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The Tabernacle of Moses was literally a three-dimensional gospel message tract. It is the visual demonstration of the whole message of the Bible in a building—the blueprint of the plan of redemption of wayward man. It was a functioning masterpiece of artwork demonstrating the Father’s love for his people, of his desire to commune and to communicate with Israel—his treasured possession, those he had hand picked and called out from the 70 nations of the world. Not only did the tabernacle involve the sense of sight, but the other four senses as well: sound, smell, touch, and taste. It also engaged and even challenged the heart, emotions, mind and spirit of man. The Tabernacle of Moses was a vehicle for the Creator of the universe to communicate with man using a panoply of communicative devices all of which pointed to the coming Messiah, the Redeemer of mankind who would die for the sins of the world to restore man into a loving relationship with his ever-loving, gracious, and longsuffering Father in heaven.
The Altar of the Red Heifer (Num 19:1–11)
The altar of the red heifer is where our journey through the Tabernacle of Moses begins; no! Rather this is where our journey toward the throne room of heaven begins, which is the very presence of the Almighty Creator of the universe. His name is Yehovah Elohim, and his arms are open wide to receive you, if you know the way to him.
This altar is the very spot where the earthling and the finite reaches out a feeble and virtually helpless arm skyward toward the infinite—the supreme Creator of all. Where a small, weak child extends his scrawny arms up to his all-powerful and all-loving Father, who towers above him, his head reaching into the clouds, or so it seems. This is the first of many steps that a mortal being takes as he or she begins to hearkens to and attunes their mind and heart to the flickering spirit deep inside their innermost depths. This is where the human begins to awaken to his deepest yearnings to know where he came from, why he is alive, where he is going, the meaning of life, his purpose and destiny, and, most importantly, to satiate the thirst and the intense desire to live forever—yea! to somehow achieve immortality.
So what is this all-important geographical spot where the One who has all power, who gave the gift of life to each human, and who long ago established and prescribed the one and only path that one must follow if they want to find themselves and, ultimately, to find him? It is at this spot where heaven demands that each person lose it all to gain it all; to lose himself or herself to find themselves; to become poor that one might become rich; yes, and to die that one might live.
This place of transaction is a literal altar where something and, eventually, Someone died so that you and I might live forever in the glorious, ethereal and supernal Presence of YHVH Elohim, the Creator of us all. And the Tabernacle of Moses shows us the way.
Thirty-five hundred years ago when YHVH instructed the children of Israel to build a glorified tent called the Tabernacle of Moses where he might dwell among them, lead and guide them into a special relationship with him, he also instructed them to build an altar in a special place outside that tabernacle. This is the place that those who would enter the tabernacle would first be required to visit to be cleansed and purified in order to come into the tabernacle. They had to be cleansed of any filth that prevented them from coming into the presence of their holy or pure and perfectly righteous Creator. That is to say, each person had to deal with the sin in his life. This was the transaction that each one had to make before taking another step heavenward, so to speak. They had to acknowledge their sinfulness, repent of that sin, and then be cleansed or pardoned of that sin. There was no other way to gain a ticket, so to speak, to go inside.
The ritual on this altar involved the sacrifice of a perfectly spotless red heifer cow that symbolized innocence or sinlessness. Those who were chosen to minister before YHVH in the tabernacle had to then take the ashes from the heifer that was sacrificed as a burnt offering, mix it with water and then be ritually purified by this lye water. Lye is found in ashes and, interestingly, was, in former times, the major cleansing agent traditionally used in soap. YHVH prescribed and accepted this cleansing ritual as a suitable precursor to initiate his servants, the Levites, to minister before him in the Tabernacle.
But this red heifer ritual was not an end all. Like everything in the Tabernacle of Moses, and like a sign on a highway that gives the number of miles to your destination, this ritual prophetically pointed to something or, more accurately, to Someone who was yet to come who would ultimately cleanse humans from their sins once and for all. Can you now see where this is going?
