In the upcoming discussion, we will explore how the ministry of Yahushua’s disciples should function, drawing insights from what is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and guided by the commandments provided by Yahushua Himself.
When Yahushua had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of Elohim and to heal the sick. He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere. Luke 9:1-6
Where can we see this power that casts out demons and heals disease today? We must not indeed preach to people a “God” who is unknown to them. Neither let us try to convince them by the logic of vain arguments. But instead, let us bring them the Anointed King, as this donkey once did in Jerusalem. Then it is up to Him to demonstrate His power on the spot by healing the sick and casting out evil spirits.
Signs and wonders: these are the ones that are lacking in evangelization today.
Making someone say the prayer of repentance does not bring him new life, but only leads him to that intermediate state of religiosity that is ruining the Body of the Messiah. Many only recognize the truth insofar as they feel that something very unhealthy is coming upon the world and that it would be better to come under some spiritual authority offering a solution before the heaven falls on our heads. Eternal Life could not result from such a superficial level of recognition of who the person of the Messiah is. People need to see that the one we are about to testify to is still here among and with us. He wants to prove His presence through the visible manifestation of his power, so that our testimony reaches the depths of people’s hearts.
Because Grace does not pass through the superficial recognition of Yahushua, but through the accomplishment of the three following steps:
Repentance – Baptism in Water – Baptism with Fire
Why doesn’t this work today, or just occasionally?
When the greatest attack ever perpetrated against the Body of the Messiah was committed by Rome and its “great” Constantine, who, seeing the uselessness of the persecutions against Christians, simply decided to take control over the Church by becoming Christian itself, the concept of discipleship has also been severely damaged. The Reformation did not bring any significant restoration in this area until the 19th century.
Today, many people go to the streets proclaiming the forgiveness of sins, the shed blood of Yahushua and they do it right. There is nothing wrong with this message. The problem is the order of things, and the fact that we are bogged down in our theological and philosophical discourses of Greo-Roman root. As in Hellenic times, Christians today raise their voices in forums and other public places to announce biblical truths and talk about the fulfillment of prophecy to people who have no clue about the Bible, the commandments or the prophets. These people have most often never read the Bible and all they “know” about Yahushua is that he would have been born on a christmas day and that he was the son of the Virgin Mary.
Not knowing the prophecies and the commandments, they will not realize that these are being fulfilled before their eyes. Moreover, the Hellenic way of thinking is still so deeply ingrained in even the most Reformed believers that they constantly focus on persuasion always trying to convince people via their intellect through reasoning.
Non-believers on their side retort us most often and with good reason: “I believe if I see it”. They want proof and they ask us for it. And we are often almost scandalized by that reaction; thinking that faith cannot and should not be proven. However, they are the ones who are absolutely right. And our Master does also expect the same from us. He wants us to bring Him to these people so that He can make the proof of His existence and power himself before their eyes. People are right to ask for proofs. And these proofs are none other than
the signs and wonders which, like a battering ram, can fully open the way to people’s hearts so that they can accept the Gospel of the Messiah.
Just as you cannot conquer a woman without foreplay, otherwise it would be rape. If she gives in anyway, it would never truly be love or marriage. At most, she would become a submissive slave who will never experience Freedom in the Messiah and would never truly become a fellow servant.
First of all, hearts must be opened by no other than the demonstration of the force, power and love of the Messiah. This is how it becomes clear to them that the Messiah is real and the only truth. This is the only way for them to come to true repentance as the first step towards the Eternal Life.
The first ministry that followed the gift of the Holy Spirit
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Yahushua HaMashiah of Nazareth, walk.” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising Elohim. When all the people saw him walking and praising Elohim, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or elohiminess we had made this man walk? Acts 3:1-12
Then Peter continues by bearing the testimony of Yahushua to the ears of the people who were in the temple.
Here also, we see how much we have forgotten that the ministry can only be effective when we let
Yahushua HaMashiah walk before us and perform signs and wonders
This is how He testifies that we, His disciples, are in Him and that it is worth heeding what we are about to say.
In evangelizations today, the exact opposite is happening. All kinds of believers are going out, passing before the Messiah to tell others about Him. The world immediately sees that they are struggling humanely and that they are not supported by any real spiritual authority except their own or that of their churches and denominations.
