10
His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?17:11
Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things, 17:12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so will the Son of Man also suffer by them." 17:13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.Didn't Yah'shuah show his disciples in the transfiguration that Moses and Elijah will be together with him in his kingdom? Doesn't this indicate that the works performed by both Moses and Elijah were those befitting those who will be with Yah'shuah in his kingdom? Doesn't this indicate that the law of Moses is a law befitting those who will be with Yah'shuah in his kingdom?
Yahweh Commands Yah'shuah's Followers To Listen To Yah'shuah
Didn't the voice that came out of the bright cloud affirm that Yah'shuah was indeed Yahweh's Son? Didn't it also command the disciples to listen to Yah'shuah? Seeing that Yah'shuah said that the law of Moses would remain in its entirety prior to the passing away of heaven and earth, shouldn't Yah'shuah's disciples listen to this word? Shouldn't Yah'shuah's disciples, in listening to this word, abide by all the provisions of the law of Moses that are applicable to them?
Yah'shuah Understood The Purposes Underpinning The Law Of Moses
Matthew 19:7-9 reads,
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They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"19:8
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 19:9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."Didn't Yah'shuah, in responding to the question put to him with respect to divorce provisions in the law of Moses, show that he understood the basis of those provisions? Seeing that Yah'shuah understood the basis of the provisions in the law of Moses, and therefore knew what he was talking about, shouldn't we listen to his words concerning the law of Moses? Shouldn't we also listen to Yahweh's command to us that we listen to Yah'shuah - even Yah'shuah's words concerning the law of Moses?
Yah'shuah Knew Of What He Spoke Concerning The Law Of Moses
Matthew 22:23-32 reads,
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On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 22:24saying, "Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’ 22:25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. 22:26In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh. 22:27After them all, the woman died. 22:28In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."22:29
But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven. 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."Didn't Yah'shuah, in response to the Sadducees, indicate that he knew the Scriptures? Didn't he imply that if the Sadducees had known the Scriptures they would not have misapplied the provision on which they questioned him? Wasn't the provision on which they questioned him one recorded by Moses? And didn't Yah'shuah certify that this provision was indeed part of Scripture, the writings of Moses forming part of Scripture?
Seeing that Yah'shuah knew the Scriptures, including the writings of Moses, isn't it clear that he understood his commands to his disciples pertaining to the law of Moses? Isn't it clear that he knew what he was talking about when he stated that those provisions would not cease to apply prior to the passing away of heaven and earth? Shouldn't we believe Yah'shuah when he speaks in the manner that he does? Shouldn't we also obey Father Yahweh who commands us to listen to Yah'shuah? Or are we going to disobey Father Yahweh and refuse to listen to Yah'shuah? Are we going to disregard Yah'shuah's words and purport that the provisions of the law of Moses no longer apply?
Yah'shuah Commanded His Disciples To Abide By The Authority Of Moses
Matthew 22:41-23:4 reads,
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 22:42saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?"They said to him, "Of David."
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He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,22:44
‘The Lord said to my Lord,22:45
"If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"22:46
No one was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 23:2saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat. 23:3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do. 23:4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.Didn't Yah'shuah show from Scripture that Yahweh had prophesied to make him - the Christ - sit at Yahweh's right hand? Doesn't this imply that Yah'shuah is operating in Yahweh's authority - operating in the authority Yahweh has given him?
Didn't Yah'shuah affirm that the scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat - administering the judicial authority Yahweh gave to Moses? Didn't Yah'shuah command both the multitudes and also his disciples to abide by the words of the scribes and Pharisees stemming from Moses' judicial authority? Doesn't this show that Yah'shuah clearly commanded his disciples to abide by rulings stemming from Moses' judicial authority? Doesn't this show that Yah'shuah commanded his disciples to abide by the provisions of the law of Moses?