That Person was Yeshua the Messiah, and the spot was where he was crucified for the sins of all those who would make the transaction with YHVH Elohim, like the Levites of old, to acknowledge their sin, repent of it, forsake it and be cleansed of their sin filth by Yeshua’s blood. He was crucified as our sin atonement outside of the temple in Jerusalem in the very same area where the red heifer of old was traditionally sacrificed on the Mount of Olives. The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews explains this as follows:
We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Yeshua also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. (Heb 13:11–13)
Yes, each of us must visit the cross of Yeshua and be sprinkled by his blood or cleansed of our sin if we want to come into the presence of Elohim (Eph 1:7; Heb 10:19–22; 1 Pet 1:18–19; 1 John 1:7). To enter the ancient tabernacle without proper cleansing was a death sentence, even as the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23), and no sin can come into the presence of the most holy YHVH Elohim. All sin had to remain outside the precinct where YHVH abode then even as now, which the Tabernacle of Moses symbolically represented. Similarly, and more importantly, no one can remain in their sinful state and expect to have any spiritual relationship with YHVH Elohim. It is impossible and not even remotely permitted. There is no other way to the our Father in heaven except through the cross and blood of Yeshua (John 14:6 ; Acts 4:12), which the altar of the red heifer prophetically symbolized.
The Outer Curtain (Exod 27:9–19)
When approaching the Tabernacle of Moses, the first thing one would see was a tall curtain-like fence around the whole structure (Exod 27:9–19). This was the tabernacle’s outer court, which was approximately 150 feet long by 75 feet wide in size or 11,250 square feet, which is about one-fourth of an acre.
The curtains of the outer court were made of fine white linen and was seven-and-a-half feet tall. The linen curtains symbolically represent the robes of righteousness that the bride of Yeshua will wear on her wedding day (Rev 19:8).
Sixty pillars supported the outer curtain. The pillars were set in heavy bronze (or brass) bases topped by silver capitals. These pillars represent redeemed humanity wearing robes of righteousness. Wood symbolizes humanity, while bronze is a biblical metaphor and symbol for divine judgment against man because of sin, while the silver represents redemption or Elohim’s ransom price for man’s sin.
The Curtain-Door to the Tabernacle (Exod 27:16–17)
There was only one way into the Tabernacle of Moses, and it was through a curtain-door. This curtain-door of the outer court curtain-fence contained three colors woven into white linen fabric: blue, purple, crimson, and white. These four colors had deep prophetic significance.
These four colors prophetically and symbolically speak of the different attributes of Yeshua, whom Scripture likens to the door of our salvation (John 10:1–18). When combined, they form a full picture of Yeshua, the Redeemer and Savior of Israel as well as those people from the nations, who will be brought to him by the preaching of the gospel, and then will be grafted into the commonwealth or nation of Israel and its covenants with Elohim (Eph 2:11–19 cp. Rom 11:11–32). Only through Yeshua can man come to the Father, have salvation (John 14:6; Acts 4:12), eternal life and inhabit the glorious New Jerusalem as prophetically pictured by the glory cloud over the Holy of holies in the tabernacle. The four colors also correspond to the four faces of the living beings around the throne of Elohim (Ezek 1).
The Altar of Sacrifice (Exod 27:1–8)
Just inside the door of the tabernacle was the altar of sacrifice. It was constructed of acacia wood overlaid with bronze. These materials are biblical prophetic symbols of Yeshua’s humanity (i.e., the wood) and his bearing the judgment for men’s sins on the cross (i.e., the bronze).
The blood of an animal that was sacrificed on the altar was poured out on the ground at the base of the altar. This prophetically pictured Yeshua shedding his blood at the cross for man’s redemption.
Two lambs were offered at the altar morning and evening (Exod 29:38–42). This pictures man’s need to come humbly before our Father in heaven morning and evening in prayerful devotion as living sacrifices to confess one’s sins as well as to praise, worship and thank him (Ps 51:16–17; Heb 13:15; 1 John 1:7–9).
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The Tabernacle of Moses is a fascinating study at many levels, for it is like the facets of a beautiful diamond that reflect light from many angles. With respect to the Tabernacle of Moses, it reflects the glorious light of YHVH Elohim’s Truth in a splendid and multi-dimensional form. What we present here on the tabernacle is merely a thimble full out of an ocean of knowledge pertaining thereto.
In this study on the Tabernacle of Moses, we will look at the seven, pre-qualifying ritualistic steps that Elohim required of a Levitical priest in order to minister in the tabernacle. We will then compare that with the seven steps that the Bible in the Testimony of Yeshua (or New Testament) requires a person to take in order to become a disciple of Yeshua and a child of Elohim. Scripture refers to such a person as a member of “the royal priesthood” (1 Pet 2:9), or a kingdom of priests under King Yeshua (Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6), which harkens back to the Levitical priesthood of old during the time of the tabernacle. Amazingly, the steps to consecrating a priest in the Tabernacle of Moses were written some 1,500 years before the New Testament was penned, and, therefore, are amazingly prophetic down to the last detail of what was subsequently required of the saint as we shall now see.