Thus, they put themselves in a similar situation to that of those Jews in Acts 19:11-17, who were not in the Messiah and tried to cast out demons by referring to the name of Yeshua.
When a servant, may he be fully in the Messiah, does not work according to what Yahushua commanded us to do by using His power and authority, he becomes like those two Jews who were mocked and attacked by the demons. In the other hand, those people to whom he will have brought the Word will also go by with a smile on their face. As for the servants of that kind, they will most often return empty-handed, weakened and exhausted – naked and bleeding as we read in verse 16 in the case of those jews.
Despite of this, if they sometimes manage to convert someone, the person goes through repentance, baptism with water, getting a new life and even receives the Holy Spirit, huge joy and blessing, but how many more would have gone through all of that if they would have done things according to the given guideline of Yahushua. Moreover, in such a case, the person converted in this way will in turn pass on the Gospel with the same lack of anointing, authority and true power, having seen no other better example himselve.
Ministries are able to bear fruit this way also. But how much bigger impact would they had if they had fully obeyed our Master Yahushua’s Command.
They went out, cast out demons and healed the sick
Neither did Peter and John ask the cripple in the Temple if he felt guilty, if he was prepared, if he had forgiven everyone so that he could be healed. Nothing of the sort happened, but instead
they immediately offered him healing and it happened at their command.
If the Messiah is the same today as He was yesterday, His Word also, then the mode of transmission also remains unchanged. So who sais that times and circumstances having changed since the time of the Acts of the Apostles, the ministry must also operate differently and that the Holy Spirit does not work exactly the same way anymore, is a false teacher.
Quite the contrary! Let the progress of science not deceive anyone. Nor are we going to believe that the constantly increasing number of university graduates is proof of the increased intelligence of modern mankind and that thus it is no longer necessary to have recourse to supernatural signs to convince poeple of the Gospel. No, scientific progress, the use of increasingly sophisticated technological aids coupled with artificial intelligence, as well as the brainwashing carried out through a largely destructive education, has so impoverished humans in spirit and at the level of the intellect – because it is constantly bombarded with useless information – that miracles and prodigals are more necessary today than ever.
Because indeed, modern man is intellectually much weaker, much less intelligent and has ever more limited brain capacity than our ancestors.
Evolution is a delusion, devolution is the sad reality.
On the one hand because of all these modern tools taking over thought and memory such as smart phones and computers and also and above all because of Sin which is constantly growing since Adam and Eve and thus degenerating more and more the human organism including its brain.
The disciples, on the other hand, must purify themselves of the Hellenistic brainwashing that has taken place within Christendom since it was taken captive by Rome. We must put our feet on the water, believe in what Yahushua can and wants to act through us. Let’s stop thinking that fine speeches will be enough to bring together all the souls waiting for the harvest. No true and great awakening will ever take place this way!
Miracles won’t necessarily come right away or in every case. We must pray for others with perseverance until we succeed. As in all other areas of life, work, sport, here it is the same, we must train ourselves. And first of all ask that our hearts should be swept out and cleansed of all these false denominational theologies while the original being progressively restored in our minds and hearts.
Discipleship is strewn with mistakes and failures and we must learn every day
It is also important to look for brothers and servants who are already involved in this work and who already have experience. They can teach us and serve as models until we become “pros” ourselves.
Has that ever crossed your mind as well?
I believe anyone who is in the Messiah is able to sense when something is not right in his ministry. We often reassure ourselves by placing the responsibility of our failures on this world which is more and more corrupt and on the people who are more and more rebellious. Very often, people do also point at Satan who would constantly be the root of all their problems easy scapegoat on which we can place all our transgressions and shortcomings instead of facing our own faults. Although the devil and people’s rebellion is very often the reason indeed, but many times, we do also have a huge responsibility.
The reason of our spiritual beak downs is the fact that reform always stops at a certain point and we dare not go beyond. We are not begging Yahuwah to restore everything, according to what is described in the Acts of the Apostles, even the way of living together with our brethren when everything was common! (see: You will own nothing and be happy)
So now, don’t blame yourself if you haven’t fully ministered according to how Yahushua originally commanded. You also have been deceived. We have all been misled by our churches and other denominations. Let us know, however, that Elohim does not take into account the time of ignorance. Also, don’t think that everything you’ve done so far has been in vain. Because you will have at least sown the seeds. Perhaps they mostly fell into bad ground, but always remember that the Spirit, which in Hebrew is Ruach, which also means “wind”, is always able to blow those seeds and cause them to fall into better ground so that they finally would germinate.