Didn't the Pharisees, who sat on Moses' seat, submit that Yah'shuah was more knowledgeable of the Scriptures than they were? Doesn't 22:46 show that when they failed to answer the scriptural question that Yah'shuah put to them they ceased to pose to him scriptural questions, implicitly acknowledging that he knew more of Scripture than they did? Didn't the one who knew Scripture more than those who sat on Moses' seat still command his disciples to abide by their rulings stemming from Moses' judicial authority? Wasn't Yah'shuah speaking in Yahweh's superior knowledge, such as obtained by sitting on Yahweh's right hand, when he commanded his disciples to abide by the provisions of the law of Moses? Shouldn't Yah'shuah's disciples listen to him? Shouldn't they abide by the judicial provisions stemming from the law of Moses?
Don't Set Aside Yahweh's Word To Follow Human Tradition
Mark 7:1-23 reads,
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Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 7:2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. 7:3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. 7:4They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) 7:5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"7:6
He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,‘This people honors me with their lips,
But their heart is far from me.
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But in vain do they worship me,7:8
"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men — the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." 7:9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 7:11But you say, ‘If a man will tell his father or his mother, "Whatever you might have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"’ 7:12and you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 7:13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."7:14
He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. 7:15There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. 7:16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"7:17
When he had entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18He said to them, "Are you so without understanding also? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, 7:19because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his belly, and into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?" 7:20He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. 7:21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 7:23All these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."
Yah'shuah Equated The Law Of Moses With Yahweh's Word
Didn't Yah'shuah clearly show that those who sat on Moses' seat, the scribes and Pharisees, did not really abide by Moses' words? Didn't Yah'shuah show that the traditions of the scribes and Pharisees made void the word that Moses wrote down? Didn't Yah'shuah equate the word that Moses wrote down with the word of Yahweh? Wasn't it the word of Yahweh that the scribes and Pharisees made void by their traditions?
Seeing that Yah'shuah equated the word that Moses wrote down with the word of Yahweh, isn't it clear that what is called the law of Moses is really the law of Yahweh? Didn't this word originate with Yahweh, Moses merely being a stenographer - simply writing down what Yahweh dictated to him? Therefore, isn't it the case that when Yah'shuah commands his disciples to abide by the word of Moses he is really telling them to abide by the word of Yahweh?
Are You Worshipping Yahweh In Vain By Rejecting The Law Of Moses?
Didn't Yah'shuah show that those who profess to worship Yahweh but make void his word worship him in vain? Didn't Yah'shuah show that such people worship Yahweh in vain, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men rather than Yahweh's commandments? Didn't Yah'shuah show that such people worship Yahweh only with their lips, but their hearts are far from Yahweh?
Are you worshipping Yahweh faithfully or in vain? Are you abiding by Yahweh and Yah'shuah's words, or are you abiding by human traditions contrary to their word? Do you reject the law of Moses, really the law of Yahweh, in order to abide by human commandments? Don't those who reject the law of Moses worship Yahweh in vain, with their hearts being far from Yahweh? Aren't those who reject the continuing applicability of the law of Moses rejecting both Yahweh and Yah'shuah's word, seeing that Yah'shuah commands his disciples to continue to abide by judicial rulings stemming from Moses' authority? Aren't those who reject the continuing applicability of the law of Moses rejecting Yahweh's word, seeing that Yahweh commands Yah'shuah's disciples to listen to Yah'shuah, even when he commands them to abide by the provisions of the law of Moses?
Are You Rejecting Both Yahweh And Yah'shuah By Rejecting Moses?
Isn't it clear that those who reject Moses in truth reject both Yah'shuah and Yahweh, seeing that both Yahweh and Yah'shuah uphold Moses? Isn't it clear that those who profess to serve Yahweh and Yah'shuah yet reject Moses are in truth vainly worshipping Yahweh, worshipping him only with their lips but not with their hearts? Isn't it clear that those who profess to serve Yah'shuah yet reject Moses are in truth not Yah'shuah's true disciples, being disciples of another?
The Law Of Moses Is More Permanent Than Heaven And Earth
Luke 16:14-31 reads,
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The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. 16:15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16:16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall. 16:18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.16:19
"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. 16:20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores, 16:21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 16:22It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. 16:23In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 16:24He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’16:25
"But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. 16:26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’16:27
"He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house; 16:28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’16:29
"But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’16:30
"He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’16:31
"He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’"
Some Allege That Luke 16:16 Does Away With Moses And The Prophets
Don't some people interpret 16:16 to mean that the law and the prophets ceased to apply with John the Baptist? Don't these very people also say that the legal provisions applicable after John the Baptist are those of the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh? Don't these people say that one set of legal provisions was replaced by another set after John the Baptist?