The number seven is a biblically symbolic number signifying completion or perfection, and the Bible contains numerous examples of this. The seven steps required to consecrate a person for service before YHVH Elohim in the Tabernacle of Moses is merely one such example. We find these seven outlined in Exodus chapters 28 and 29 along with Leviticus chapter eight. Let us now take a quick look at each of these steps and compare them with the steps that the Testimony of Yeshua now requires a person to take to receive salvation and inclusion in the everlasting kingdom of Elohim.
Step One
Aaron an his sons were taken from among the children of Israel ( Exod 28:1). This was a divine calling. Aaron and his sons did not choose to be Elohim’s priests. Rather, he selected them out of the tribes of Israel and they merely responded to his call. This prefigures divine election or selection (see John 15:16). YHVH Elohim calls each person to follow him; it is then up to each individual to choose whether to respond to the call. No human chooses Elohim until he first chooses them. This is a major biblical truth that the Christian church often overlooks and fails to teach about, even though Yeshua and his stressed its importance.
For many are called, but few are chosen. (Matt 22:14)
To all who are in Rome, beloved of Elohim, called to be saints: grace to you and peace from Elohim our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. (Rom 1:7)
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Rom 8:28)
Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. (Rom 8:30)
Elohim is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Yeshua the Messiah our Lord. (1 Cor 1:9)
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. (1 Cor 1:26)
But as Elohim has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. (1 Cor 7:17)
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling. (Eph 4:4)
Therefore we also pray always for you that our Elohim would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power… (2 Thess 1:11)
[T]o which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. (2 Thess 2:14)
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. (1 Tim 6:12)
[W]ho has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in the Messiah Yeshua before time began… (2 Tim 1:9)
And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. (Heb 9:15)
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. (1 Pet 2:9)
For to this you were called, because the Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. (1 Pet 2:21)
But may the Elohim of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by the Messiah Yeshua, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. (1 Pet 5:10)
[A]s His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue… (2 Pet 1:3)
Jude, a bondservant of Yeshua the Messiah, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by Elohim the Father, and preserved in Yeshua the Messiah. (Jude 1:11)
As should be obvious from this long list of Scriptures (and many more could be given), Elohim selects out of the masses of humanity those who will be his disciples. The church’s teaching that humans in their sinful and unregenerate state choose “to accept Jesus” as if they were initiating the process is totally erroneous. Again, humans do not choose him; rather, it is simply up to each of us to respond to his call, and then to continue in it.
It is a mystery of heaven why YHVH chooses some people and not others. But may those saints who have been called consider their calling a divine honor and privilege, be humbly thankful for it, and take their calling seriously for the amazing and undeserved gift that it is. For as Peter instructs the saints, “Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble,” (1 Pet 1:10)
Step Two
Aaron and his sons were brought into the door of the tabernacle (Exod 29:4). As is apparent to those who have studied the Tabernacle of Moses, all of its aspects points to the Person and work of Yeshua the Messiah, who would come to the earth some 1,500 years later. Moreover, the tabernacle contains within it the seven steps that a person must take in order to come out of this world and his or her sinful state of separation from the Creator, and to come into a personal relationship with their Father in heaven through Yeshua the Messiah. As such, the door of the tabernacle is the only portal through which the priests of old had to enter to begin their spiritual service to Elohim. Similarly, that door prophetically symbolized the saint coming into a relationship with their Father in heaven through Yeshua the Messiah, who is the way to the Father and the door out of a world of sin and out of each person’s own sinful condition.
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The Tabernacle of Moses is a fascinating study with many levels and facets of understanding. One of them is the seven steps in the consecration of a Levitical priest in order to minister in the presence of YHVH Elohim. These steps, delineated 1,500 years before the birth of Yeshua and the writing of the New Testament, prophetically predict the seven steps that followers of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) must take in order to “get saved,” that is, to come into a spiritual relationship with their Father in heaven through Yeshua the Messiah as presented in the Gospels and writings of the apostles.