But from now on, let’s act so that no one has to clean up after us anymore. Let us obey and be directly led by the Spirit of the Messiah to the good ground by fully using in faith all the spiritual weapons given to us from above in order to make disciples of all nations.
Love Yahuwah your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself
These two commandments contain all the others. This means that the 10 Commandments, 5+5, are the explanation and development of these two Great Commandments explaining in more detail: HOW to love Yahuwah and our Neighbor.
And all the other commandments written in the Torah (Deuteronomy) are the extension and the more detailed explanations of these 2 and the 10 from which they result. Each development helps us to better foresee and react in specific cases.
If Yahushua is the Word who became flesh (John 1:14), and if Yahushuais Love himself, how can anyone say that the law is no longer valid today?
Nor did Paul make such a statement, although his words may often seem to contradict this (we are not under law, etc). But in what context did he utter this sentence and who is able to understand this in spirit?
The Spirit of the Messiah keeps the Law. If He is living in us, then the law can no longer judge us, and so we are truly not under it.
According to what other rules could the Holy Spirit guide us from within, if not exclusively through the Commandments of Love, which is the sum of all the other commandments of the Torah?
Yahushua took from the hands of men the right to execute the judgment resulting from the Law. He took back that right for Himself. Therefore, even the laws associated with death are valid today. But Yahushua alone has the right to put anyone to death. And since the time of Grace is still in effect, its judgment mainly applies at the level of the spirit for now, when our old man is executed so that we can become new creations.
“We’re not under the law” / “Not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law”?
Let’s start from a fundamental principle that we must apply in all circumstances:
If there is a contradiction between the words of Yahushuaand those of any other character in the Bible, the standard is ALWAYS what Yahushuasays.
If we don’t understand, let’s not cling to what’s most likable to us or what theologians have put in our heads for centuries. Until we are wise and spiritually mature enough to understand Paul’s words, which are indeed often very difficult to understand, we must hold very firmly and exclusively to the word of Yahushuaand act accordingly.
Then, when we reach the level of maturity and sufficient obedience, we realize that finally
Paul has never contradicted Yahushua
The big difference between them was that unlike Yahushua‘s message, Paul’s message was directed primarily to people who were already born again, and who were of very different spiritual ages andstates. I might say that Yahushua was “in an easier situation” than Paul was, since everyone was on the same spiritual level and no one had yet been born again and received the Holy Spirit. Yahushuawas able to deliver a homogeneous message that applied to everyone.
Therefore, Paul’s messages speak differently to people depending on their level of spiritual maturity and their seniority as disciples. We don’t speak the same way to a 3- and a 13-year-old child, and we don’t have the same demands of them. Less is asked of the little ones, and more rules apply in the case of the elders.
Paul wrote his letters according to a kind of differentiated teaching method, As when a teacher teaches students of different ages and levels in the same classroom and in parallel. Anyone who is a teacher, and has ever had the opportunity to work like this knows what I am talking about. Everyone hears everything that is said, but not everything is aimed at everyone, at least not yet or no longer. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify what the student should and should not, no more or not yet pay attention to, so as not to fall into confusion.
Furthermore, the systematic misrepresentation of Paul’s words, as in the case of many other passages in the Bible, is due to the fact that
believers often tend to take verses out of context in order to give them meanings that have nothing to do with their original senses
Did Yahushuaat least soften the Law?
The Law is not only valid, but it is more effective than ever.
Yahushuadid not abolish the Law, but on the contrary raised it to a higher spiritual level
In Old Testament times it was enough to refrain from doing things that were forbidden, but from Yahushuathe very thought of breaking a law is considered as a sin. It is not enough not to sleep with someone, we must even avoid imagining it! It is not enough to refrain us from killing someone, we must also avoid hating him in our hearts.
However, grace consists precisely of being freed from even the most hidden and profound thoughts that are trying to tempt us from within. Indeed, if we are born again, that is to say that we repent, then we receive the baptism of water and then that of fire when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we have the promise of deliverance and cleansing from sinful thoughts.
However, it is impossible to reach repentance without receiving judgment by law since it is:
through the law we become conscious of our sin
Romans 3:20
In what are the Old and New Testaments different?
