The Circumcision is an eternal sign of the Covenant shown in our flesh - Gen. 17:7.
The Shabbat is an eternal sign of the Covenant shown in our time - Ex. 31:13.
The Fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) which includes Faith (fidelity to the Covenant) being motivated and empowered by love (obedience to the Covenant through re-birth in Messiah) is a sign of a Circumcised Heart and shown in our actions - Gal. 5:6 & 5:22.
Was Messiah Yeshua Circumcised? YES HE WAS! - Luke 2:21.
Did Messiah keep Sabbath? YES HE DID! - Luke 4:16.
Was Messiah filled with The Ruach? YES HE WAS! - Luke 4:14.
Did Messiah Yeshua bear The Fruit of the Ruach? YES HE DID! HE WAS AND IS THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD - Col. 2:2-3; 2:9.
Yeshua and Rav Sha'ul (Paul) both taught that keeping the Law out of an unsaved heart was to no avail, BUT keeping The Law out of a heart saved in and through faith in the redeeming work of Messiah Yeshua was what counted for righteousness - John 3:1-21; Rom. 3:31 - by Faith (fidelity to the Law) we establish the Law says Paul!
Did Yeshua (Jesus) every abridge or abolish the Eternal Law? NO, NEVER! In fact HE said HE came to Pleroo The Law (Gk. 4137 - -some translate this as fulfil, but equally it means also to magnify, to preach, to give The Law full meaning): Messiah then goes on to say that until heaven and earth pass away NOT SINGLE YOT (smallest letter in Hebrew alefbet meaning the "hand" a "clenched fist" which represent power of might, or to hold on securely … hmmm!) or TITTLE (single tiny grammatical indicator used by Hebrew Scribes to make notifications when copying the Torah) shall ever pass away from the Law: Mat. 5:17-20.
So who abridged the Eternal Law of YHWH, His Marriage Covenant? Rav Shaul (Paul)? I think not, otherwise he would be denying Yeshua and his own words and actions, because he kept Sabbath - Acts 13:42, 44: 17:2; kept the Leviticus 23 Festivals - Acts 20:16 (Shavuot Lev. 23:15-21) and even applied & taught them when not in Jerusalem as seen in 1 Cor. 5:6-8 (Passover & feast of Unleavened bread - Lev. 23:5-8) & 1 Corth.16:8; In Acts 21:20ff we see him as Temple and sacrifice observant and when accused of breaking Torah, he kept Nazarite vows to show that he “walkest orderly, and keepest the Law” (vs.24). Sha'ul declared himself a circumcised Pharisee of Pharisees in Acts 23:6! He circumcised Timothy, who according to Torah was not a Jew as his father was a Greek - but Timothy was already “born again” in Messiah, so circumcision according to the Torah was righteous!
No, Rav Sha’ul never once broke Torah, he in fact even taught that the Law was never done away with in Romans 7 & 8 and taught that is was to be kept in Acts 17:11 & 2 Tim 3:15!
So, the Law has not, and never will pass away as long as heaven and earth are here and this is according to the Master HIMSELF, The Word, The Law giver YHWH under Whom all authority in Heaven and on Earth are vested; The Wisdom of Creation (Prov. 8:22 - Rev. 3:14)!
So do you, or the congregation you fellowship with, line up with Scripture and the Life of Messiah Yeshua Himself of not? Do you obey the Torah of YHWH through a reborn circumcised heart, which is your Wisdom and your Understanding in the sight of the Nations and those around you? (Deut. 4:5-6)
Just a thought.
Shalom in Messiah Yeshua
Bo’az
sbs@iway.na
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