The Towrah reads: “Invoking harm upon oneself is whoever relationally and beneficially is not established, restored, and supported by the words of this Towrah, approaching by engaging through them. And then the entire family responded, ‘This is true, acceptable, and reliable.’” (Dabarym 27:26) So why does Galatians say: “But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.’” (NLT Galatians 3:10) Yada says, and I quote:Having thought about this passage now for several months, having come to understand Paul’s strategy relative to dissolving and dismantling the Towrah, and now viewing it within the context of Paul’s overall thesis as it is presented in Galatians 3:6 to 4:31, there is no denying the fact that Paul was trying to use the Towrah to demonstrate that the Towrah should not be used. By citing a passage that includes “curse” and “Towrah,” Sha’uwl was hoping that his audience would believe that he was right in stating that “the Towrah is a curse.” Beyond this singular similarity, it was counterproductive for him to cite Dabarym / Words / Deuteronomy 27:26 in this context. After all, the passage says nothing about working for one’s salvation. But if, as Christians protest, Paul was intending to say that “observing the Towrah” cannot save us because we have to do “everything that is written in the scroll of the Towrah” or be “accursed” by it, then they and he would still be wrong. While that is the most reasonable interpretation of Paul’s rhetoric, the very purpose of the Towrah is to provide a remedy for that very condition.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:34:56 +0000
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