WHAT WAS THE PUPOSE OF THE TORAH? The name Deuteronomy means Second Law. The purpose of the law or Torah (YHVH s instructions in righteousness) needs to be reiterated again and again! The reason our Heavenly Creator gave man the Torah was to show man how to walk in right relationship (or righteousness) with his Creator. Loving YHVH with all ones heart, soul, mind and strength (Deut 6:5; Mark 12:30) and loving ones neighbor as yourself (Lev 19:18) is the summation of the Torahs teachings (Mark 12:29-31). Once one is saved by grace through faith (See The Abrahamic Covenant: The Covenant of Salvation at hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/abracov.pdf),the Torah helps show man how to walk in the straight and narrow path, which leads to blessings and life and avoidance of curses brought on by disobedience to YHVHs commands (Deut 30:15; 32:47). The Torah shows man how to avoid sin (which is the violation of YHVHs Torah-commandments, 1 John 3:4), which is walking contrary to YHVHs instructions in righteousness that are for our blessing and benefit. The Torah does not set an impossible standard by which to live. We must ask ourselves this important question: would a righteous and just Creator and a loving Heavenly Father give to his chosen people and children a set of standards that were humanly impossible to perform, and then curse them for their inability to meet these standards? Of course not. Rather, the Torah sets a standard of faith and trusting in Elohim (as out-lined in the Abrahamic Covenant part of the Torah), and then by following its system of repentance and sacrifice (which was later fulfilled by the atoning death of Yeshua at the cross) for obtaining forgiveness from Elohim and restoring a condition of being considered righteous in his sight (as revealed in the Messianic Covenant part of the Torah). After all, Moses, the human instrument through which YHVH revealed the Torah to the Children of Israel, states in Deuteronomy 30:11-14: For this [Torah] commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in yor heart, that you may do it. [Taken from PARASHAT DVARIM at HoshanahRabbah.org]
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:02:09 +0000
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