Numbers 9:14, You shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land. (Cross reference with Exod 12:49; Lev 24:22; Num 15:15, 16, 29). In this verse and in other Torah references, YHVH is clear: There is only ONE Torah-law for the Israelites, and those Gentiles who attach themselves to Israel. Stated otherwise, YHVH has ONE standard of righteousness for all people—not one for the Israelites and a different one for the Gentiles.
This is not what many of the false teachers in the church teach, however! They teach that YHVH gave one set of laws to the Jews, and that somehow, many of these same commandments don’t apply to “Gentile” Christians.
This is incongruous with the clear teachings of the prophets, Yeshua and the apostles!
The Torah and the prophets, in many places, spoke of the Gentiles (or the peoples of the nations) being drawn to the light of Israel, which is the Torah (including the Messiah of Israel, who is the Living Torah). They also prophesied that lost and scattered Israel (who become Gentiles) would repent of their Torahless ways and return to the Torah in the end times. They also predicted the time when the Torah would be written on the hearts of his people when he would make a new covenant with them.
Moreover, Yeshua said that not one jot or tittle of the Torah would pass away as long as the heavens and earth still existed, and that the righteous would be judged on the basis of the Torah to determine their eternal rewards.
The apostles confirmed the words of the Torah, calling it holy, just and good. Even Paul strongly stated that the message of grace in no way invalidates the Torah as the standard of righteousness for the saints. The writer of Hebrews (quoting Jeremiah the prophet) declares that YHVH will write the Torah on the hearts of his people. Then John in the Book of Revelation describes the end-times saints as those who keep YHVH’s (Torah) commandments and have the testimony of Yeshua.
Despite all this, for nearly 2000 years, numerous false teachers in the church have been saying the opposite. They have devised a plethora clever and mind-numbing arguments that twist the clear word of Elohim to say the opposite—that there are two laws for YHVH’s people: one for the Jews and one for the Christians. These doctrines of men by which the word of Elohim has been made of none-effect became institutionalized and cast into the concrete foundation of the Catholic Church and passed on to her many offshoot daughters.
Many of you have had to deprogram yourself from this way of thinking—that YHVH has two standards of righteousness—one for the Jews and one for the rest of the us.
Would you care share your testimony about your spiritual journey in this regard?