Are these people who so say right? Are they right in this teaching of theirs?
Yah'shuah's Explanation Of Luke 16:16
Doesn't Yah'shuah answer this teaching in 16:17? Doesn't Yah'shuah clearly say that it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for any provision in the law to cease to apply? And seeing that heaven and earth have not passed away, isn't it the case, drawing from Yah'shuah's words, that the provisions of the law have not passed away?
Luke 16:16 Does Not Do Away With Moses And The Prophets
Isn't it therefore clear that Yah'shuah's words in 16:17 negate the interpretation of 16:16 to the effect that the legal provisions of the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh replaced the legal provisions in the law and the prophets applicable at the time of John the Baptist? Isn't the teaching that the law and the prophets ceased to apply at the time of John the Baptist a false teaching, seeing that Yah'shuah's words have negated it?
Seeing that the legal provisions in the law and the prophets did not cease with John the Baptist, then what did Yah'shuah mean in 16:16?
Luke 16:16 Simply Affirms The Timing Of Commencement Of The Preaching Of The Gospel
Doesn't Yah'shuah state in 16:16 that the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh was preached from the time of the cessation of the ministry of John the Baptist? Didn't he imply that prior to then it hadn't been preached, with only the law and the prophets being preached until then? Therefore, don't Yah'shuah's words simply relate to what was preached and at what time?
Moses, The Prophets And The Gospel Should All Be Preached
Also, seeing that Yah'shuah has continued to affirm the continuing applicability of the law and the prophets, while also teaching the applicability of the gospel, isn't it the case that both should be preached? Isn't it the case that Yah'shuah's teaching includes the law, the prophets and the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh? Isn't this what Yah'shuah's disciples should be preaching both the old and the new, with the new being the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh?
Those Who Reject Moses And The Prophets Go To The Place Of Torment Upon Death
Didn't Yah'shuah show in his parable of Lazarus and the rich man that at death some humans go to Hades while others are taken to Abraham's bosom? Isn't Abraham's bosom a place of comfort while Hades is a place of torment?
Didn't Yah'shuah show in the parable, through the words of father Abraham, that those who avoid going to Hades, and go to Abraham's bosom, are those who listen to Moses and the prophets? Doesn't this clearly show that it is necessary to listen to both Moses and the prophets in order to avoid going to the place of torment and go to the place of comfort?
Will You Listen To Yah'shuah Or To Those Who Reject Him?
Which word will you listen to? Will you listen to those who reject Yah'shuah's words to listen to Moses and the prophets, or will you listen to Yah'shuah? Will you listen to Moses and the prophets, together with the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh, or will you reject Moses and the prophets, purporting to listen only to the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh? Won't you end up in the place of torment if you listen to those who reject Yah'shuah's word, if you listen to those who reject Moses and the prophets? On the other hand, won't you end up in the place of comfort if you listen to Yahweh and Yah'shuah, if you listen to Moses and the prophets? Which will it be for you?
Didn't The Resurrected Yah'shuah Prove From Moses And The Prophets That He Was The Christ?
Luke 24:13-31 reads,
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Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. 24:14They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. 24:15It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them. 24:16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 24:17He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"24:18
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things which have happened there in these days?"24:19
He said to them, "What things?"They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; 24:20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 24:21But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 24:22Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; 24:23and when they didn’t find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24:24Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him."
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He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?" 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 24:28They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.24:29
They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over."He went in to stay with them. 24:30It happened, when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them. 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
Didn't the resurrected Yah'shuah explain from all the Scripture - Moses and the prophets - that he was indeed the Christ and that he had to suffer the various things that he did and to enter into his glory? Aren't Moses and the prophets the Scriptures that prove indeed that Yah'shuah is the Christ, Yah'shuah himself using them to prove that he indeed is the Christ?
Is It Proper To Reject What Proves That Yah'shuah Is The Christ?