Why does the mainstream Christian hardly if ever teach about the Tabernacle of Moses? After all, everything in it points to Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah, the cross and the gospel message. Moreover, the Bible declares that, “Your way, O Elohim, is in the sanctuary [or Tabernacle of Moses],” (Ps 77:13). Studying the tabernacle reads like a multidimensional, all human senses involved, heaven and earth inter-relational gospel tract shows humans how to go from a state of sin and unholiness into a holy and righteous personal relationship with their Creator that will last into eternity. Learn about this and much more in this video. For a fuller study on the Tabernacle of Moses, go to https://www.hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/ta… for a free article.
Fast Facts About the Tabernacle of Moses
The tabernacle (Heb. mishkan)was constructed circa 1450 b.c. at the foot of Mount Sinai. It took about a year to build.
Hebrew Names for the Tabernacle
Examples of YHVH Tabernacling With His People
The children of Israel have just left Egypt and are now trekking through the wilderness en route to the Promised Land. Within a couple of months, YHVH gives them their first assignment. In Exodus 25, he tells them to build a tabernacle. Why? He says to Moses, “And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them” (Exod 25:8). From the beginning of time, in the Garden of Eden, Elohim has wanted to “hang out” with man. Elohim’s desire to dwell or tabernacle with man is a theme that runs from Genesis to Revelation. We see this idea repeated in the Testimony of Yeshua (the New Testament).
John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” The word dwelt (Gr. skenoo) means “tent or tabernacle.” The Greek word skenoo most likely derives from the Hebrew word shakan meaning “to dwell, abide, settle down, reside, tabernacle”and is the root word for mishkan, which is the main name for the Tabernacle of Moses.
Luke 2:7, The baby Yeshua was laid in a “manger.” This may have been a sukkah or tabernacle, which is the flimsy little hut that Israelites build during the biblical feast of Sukkot or Tabernacles as commanded in the Torah (Lev 23:33–43). We see the connection between manger and sukkot in Genesis 33:17 where Jacob built booths (or tabernacles; Heb. succot or sukkot, sing. sukkah) for his livestock showing us that the Hebrew word sukkot can also mean “livestock barn or manger” as well as a temporary habitation where Israelites dwell during the biblically commanded festival of Sukkot. This raises the possibility that Yeshua was born in a festival sukkah during the feast of Sukkot — not just an animal barn. The LXX Greek word for sukkot in Gen 33:17 is skenas meaning “habitation, dwelling or tabernacle” and is the same word used in John 1:14 and Revelation 21:1–3 in reference to Yeshua tabernacling with his people. Putting all the pieces together, Yeshua was likely born in a sukkah-manger most probably on the Feast of Sukkot with a human sukkah (or body, of which the physical sukkah during Sukkot is a metaphorical picture) in order to redeem man from sin, so that Yeshua might tabernacle with redeemed men forever in the New Jerusalem.What an amazing Truth picture is presented before us when we put all the pieces of the puzzle together!
Revelation 21:1–3, “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from Elohim, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of Elohim is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His people. Elohim Himself will be with them and be their Elohim.’” The word tabernacle in verse three is skenoo in the Greek, the same word used in John 1:14.
Examples of YHVH’s People Tabernacling With Him
The talithe (also talit) or prayer shawlworn by Jewish men is an examples of YHVH’s people tabernacling with him. The word tal-ithe means “little tent.” Each Hebrew man has his own little tabernacle, tent or prayer closet to pull over his head whenever he wants to tabernacle or commune with his Elohim. When a talit is spread out with one’s arms it resembles a bird with wings. This represents YHVH’s “wings” forming a protective shield or brooding over his people. Such a place becomes a place of refuge (Ps 91:1,4). The Spirit of Elohim brooded over the waters of the earth at creation (Gen 1:2). Yeshua spoke of his desire for Jerusalem as a mother hen spreads out its wings and gathers together its young (Matt 23:37). In ancient Mideast culture, a man would cast his outer garment over his wife-to-be as an act of claiming her for marriage. In Ezekiel 16:8, YHVH spread is “wings” (Heb. kanaph meaning “edge, extremity, wings, bird’s feathered wings”) over his bride, Israel, to cover her nakedness. The Jewish wedding canopy or chuppah represents this.
Constructing the Tabernacle — All Israel Was Involved
All Israel contributed to the building of the tabernacle (Exod 25:1–7), yet YHVH chose two Israelite artisans, Bezalel and Aholiab (Exod 31:1–6), filled them with the Spirit of Elohim “in wisdom, understanding, knowledge and in all manner of workmanship…” This teaches us that the work of YHVH is a joint effort of the entire body of YHVH-Yeshua, but that YHVH will endow certain individuals with unique gifts of the Spirit in order to accomplish his specific plans and purposes (Eph 2:22; 4:11; Rom 12:4–8; 1 Cor 12 and 14).