The difference between the two Alliances is the material on which the Commandments are written: Stone in the case of the first / Heart of flesh or Spirit in the second.
The big difference between the Old and the New Covenant is that the former was a covenant set in stone, therefore weak and essentially theoretical. Whereas the New Alliance is the fulfillment of the first, which was only a shadow of it. The second Covenant operates and acts through the Messiah with power and authority and is no longer led by the human being, but by the Holy Spirit from within the human being.
Moreover,
the New Covenant liberates men from the burden of keeping the Law by planting it directly in their hearts so that the Law works in a practical way by itself
The law has not changed one iota! And if I’m not mistaken, heaven and earth are still there. Matthew 5:18
Old wine in old wineskins and new wine in new wineskins: the old wine was none other than the letter engraved in stones, the one that kills. New wine, on the other hand, is the one that is spiritual and engraved in the heart and that is bringing life.
Furthermore
the Messiah is greater than the Law. So whoever is in him is above the Law as well
together with Him and its judgment does not reach us, so we are no longer under the law; indeed. Nevertheless, until the world has passed, everything continues to work according to the Law.
The old covenant was to the new what Hagar was to Sarah, what the slave is to the free woman, what Mount Sinai is to Zion, and what Moses is to the Messiah. Likewise,
the stone tablets were the prefiguration of these two tongues of fire
which appeared above the heads of the disciples at Shavuot (Pentecost) in order to penetrate and engrave themselves definitively in their hearts.
Also, it should be noted that the New Testament is much more characterized by the Law than the Old Testament. The “rabbis” counted 613 commandments in the Torah in addition to the 10 commandments and the 2 laws of love. In fact, I estimate that the Torah contains 650 to 700 decrees. Indeed many have not been taken into accoun. However,
in the New Testament we have more than 1000 Commandments
These “new commandments” are nothing more than the clarification and repetition of the old ones, their re-formulation, their refinement and their ultimate putting into practice on the level of the spirit. In fact, none of them are new, but are closely related to the old ones and are sealed by the priestly order of Melchizedek, when the letter comes to life.
Old Testament = Slavery / New Testament = Freedom
Slavery is when you try to obey the law in order to please someone, in this case Elohim or even yourself. But in the bottom of your heart, you would like to do something completely different, even the perfect opposite of it. What an incredible burden. What a life filled with remorses and problems of conscience. What an enormous and constant waste of energy in order to restrain yourself from acting according to your own instincts. This is the life of Sisyphus, of the slaves in the Roman galleys, or of our Jewish ancestors in Egypt, and anyone who thinks he can keep the Law on his own.
But when freedom comes, it is our hearts that are renewed by the Holy Spirit and according to the Law. When we are freed we comply with the decrees of Yahuwah, through the Son who dwells in us, with a good heart and with all our soul, without aspiring to anything else and all this without any special effort on our part.
Sacrificial decrees
What about the decrees governing the Sanctuary, the priesthood, and the sacrifices since there is no more Temple?
These decrees also work in the same way. Except today
we have only one High Priest, Yahushua, and we members of His Body are all Levites assigned to the ministry of this Heavenly Temple.
The earthly Sanctuary was the image of the Celestial, as Moses received it. Therefore, the law is the same, only its order and mode of application have changed. Yahushua took back the right to execute judgment from the hands of men. He alone is authorized to apply the penalties and this at the level of the spirit, as long as the time of Grace is in force. But when he returns to judge the world, the enforcement of punishments will also be done physically in and on the visible world. There, he will destroy definitively and on all levels the sinners who will not have delivered to death their old man to Him.
The sacrifice was made once and for all.
However, additional smaller sacrifices are necessary for the Body of the Messiahto function as a Sanctuary even today.
Sacrifice is when I go out to serve others, I sacrifice my time and my energy. Moreover, it is often me who is sowing, but someone else will reap. This is also a sacrifice. Sacrifice is also when I give up things, thus renouncing the fat of the animals that are offered as a burnt offering on the altar instead of consuming it myself. Sacrifice is also when I fast, when I retire to pray, when I raise my children in the name of Yahuwah, when I put my own will aside so that His would be done. I make sacrifices when I go to visit widows, orphans, prisoners, the sick and the poor.
The old decrees were only shadows and promises of these spiritual and perfect sacrifices from within the heart of people.