Is it proper to reject what proves that Yah'shuah is the Christ? Is it proper to reject Moses and the prophets, yet these are they that prove that Yah'shuah is the Christ? Don't those who reject Moses and the prophets likewise reject Yah'shuah as the Christ? Don't those who reject what Yah'shuah commands his followers to abide by indeed reject Yah'shuah? Aren't these no different to the scribes and Pharisees of Yah'shuah's day, who professed to follow Moses but in actual fact did not, negating Moses' word by their human traditions and commandments? Don't those who profess to be Yah'shuah's followers yet reject his word to abide by Moses and the prophets indeed practice vain worship? Aren't these just following Yah'shuah with their lips, but their hearts are far from him, seeing that they reject his word and therefore reject both him and his Father, Yahweh, who sent him?
Do You Truly Follow Yah'shuah Or Follow Those Who Reject Him?
Are you truly a follower of Yah'shuah? Do you really believe that Yah'shuah is the Christ? Do you really believe Yah'shuah's words? Do you really listen to Yah'shuah? Do you follow his Father Yahweh? Do you listen to his Father's words when he commands Yah'shuah's followers to listen to Yah'shuah? Are you really listening to both Yahweh and Yah'shuah, or are you listening to those who reject them?
Yah'shuah's Life Affirmed What Was Written About Him In Moses, The Prophets And The Psalms
Luke 24:35-49 reads,
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As they said these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."24:37
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they saw a spirit.24:38
He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? 24:39See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have." 24:40When he had said this, he shown them his hands and his feet. 24:41While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"24:42
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 24:43He took it, and ate in front of them. 24:44He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."24:45
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. 24:46He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 24:48You are witnesses of these things. 24:49Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."Didn't Yah'shuah repeatedly affirm that what was written concerning him in the Scriptures - the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, was indeed fulfilled by the various events of his life? Didn't Yah'shuah also show that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations - this being the gospel of the kingdom of Yahweh?
Doesn't Remission Of Sins In Yah'shuah's Name Come Only To Those Who Listen To Him?
Seeing that repentance and remission of sins come in Yah'shuah's name to those who believe in him and believe him, shouldn't we listen to him that we may indeed come under remission of sins in his name? Do those who reject Yah'shuah, in that they do not listen to him, have remission of sins? Do those who reject Father Yahweh, in that they do not obey his command to listen to his Son Yah'shuah, have remission of sins? Isn't it necessary to both believe in Yah'shuah and to listen to him to have remission of sins? Isn't it necessary to listen to his words to abide by Moses and the prophets to have remission of sins?
Are You Still In Your Sins Because You Reject Yah'shuah?
Do you truly have remission of sins? Do you truly listen to Yah'shuah, believing his words concerning the continuing applicability of the law of Moses? Is Yah'shuah really your master, or do you have another master, one who rejects Yah'shuah's word and therefore rejects the continuing applicability of the law of Moses? Who do you really follow - Yah'shuah or another?
Yah'shuah's Command For This Age To His Disciples
Matthew 28:18-20 reads,
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Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 28:19Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.Didn't Yah'shuah affirm that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him? Didn't Yah'shuah command his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all things that he commanded them? Didn't Yah'shuah affirm that he would be with his disciples always as they obeyed his command to them, even to the end of the age? Didn't Yah'shuah imply that the command he gave his disciples would indeed be valid even to the end of the age?
Didn't Yah'shuah in Matthew 23:1-3 command his disciples to abide by the authority of Moses, being subject to Moses' judicial rulings? Aren't Yah'shuah's disciples, in obedience to his word in both Matthew 23:1-3 and 28:18-20, to teach Yah'shuah's new disciples of all nations to abide by the authority of Moses, being subject to Moses' judicial rulings?
Are you truly a disciple of Yah'shuah? Do you acknowledge his authority in both heaven and earth? Do you abide by his word that his disciples abide by the authority of Moses, being subject to Moses' judicial rulings? Or do you reject his authority and word that his disciples abide by the authority of Moses, being subject to Moses' judicial rulings? Do you submit to Yah'shuah's authority or do you reject his authority?
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