The Israelite Encampment Around the Tabernacle
The Israelites camped around the tabernacle (Num 2:1–34). On the east side were Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; on the South side were Reuben, Simeon and Gad; on the west side were Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin; and on the north side were Dan, Asher and Naphtali. According to the numbers of the fighting men given in Numbers 2, we see that the encampment of Israelites around the tabernacle formed a perfect Paleo-Hebrew letter tav, which looks like a cross or our small letter t. This is amazing when added to the fact that everything in and around the tabernacle pointed to Yeshua the Messiah, to his redemptive work on the cross and the steps of each person must take to be reconciled to Elohim and eventually to inherit eternal life. Moreover, the Levites camped around the tabernacle forming a protective perimeter between the Israelites and the tabernacle itself (Num 1:53), even as Yeshua provided the five-fold ministry of apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd or pastor and teacher to surround the church, to edify the body of Yeshua and to bring them into the unity of the faith (Eph 4:11).
A Quick Tour of the Tabernacle
The Altar of the Red Heifer (Num 19:1–11)
See the article toward the end of this teaching on the red heifer where we discuss how it relates to Yeshua’s death at the cross. It is necessary for each saint to visit this altar representing the cross, which was located just outside the tabernacle, before being allowed into the tabernacle as the writer of Hebrews informs us (Heb 13:12–13).
The Outer Curtain (Exod 27:9–19)
The tabernacle’s outer court was approximately 150 feet long by 75 feet wide (or 11,250 square feet, which is about one-fourth of an acre) in size.
The curtains of the outer court (Exod 27:9–19) were made of fine white linen and was seven-and-a-half feet tall. The linen curtains speak of robes of righteousness the bride of Yeshua will wear on her wedding day (Rev 19:8).
Sixty pillars supported the outer curtain. They were set in heavy bronze (or brass) bases topped by silver capitals. These pillars represent redeemed humanity wearing robes of righteousness. Wood symbolizes humanity, while bronze symbolizes judgment against man because of sin, and silver represents redemption or Elohim’s ransom price for man’s sin.
The Door to the Tabernacle (Exod 27:16–17)
The door of the outer court curtain contained three colors woven into white linen fabric: blue, purple, crimson, and white. These four colors speak of different attributes of Yeshua, whom Scripture likens to the door of salvation (John 10:1–18). These four colors combine to form a full picture of Yeshua, the Redeemer and Savior of Israel. Only through him can man come to the Father, have salvation, eternal life and inhabit the glorious New Jerusalem pictured by the glory cloud over the Holy of holies in the tabernacle. The four colors also correspond to the four faces of the living beings around the throne of Elohim (Ezek 1).
Crimson symbolizes the human aspects of Yeshua, for red is the color of man and red clay from which YHVH created man (adam). Some Bible commentators believe this points to the Gospel of Mark, which reveals the nature of Yeshua at the pashat (the simpleor plain level) of biblical understanding. Some see this as corresponding to the ox cherubim and the tribe of Ephraim, which had on its banner an ox. According to Hebrew roots commentator and linguistic scholar James Trimm, “Mark presents the Messiah as the servant (the servant who purifies the Goyim in Isa 52:13, 15) the “my servant the Branch” of Zech 3:8 who is symbolized by the face of the Ox in Ezekiel 1 (the Ox being a servant, a beast of burden). Mark does not begin with an account of the birth of Messiah as do Matthew and Luke because, unlike the birth of a King, the birth of a servant is unimportant, all that is important is his work as a servant which begins with his immersion by [John]. Thus Mark’s simplified account omits any account of Yeshua’s birth or preexistence and centers on his work as a servant who purifies the [people of the nations].”
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What the Mainstream Christian Church Teaches
If you have spent anytime in the mainstream Christians church, you have heard taught that the law of Moses (YHVH Elohim’s Torah-law) was “done away with” or words to that effect. Is this what Yeshua the Messiah and his apostles really taught? How do those who teach that the law of Elohim has been annulled, replaced by the New Covenant and is thus, to a large degree, no longer applicable to Christians reconcile this view with the plethora of Scriptures that say otherwise? They cannot.
No! The false teachers in the Christian church who teach that the law or commandments of Elohim have been done away with have spread before the people of Elohim a table full of vomit and are encouraging, no brainwashing, the people to eat of their fare.
