HOW DID YESHUA VIEW THE TORAH?

HOW DID YESHUA VIEW THE TORAH?
Andre Widodo
© ORI

Sh'lom,

Ma Sh'lomcha? How is your SH'LOM [PEACE] today?
 

Have you ever asked, "What did Yeshua (Jesus) teach from"? Did Yeshua (Jesus) bring totally new teachings?

Let us see!

And "The Greatest Commandment" according to Yeshua (Jesus) is from the Torah. Yeshua (Jesus) quoted from the Torah.

Mar 12:28  KJV
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Mar 12:29  KJV
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Mar 12:30  KJV
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mar 12:31  KJV
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Mar 12:28  CJB
One of the Torah-teachers came up and heard them engaged in this discussion. Seeing that Yeshua answered them well, he asked him, "Which is the most important mitzvah of them all?"
Mar 12:29  CJB
Yeshua answered, "The most important is, 'Sh'ma Yisra'el, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, O Isra'el, the Lord our God, the Lord is one],
Mar 12:30  CJB
and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your understanding and with all your strength.'
Mar 12:31  CJB
The second is this: 'You are to love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other mitzvah greater than these."

As we can see, Yeshua (Jesus) quoted from Deu 6:4-8.

Deu 6:4  KJV
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deu 6:5  KJV
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deu 6:6  KJV
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Deu 6:7  KJV
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deu 6:8  KJV
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Deu 6:4  CJB
"Sh'ma, Yisra'el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, Isra'el! Adonai our God, Adonai is one];
Deu 6:5  CJB
and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources.
Deu 6:6  CJB
These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart;
Deu 6:7  CJB
and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deu 6:8  CJB
Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead,



Joh 14:6  KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:6  CJB
Yeshua said, "I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.

What is that way?
Psa 119:1  ALEPH.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Psa 119:1  א (Alef)
How happy are those whose way of life is blameless, who live by the Torah of Adonai!

And what is Truth?

Psa 119:142  KJV
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psa 119:142  CJB
Your righteousness is eternal righteousness, and your Torah is truth.

And what is Life?

Pro 13:14  KJV
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Pro 13:14  CJB
The teaching of a wise man is a fountain of life, enabling one to avoid deadly traps.


The Helmet of Salvation(Yeshua) covers our head; Protecting our eyes, ears, and mouth.

Isa 59:17  KJV
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation [ ישׁוּעה - Yeshua] upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isa 59:17  CJB
He put on righteousness as his breastplate, salvation [ ישׁוּעה - Yeshua] as a helmet on his head; he clothed himself with garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal.

Pro 7:2  KJV
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law [תּורה - tôrâh] as the apple of thine eye.
Pro 7:2  CJB
Obey my commands, and live; guard my teaching [תּורה - tôrâh] like the pupil of your eye.

Pro 28:9  KJV
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Pro 28:9  CJB
If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.

Mal 2:6  KJV
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Mal 2:7  KJV
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Mal 2:8  KJV
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 2:9  KJV
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Mal 2:6  CJB
The true Torah was in his mouth, and no dishonesty was found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from sin.
Mal 2:7  CJB
A cohen's lips should safeguard knowledge, and people should seek Torah from his mouth, because he is the messenger of Adonai-Tzva'ot.
Mal 2:8  CJB
But you turned away from the path, you caused many to fail in the Torah, you corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Adonai-Tzva'ot.
Mal 2:9  CJB
"Therefore I have in turn made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you did not keep my ways but were partial in applying the Torah."

Psa 1:2  KJV
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psa 1:2  CJB
Their delight is in Adonai's Torah; on his Torah they meditate day and night.

Psa 119:97  KJV
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Psa 119:97 CJB
 מ (Mem) How I love your Torah! I meditate on it all day.

Psa 119:44  KJV
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Psa 119:45  KJV
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Psa 119:44  CJB
and I will keep your Torah always, forever and ever.
Psa 119:45  CJB
I will go wherever I like, for I have sought your precepts.

Isa 51:7  KJV
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isa 51:7  CJB
"Listen to me, you who know justice, you people who have my Torah in your heart: don't be afraid of people's taunts, don't be upset by their insults.

We meditate on Torah, look at Torah, listen to Torah, speak Torah, walk in Torah, seek Torah, delight in Torah, the Torah is in our heart. There is liberty in Torah!

For Torah is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. For Yeshua is the Living Torah and we have the mind of Messiah! Isn’t great to know He is the same yesterday, today and forever! His Word is the same yesterday, today and forever!

His Word will stand forever!

Perhaps some people may ask, what does "Torah" really mean?

תּוָֹרה - tôrāh
tōrāh :
A feminine noun meaning instruction, direction, law, Torah, the whole Law. This noun comes from the verb yārāh (H3384), which has, as one of its major meanings, to teach, to instruct.

The noun means instruction in a general way from God; for example, Eliphaz uttered truth when he encouraged Job and his readers to be willing to receive instruction from God, the Almighty (Job 22:22). In Israel, a father and mother were sources of instruction for life (Pro 1:8; Pro 6:20); along with wise persons (Pro 13:14; Pro 28:4).

In contrast, rebellious people were not willing to accept God's instructions in any manner (Isa 30:8-9); the scribes handled the instructions of the Lord deceitfully and falsely (Jer 8:8). Various words are found in synonyms parallel with this term: It is paralleled by the sayings of the Holy One (Isa 5:24); the word of the Lord (Isa 1:10); and the testimony or witness (Isa 8:20). It is used regularly to depict priestly instructions in general or as a whole. The Lord rejected the priests of Israel for they had disregarded ( forgotten) the Law (Jer 2:8; Hos 4:6). They had been charged to carry out and teach all the instructions of the Lord (Deu 17:11).

Torah means “teaching” and is good for reproof, correction & instruction in righteousness!

2Ti 3:16  KJV
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Pro 6:23  KJV
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Pro 13:9  KJV
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Mat 25:8  KJV
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

The foolish virgins are the ones without torah! Without the instruction!

Lam 2:9  KJV
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Pro 29:18  KJV
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Keep in His Word. Keep in His Torah (instruction) as Yeshua (Jesus) kept the Torah (instruction).

Blessings and loves in Yeshua's Name our Messiah.