For indeed, then they were managed and executed by men. Today, however, it is directly the Messiah who makes them work.
But it also works the other way around. Because there are not only laws of prohibition, but also laws of “fun”. The Levite sometimes benefits from the fats of the sacrified animals which is to say from the good things, and has the right to eat them as he pleases. The worker deserves his wages and should never be ashamed to accept alms in any form and enjoy such blessings. We just have to avoid falling into excess and the love of money and material goods and above all not to accept anything from people who obviously wish to buy us.
The Veil: not only over the eyes of Jews
Just as in the case of traditional Jews whose false Talmud and other Babylonian infections prevented them from recognizing the Word which became flesh and appeared in Yahushua, the same veil comes to cloud the sight of much of Christianity. It is this veil that prevents them from recognizing the Commandments in Yahushua. Even if they accept him as the Messiah, they refuse to see in him the fulfillment of what the Jews received through Moses. In both cases, Satan ensured that the veil was placed between the Law and Yahushua so that
On the side of Jews, they would not recognize the Law in Yahushua. And on the side of Christians, they would keep on refusing to recognize the Law in Yahushua.
So let’s not be afraid of the Law, because it is our best friend. It is a tool that our Elohim uses in us so that we do not fall back into sin after having been freed from it. By denying the law, we obstruct the work of the Holy Spirit, and can go so far as to grieve Him.
The commandments are like signposts that help us stay on course and on the narrow path that is leading to Salvation. Road signs are not the goal or the destination. And whoever considers them as such, ends up crashing into them and eventually die. The Messiah is the goal and whoever goes to him will receive the Eternal Life.
The Law is our pedagogue so that we can know the Messiahmore and more and come closer to Him.
As we read the commandments of the Old Testament, we gradually realize what they mean to us under present conditions. What do the donkey, cow and other concepts related to agriculture symbolize. Even to a contemporary city dweller, it will be revealed to him what these concepts are meaning today in our modern situation. He will be able to realize that such and such a law has already been realized in his life in a given situation without having known it beforehand and without having had to think in order to act according to it. He will have respected it not out of fear, but instinctively and out of Love for Elohim or his neighbour, because the Commandments have been engraved in his heart.
Knowing the Law after being born again strengthens our faith that the Messiahreally lives in us and testifies to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts.
The law truly becomes a curse when we take it into our own hands and obey it in order to gain some reward. It becomes a curse when we use it to judge others without Love and without the Holy Spirit. Such actions are signs that something is wrong with our Covenant in the Messiah. In such cases, tell yourself that you thought you were born again, but someone (even yourself) may have misled you. Examine yourself and see what have not been settled yet in your life. Is it the repentance, the baptism in water or the fulfillment with the Holy Spirit? What is missing? Because if you suffer from these symptoms, you are still at the level of religiosity and self-righteousness. It is in order not to fall into this error that others, on the other hand, choose the other extreme and begin to deny the Law. In such a case, you also make yourself a transgressor of the law, and you do not realize that you are rejecting the very essence of the Messiah.
Let only he who has engraved them in his heart speak of the Commandments and dare to teach them.
On our journey of discipleship, our sanctification is realized by the fact that the commandments are successively restored and reactivated in our minds.
So let us not stand in the way of the work that the Holy Spirit wishes to accomplish in us.
The commandments – which Judaism calls the 613 mitzvot – are the order of laws that can be read in the five books of Moses, in the Pentateuch. There are in fact more than 613. Their actual number is between 650 and 700.
This is not a set of additional laws that Moses receives from Yahuwah, but the more detailed version of the 10 Commandments. The 10 Words are thus explained and illustrated in a kind of more practical way with concrete cases. Just as the 10 Commandments themselves are in fact the development, the more detailed version of the 2 Great Commandments of Love. (love for Elohim and love for our neighbour). To summarize,
there are only 2 Commandments which themselves are developed in 10 then in 613+ explanatory Commandments.
Commandments in Yahushua HaMashiah?
Are these commandments part of pharisaic laws?
The “613” commandment does NOT belong to the additional Judaic laws, but to the still valid and inseparable part of the 2nd and 10th Commandments and the Holy Scriptures, the Word that became flesh in Yeshua.
These are the laws that the Father wants to engrave in our hearts through his Spirit, precisely so that we no longer seek to obey them from without, but from within, through the pure instincts of our new man.