These doctrines and teachings of the mainstream church are nothing more than the traditions of men by which the clear, unchangeable and indisputable Word of Elohim has been made of none effect, which is something for which Yeshua castigated the religious leaders of his day (Mark 7:8–13; Matt 15:3–9), which is a stern warning to every so called follower of Yeshua today.
Yes, as Paul astutely wrote and is as true now as when he penned these words, “the carnal mind is enmity against Elohim; for it is not subject to the law of Elohim, nor indeed can be,” (Rom 8:7). The prophet Jeremiah had something similar to say about the carnal, rebellious and sinful nature of man as well especially when it comes to obeying the Creator’s commandments: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jer 17:9).
Yes, sadly, a long time ago, the leaders of the mainstream church chose to follow the inclinations of their evil hearts and contrived cunningly devised and pernicious justifications, philosophies and unbiblical doctrines of men to circumvent many if not most of the commandments of Elohim. These doctrines of men by which the Word of Elohim has been made of none effect were then codified into theologies, institutionalized into catechisms and doctrinal statements, and then taught in their institutions of education to be passed onto successive generations of deceived people. How sad and vile!
This has been a vast calumny against the clear Word of Elohim orchestrated by Satan the devil himself, who was the first one to question the Word of Elohim at the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, thus deceiving the first humans to believe the lie that YHVH did not mean what he said when he gave them commandments to obey. This lying deception led to the first sin and man being cut off from Elohim.
The so-called early fathers starting in the second century A.D. fell for the same Satanic deception and bought into the same lie as Adam and Eve. These lies were largely institutionalized in A.D. 325 at the famous Council of Nicea as led and orchestrated by the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine. This was the nascence of the Roman Catholic Church, which has subsequently passed this false teaching on to all of her harlot daughters and to the spawn that has flowed therefrom.
So why can’t more people see the fact that the mainstream church is incongruent with the biblical Truth they claim to follow? Especially, why can’t the religious leaders with their vast amount of education and advanced degrees including knowledge of biblical linguistics see this? As the saying goes, this is not rocket science! There are many answers to the question why so many Christian leaders are blind to one of the most obvious aspects of biblical Truth. We have already answered this question in part above. Additionally, for many, if not most, its the love of money, or power, or fame, prestige, and the social acceptance that comes from not questioning the status quo. But there is another reason to consider why the erudite have failed to comprehend obvious biblical Truth. It is this: YHVH declared that he would use the foolish and base things of this world (like your author) to confound the wise. Why? That no flesh may glory, and that all the glory should go to Elohim. As we read,
Because the foolishness of Elohim is wiser than men; and the weakness of Elohim is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but Elohim hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and Elohim hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath Elohim chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence. (1 Cor 1:25–29)
Moreover, those people who are Truth seekers and who go against the prevailing current of the mainstream Christian church and begin to study YHVH’s Torah-law, guess what? According to David, the study of the Torah makes one wiser than one’s enemies and teachers. This includes all of the doctors and professors in all of the Christian seminaries who teach that the law was done away with! Says David of those who study YHVH’s Torah,
Oh, how I love Your Torah-law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts. (Ps 119:97–100)
The psalmist’s prediction was realized when the non-formally educated disciples of Yeshua were arrested and hauled before the Jewish religious elite of their day. In the Book of Acts it is recorded,
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Yeshua. (Acts 4:13)
What were the apostles’ only credentials? They had sat at the feet of the Yeshua the Messiah—a Torah teacher.
What does this mean for the saints of Elohim in our day?
It is now time for the true saints of YHVH Elohim and the disciples of Yeshua to wake up to the hard cold fact, as hard to believe and as unpopular as such a realization may be, that they have been deceived and have inherited lies from the church system, and that they need to come out of the harlot system of the whore of Babylon (Rev 18:1–4). It is high time to get back to the Bible in preparation for the coming of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, who will judge us all on the basis of the whole counsel of his Word including his Torah-law (Matt 5:19).
The following is a list of phrases that the teachers in the mainstream church continually vomit forth to supposedly justify why YHVH’s Torah-law is no longer relevant to the New Testament saint. Read through this list, and then go on and see what Yeshua and his apostles taught on this subject. Then ask yourself this question: Who is right: the church or the Bible? Then go and do the right thing.
What Yeshua Taught About the Torah-Law
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