Perhaps you can read this .. and see how the TANAK is the foundation of the New Testament Writings.
You have to understand the new testament letters in a first century Jewish context or you will miss read them every time.
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As I've talked with you before about the differences in The Word of God ( the Torah) , and Man's application of the Law, even the Jews religion of Pharisaical Judaism and Oral Torah. Much of what Paul teaches against is often mistaken for the law of God, While Paul's rebuke is really aimed the law of man, specifically the precedents and traditions of the Pharisees.
Ergon Nomos in the Greek , "Works of the Law" in English, Ma'asa ha Torah in Hebrew.
Paul is warning about the religion of the Pharisees, and how the believers at Galatia should not follow it, just as Yeshua warned of the Pharisees doctrines in the Gospels.
Messiah taught us to obey Moses, While he ignored Jewish traditions that made void the commandments of God.
Mat 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Two Thousand years later and we know the exact tradition that was being talked about here concerning the washing of the Hands.
Here it is:
"After Kiddush and before the meal, each person in the household should wash hands by filling a cup with water and pouring it over the top and bottom of the right hand and then the left hand. Before wiping the hands dry on a towel, the following blessing should be recited.
Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam
Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the Universe
asher kidishanu b'mitz'votav v'tzivanu
Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us
al n'tilat yadayim.
concerning washing of hands."
This is NOT in the Torah ANYWHERE! It is a precedent and tradition, a Burden or Ma'asa in Hebrew. There is no commandment to wash our hands , yet the Rabbis issue this commandment thinking that they have the authority to issue commandments as if they were speaking for God. When it is expressly forbidden to add to or diminish from the Torah , in the Torah. That's what I call Hypocrisy, and that is what Yeshua told us to beware of , the leaven of the Pharisees.
There is a distinct difference between the religion of the Jews with their (traditions) and keeping the commandments of God.
To this day the word for precedents or traditions is known in Hebrew by rabbis as "Ma'asa" singular or "Ma'asim" Plural in Hebrew. A Takanot is a Change in the law, as if the had that authority as well!
There is a study on Shem Tov's Hebrew Matthew that goes into great detail about this. You can read it here:
http://www.triumphpro.com/bible-ques...-tov-jan08.pdf
This is the translation of the Hebrew Mathew 23:2-3.
“The Pharisees and sages sit upon the seat of Moses. Therefore
all that
he says to you,
diligently do, but according to their reforms
(takanot ) and their precedents (ma’asim) do not do,
because they talk but they do not do.”
You can except this as a better translation or you can follow this translation.
Mat 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Mat 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
So you either have to listen to the unleavened Torah of Moses , or you have to listen to the Scribes and Pharisees. If you are trying to follow the commandments of Messiah , because there it is in red letters.
I choose to believe the Hebrew Mathew translation , Torah is much easier to follow than the Volumes upon Volumes of Oral Torah and Traditions of the Jews.
Now for something I found , that backs this thought up , no one showed this to me other than the Ruach , and it goes along with what I've been studying in Jeremiah 23.
Jer 23:11 For
both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
note: he's not talking about all prophets and priest .. just the bad ones.
Jeremiah 23 is a holy text and it is one of the places you should Study to know the Ministry of Messiah. How the Pastors were scattering the sheep and not searching them out, how the prophets prophecies lies from their hearts and dreamers told their dreams and Israel was corrupted.
It very clearly speaks of Messiah , but addresses these many problems with prophets and priest.
The Role of Messiah is to gather the scattered sheep and punish the pastors.
Jer 23:5 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
All of these bad things are contrasted with one remedy "Standing in His counsel. " and The coming Messiah "Yehovah Tzaddiquanue" is the Hebrew behind "The Lord our Righteousness " Off topic , but I find it and interesting parallel to " Melek Tzadek" King of Righteousness.
Jer 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard [it]?
Jer 23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people
to hear my words, then they
should have turned them from their evil way, and
from the evil of their doings.
Messiah came to set things right, He came as the good Shepard. If you understand first century Judaism and you can understand this text , and you really will understand why Yeshua did not get along with the Jews, and why the city was destroyed in 70 AD.
But to my point , one of the problems mentioned were these prophets going around saying " the burden of the LORD" , I scratched my head a long time on this until I read it in the Hebrew.
Jer 23:33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying,
What [is] the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
Massa = "burden" מַשָּׂא
In the very text that prophecies of Messiah , you see He's already had this conversation through the prophets to the Jews about there " Ma'asa". He Tells them explicitly not to teach burdens of the LORD, yet they do.
So when you see Yeshua speaking to the Jews about their burdens he is fulfilling the Torah. He's dealing with the same type of problems Jeremiah prophecies though The Word of the LORD.
Luk 11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Mat 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.
That is Judiasm , that is directly opposed to Standing in His Council. That is directly opposed to the Word of God , The Commandments or the Torah of Moses.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
What is amazing is who they were talking to , I mean the Jews, where sitting in judgment of God manifest in the flesh , holding to their religion. The fearful part of this he warned them, and they happily went on to destruction.
Jer 23:38 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
Jer 23:39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, [and cast you] out of my presence:
Jer 23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
Wow , I can think of no greater fulfillment than Jerusalem being exiled a second time , and the temple razed to the ground by Assyrian legions under the command of Rome. I mean when it comes down to it , the Jews could have believed, they could have received their Messiah. But their religion and their status and power where more important to them than Yehovah Tzadiquanue, that is The LORD OR RIGHTEOUSNESS and his counsel.
You should go read some of the other things that priest and prophets were doing in Jeremiah 23, and take them to heart.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee.
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