We do not obey them in the hope of Salvation, but as a consequence of the Salvation we ‘ve already obtained.
In short, by our rebirth, we allow them to act in us through the action of the Holy Spirit.
If we allow Him, Ruach HaKodesh is also able to make us understand what the ancient commandments, often related to animals and agricultural activities, mean and symbolize in our own personal lives today. What does our neighbor’s ox, donkey, the process of compensation, etc. mean to us today? Moreover, in relation to the sacrificial order, we quickly realize that our thanksgiving, prayers, sacrifices, renunciations and turning away from sins in our lives are precisely the reflections of the description of the old sacrificial orders. Now in times of grace, of course, all of this does mainly happen on a spiritual level, through the renewal of our minds.
We are no longer under the law!
As Paul warns us, we are indeed no longer under the curse of the law. Provided that these are engraved in our spirit by the fire of the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, anyone who submits to these laws without being born again and without confessing the reign of the Messiah Yahushuah trying to observe them by himself is someone who truly remains under the curse that the judgment of the Law involves.
On the other hand, any follower of the Messiah who continues to deny the validity of the Law – as fulfilled and regulated by the Holy Spirit – does also remain under the curse of it.
For the simple reason that denying the validity of the law excludes the full functioning of Ruach HaKodesh in our minds.
The law is no longer a goal, but a means. The Commandments are unable of bringing Salvation. They remain, however, signposts of major importance to help us stay on the bumpy and narrow path that leads directly to Salvation. These signals allow us to stay spiritually alive until we finally pass into Eternal Life at the end of our journey of disciples. This is the essential difference between the old and weak covenant which produces death and the perfect and life-bearing New Covenant.
The New, on the other hand, is only valid on the basis of the Old. If we allow ourselves to withdraw the old, we exclude ourselves from the new. Anyone who considers the New Covenant as autonomous and independent of the old one, does not understand its deep meaning and finds himself under the power of a false or alien covenant. Yahuwah’s message, promise and commandments remain the same, for they are immutable. In the case of the Commandments, it is the mode of application that has changed following the advent of the Messiah. Yahushua has taken from the hands of men the right to carry out the sentences resulting from the application of the commandments. Nevertheless, this right exists and continues to function, but only by the action of the Spirit of Messiah and mainly at the level of the spirit. Even the death penalty must be applied, because if our old man is not put to death, we would not be unable to be born again. Without judgment, no Grace is possible. Without Law, there is no judgment either. In a word, the Law must be applied and fulfilled in order to be able to give way to Grace and New Life.
What has therefore changed since the Sacrifice of the Lamb and Pentecost is the material carrying the commandments:
Stone in the case of the old covenant: the letter that kills, and heart or spirit in the case of the New Covenant: which brings Life.
This is exactly what happened at Pentecost. The double tongues of flame appearing above the heads of the disciples were none other than the two stone tablets brought to life as a promise given by Moses from Mount Sinai, which were then fulfilled in the hearts of the first disciples. After all, it was not written on them that DO NOT kill – DO NOT steal – DO NOT commit adultery – Honor your parents, etc., but the future tense of the original Hebrew say that YOU WILL not kill, steal, commit adultery and that you WILL Honor Elohim, your father, your mother, your neighbor, if in Me, in the Messiah, you are finally born again. You are going to change in such a way that these laws will spread like a natural flow from the germ of your thoughts all the way through your actions.
It was therefore never a question of prohibitions or obligations, but of promises.
When Yeshua spoke about the fact that if you think bad in your mind, you have already fallen into sin, he is not asking you to restrain your own thoughts, which is impossible for man, but he is projecting that when My Spirit will move into you, then I will put these things in their place in your heart and in your mind, and I will free you from even the thought of it so that it will not even cross your mind anymore.
Law and Messiah: each other’s mirrors
The law was our pedagogue to lead us to the Messiah, as we can read in the epistle to the Galatians. Likewise and from the coming of the Holy Spirit,
the Messiah teaches us through the Law in order to sanctify us from within.
The Spirit of Yahushua HaMeshiah is our teacher, unfolding his order and law and placing them within us as the Living Word. The peoples are not the heirs of the covenant concluded at Mount Sinai, they are the heirs of the Covenant sealed at Golgotha. Here the process starts in reverse. What Judaism has not been able to keep is now engraved and animated in the hearts and minds of its people by the Messiah in person, whether they are Jews or not.
