The Apostle Paul was in fact a devout Jew, a Torah Master (Pharisee), a LAWyer, who loved The Law of Yahuah and proclaimed that fact over and over and is found TEACHING others to be obedient to The Law: Acts 21:23-24 – Paul praising those who “live in obedience to The Law” 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everybody will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. Romans 2:13 – Paul declaring obedience to The Law is the definition of Righteousness 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in Yahuahs sight, but it is those who obey The Law who will be declared righteous. Acts 24:14 – Paul declaring his belief in The Law and Prophets “But this I admit to you: I worship the Elohim of our fathers in accordance with the Way(which they call a sect). I continue to believe everything that accords with the Torah and everything written in the Prophets.” Acts 28:17 – Paul declaring he is a Torah Observant Jew Brothers, (speaking to the local Jewish leaders) although I have done nothing against either our people or the traditions of our fathers (The Torah and Prophets)… Acts 20:16 – Paul going out of his way to celebrate the giving of The Torah For Sha’ul had decided to bypass Ephesus on his voyage, in order to avoid losing time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible in time to celebrate Shav’uot. (Celebrate WHAT? Paul went out of his way to celebrate Shav’uot which is THE CELEBRATION OF THE GIVING OF THE TORAH!) Acts 22:12 – Paul going to a Torah observant Jew to be healed A man named Hananyah, an observant follower of the Torah (why would he add that statement?) who was highly regarded by the entire Jewish community there, came to me, stood by me and said “Brother Sha’ul, see again!”. Philippians 3: 4-6: Paul was a Pharisee, blameless in keeping The Law until he died 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5. Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in The Law, blameless. Paul being frustrated with the Spiritual Immaturity of believers and their total lack of knowledge of The Torah/Law said this: Hebrews 5:12 Spiritual Immaturity 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers (of the Torah, there was no such thing as the New Testament when he wrote this), you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of Yahuah (The Torah); and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness (Righteousness is Keeping The Law so “word of righteousness” is The Torah), for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age (mature Saints with minds set on Spiritual Law), that is, those who by reason of use (keeping the Feasts/Torah/Sabbaths) have their (Spiritual) senses exercised (trained through physical to spiritual parallels) to discern both good and evil (which is defined by the Law of Yahuah, good is obedience to His Commands, evil is breaking them). Paul encouraged the church in Colossae whom he properly taught to keep the Torah. It was a pagan community and province of Rome and they were being “judged” by their pagan neighbors for keeping The Torah. Paul encouraged the keeping of the Kosher Laws/Feasts/New Moons/Sabbaths because in doing so they would learn Spiritual Truths through physical rehearsals and metaphors. Paul is literally teaching the reality of learning through Physical to spiritual parallels below: Col 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths – Col 2:17 which are a shadow of what is to come – but the Body of the Messiah. The Christian Church for 2,000 years has taught the scripture above as though Paul was chastising the church for following “Judaizers” who came after him teaching the church to keep the Torah. Like Paul was somehow mad they were keeping The Law. That is ridiculous! Jews could have cared less about what they considered “pagan gentiles” or what Paul was doing. They were already condemning Paul for going to the gentiles to begin with. Why would they then go after him and take the time to follow Paul around “fundraising” a bunch of pagans. These were The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel living among the Gentiles who had converted and were taught by Paul to keep The Torah that they in their hearts longed to keep. They were already displaying outwards signs of living it as it was “written on their hearts”. They were being condemned by their pagan neighbors for their “foreign behavior”. Paul clearly said do not let anyone judge them for DOING these things. It is amazing how we are blinded to what is actually said in scripture as we approach it from the bias of our “teaching”. Either Paul is a liar for saying one thing and teaching another and a false teacher for teaching doctrines that directly contradict explicit declarations made by Yahusha and Yahuah… or maybe… perhaps we have been misled about what Paul said by the Christian Church. Could it be that The Christian Church stands in rebellion against Yahuah and His Law and has twisted scripture to justify their lawlessness? Let us reveal the REAL Apostle Paul, he… Actually celebrated the giving of The Law on Shav’uot. Went to a Torah observant Jew to be healed from blindness Pleaded with his fellow Jews that he continued to believe everything written in The Law and had done nothing to undermine it (or teach it to be abolished). Said only those who obey The Law will be declared righteous before Yahuah. Said obedience to The Law leads to sanctification Took the Nazarite Vow (defined in The Law) and lived in obedience to The Law. Remained until his death a Torah Observant Jew Was blameless in keeping The Law Was a Jewish Pharisee who studied under the famous Gamaliel Was a Pharisee which today would be the equivalent of a Lawyer
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