This is how two promises are fulfilled:
This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says Yahuwah. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.
Hebrews 10-16
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew 5:17
Thus, the commandments and their commentaries that you will find on this website are in no way intended to be strictly followed in human effort. Rather, they are meant to shed light on areas of our life as believers where we are still stuck and often do not even suspect that the reason is that we have been lied to about it for almost 2000 years. Lies such as the commandments are only valid for Jews and no longer valid for others who are in Christ, all prevent us from having a full and blossoming relationship with the Holy Spirit.
The knowledge of the Commandments and their current validity helps us see how the 2 Great Commandments of Love are still not complete within us, so that we can ask our Savior to continue His purifying work in our spirits through the action of His. This is what we call the Process of Sanctification.
In this article, we won’t be discussing the usual replacement theology. I believe the time for trying to persuade others is past; many have put in significant effort to rid Christianity of the troubling issue of anti-Semitism. I’ve addressed this topic in previous articles on multiple occasions. Every subject has its time and a point when it should come to a conclusion in order for the matter to be put to rest. Those who haven’t been convinced by now probably won’t be swayed anymore. And if, against all odds, some individuals still have a change of heart, there’s an abundance of material available online or in libraries for them to ponder.
No, here we will delve into an entirely different kind of replacement “theology.” We will discuss a substitution that has always been within the intention of Yahuwah. We are going to explore the concept of a grand replacement that isn’t a result of humanity’s corrupted intentions to seize what doesn’t rightfully belong to them. While a significant portion of Christendom is still grappling with the idea of taking the place of Jews by considering themselves “Jews in spirit” in a misguided and improper manner by misinterpreting the words of Paul, it fails to comprehend the fundamental purpose of human creation and who is truly meant to be replaced. Because, during the time of their salvation, when the Bridegroom, the Messiah, comes to take his Bride, the Church,
the born again individuals will take the place of entities that initially held a far greater spiritual significance than Jews.
So, the efforts of religious individuals trying to take the place of the chosen people will ultimately remain in vain. In the meanwhile, those who have received Salvation will be judging the fallen angels, of whom they are destined to occupy the positions and the places these angels left vacant.
One of the primary purposes of Christianity should have been to spark jealousy among the Jews by sharing the testimony of Yahushua. Ironically, it’s still a significant portion of Christendom that feels envious of a people who persistently reject the Messiah.
Can the son of a king truly feel envious of a wanderer, even if that wanderer happens to be his temporarily exiled brother? Or does such misplaced jealousy indicate that the one who believes himself to be a prince isn’t truly the King’s son? Envy seems inconceivable when one possesses everything we can imagine.
When Helel, one of the archangels, better known today as Satan, along with his followers, rebelled against Elohim, they were banished from the Kingdom of Heaven. This pertains to the Eternal Kingdom that was meticulously crafted, where every element, even the angels that later fell, had specific roles and functions. With their expulsion, a void emerged—a gap that needed to be filled in order to restore the original state of perfection.
Man was created by YaHuWaH to take the place of the fallen angels.
However, Elohim didn’t immediately position Man in their final place. Man had to undergo a test of free will before attaining the state of ultimate Eternal Life. Additionally, Elohim had an adversary to overcome, someone who aspired to his position and sought to replace him. Rather than immediately obliterating him, Yahuwah granted him an opportunity to prove himself. Concurrently, Elohim allowed time to showcase his unimaginable power before the created world, including angels and humanity.
Satan had the authority to tempt Man due to the latter’s possession of free will. And so it happened. Following Adam’s temptation, humanity received the death sentence, as promised. However, Adam and Eve weren’t immediately subjected to execution. Instead, Elohim condemned them to a gradual process of death. This process can be referred to as World History, but more simply,
this process is none other than TIME itself.
This countdown represents the very embodiment of Elohim’s mercy—a span wherein every individual has the opportunity to receive Grace by acknowledging the Savior Yahushua, thereby reconciling their relationship with the Father.
The immense grace and love of Elohim are first revealed here. Despite the fact that most people interpret Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden as a sign of Elohim’s anger, judgment, retribution, and even cruelty, we should understand that it was, in fact, the ultimate display of mercy. This banishment essentially stands as the initial application of the city of refuge law. In the end, humanity’s rebellion against Elohim wasn’t deliberate. They didn’t seek to harm or disgrace their Creator. Their aspiration was to be like Him. Their struggle against their own weaknesses and desires which overpowered them. They desired to mirror Him but not replace Him. Their feelings toward Elohim weren’t tainted by hatred, in contrast to Helel and his cohorts, who succumbed to the unforgivable sin.
This countdown serves as the pivotal path towards Man’s Salvation. We were granted time—a route of escape, similar to the case of the unintentional murderer who was provided a refuge, a place to shield themselves from the wrath of the victim’s kin, as outlined in Deuteronomy 19:4-6. In this manner, we were given time to mend our relationship with Elohim. We do so by cleansing ourselves with the Lamb’s blood, shed in exchange for our sins, in order to appease Elohim’s anger.
The conflict between Satan and Elohim is no less than a duel. And, much like any honorable duel, and since the rules were established by Elohim himself, it can only proceed fairly. The adversary, no matter how cunning or vile, still merits fundamental respect and does have rights according to the laws of warfare. Both sides must show respect towards each other. Even if the opponent disregards the rules, Elohim adheres to them and compels the opposing side to not transgress certain boundaries.
It would have been overly simplistic to discard all that is corrupted, then cleanse and immediately repopulate the space by forming new angels. Yahuwah desires to fill these gaps with individuals who have been tried like precious metals. He aims to surround himself with souls who have willingly chosen conversion through their personal decision and have thus been cleansed by his Blood. He longs for authentic individuals around him, individuals who serve Him out of their own will—not mere automatons or slaves condemned to forced labor.
The angels were also granted a “time” to decide after their creation. Some among them made a different choice. And this is where Man’s role enters the picture. Mankind has the opportunity to take the place of these rebels and eventually pass judgment on them for the harm they’ve inflicted upon humanity throughout its 6000-year history.
Man is the bet. The choice is clear: either salvation through the Messiah’s blood or alignment with the tempter, leading to eternal damnation.
Satan and his demons are consumed by fury. On one hand, they acknowledge their inability to overpower Yahuwah, and on the other, they suffer profound humiliation. Once believing themselves superior even to Elohim, they now face being supplanted by beings as seemingly insignificant as humans.
Regrettably, their solace lies in their capacity to ensnare many in their perdition.
For us, solace is found in Yahushua HaMashiach. Through his Blood, he redeems all who embrace his Sacrifice and submit to His Authority.
If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of Yahuwah with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where “ ‘the worms that eat them do not die,and the fire is not quenched.’ Everyone will be salted with fire. “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.Mark 9:42-50
What do these parts of the body symbolize? :
Hands: actions Feet: the way we go Eyes: the temptations of the world
The removal of parts of the body is not physical, but must happen at the level of our soul.
Although I usually never separate the body and the soul that are deeply connected, here I would make an exception, because in fact, it is in the soul, in our hearts that the sin sprouts that, if concretization physical follows, causes death.
It is the carnal desires that must be cut off from our souls before they are realized in the visible world and our mental illnesses also infect our minds. If you are a believer (and born again) and go to a place where you should not set foot, do what you should not do, or look at what is wrong to be seen, stop right now before your own curses reach you. As attractive as these things may be, give up on them and do not wait for the “deliverance” of the Lord, as most Christians do, but solve the problem yourself. You are big enough to assume your responsibilities and make your own decisions. Resist the devil to go away, because otherwise he will take you with him to the place where he will have his final place.
Then Peter came to Yahushua and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Yahushua answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.” Matthew 18:21-35
We must therefore forgive 70 times which means always. Then we usually asks the question: “but when and how to forgive even when the person who has offended us does not even ask for forgiveness, he does not even realize that he did something wrong? ” This is how we are used to evading the command we have just read to relieve our conscience.
When and how to forgive then?
Here is the answer:
Immediately, without any expectation and without waiting for the other to come with remorses and ask for forgiveness!
For this is how we ourselves received Yahushua HaMashiah’s forgiveness.
The second part of the Word describes how we treat others in spirit whether they are believers or not. After receiving the true Forgiveness from the one and only Lord, we think to be lords ourselves but we usually omit to forgive our neighbor. When something bad happens to us, we forget that instead of cursing the other, we should bless even the one from which the evil comes, such as we have received the ordinance:
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you pray for those who mistreat you. Luke 6:27-2
