Parashat Ki Tavo / פרשת כי־תבוא
- Thu, 30 August 2018 = 19th of Elul, 5778
- י״ט בֶּאֱלוּל תשע״ח
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Today, what we have before us first is known as the "Curse of the Law"... it begins with Ch. 27, pesuk 13:
13 For the curse these are to stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
On this mount, Mt. Ebal, the curses were pronounced and can all be summarized in this pesuk:
26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not uphold the words of this Torah by doing them.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
What are the implications of the Torah's Curse? Simply put, it is basically saying that if one breaks any single one of the Torah's commandments by not doing them, or by doing when the Torah gives a negative command: (i.e. thou shall not...), he/she is under this "curse".
So then, who has the perfection to uphold this Torah perfectly to the letter of each commandment to perform them exactly as Adonai has ordered without fail? Which man or women by this definition is capable of being FULLY RIGHTEOUS?
Even with exertion and will power, does anyone have the capability to perform all of the 613 mitzvot, perfectly? Honestly, which one of us could stand up and say - I AM FULLY RIGHTEOUS according to all that the Torah of Moses has commanded?
Even Isaiah wrote:
Isaiah 64:4b...Behold, You were angry.
When we keep sinning all the time,
would we be saved?
5 For all of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteousness is like a filthy garment,
and all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away, like the wind.
6 No one calls on Your Name,
or stirs himself up to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us,
and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
The curse of the Torah affects every single living human being. There is not one of us, Jew or non-Jew who obeys, not one of us who is altogether righteous, and not one of us can say we keep all of the Torah perfectly. Even Yeshua the Messiah said...
Matthew 5:20 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!
So then, how is it possible for anyone to be saved? Is it possible to be good enough at observing Torah that a man may inherit Eternal Life?
The answer is NO. Torah was never given as a means to inherit "Eternal Life". In fact, Shaliach Shaul, asked this of the Messianic believers in the first century, some of those who were not Jewish who were trying to be "Jewish" and keep the Torah by their own flesh and effort in order to become "acceptable to God"....
Galatians 3:3 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Ruach, will you now reach the goal in the flesh?
We could ask ourselves the same question. How are we trying to become "justified" before God's eyes? By our own 'righteousness'? Or some other way?
What is the other way?
Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on the deeds of Torah are under a curse—for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep doing everything written in the scroll of the Torah.” 11 It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.” 12 However, Torah is not based on trust and faithfulness; on the contrary, “the one who does these things shall live by them.” 13 Messiah liberated us from Torah’s curse, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)— 14 in order that through Messiah Yeshua the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so we might receive the promise of the Ruach through trusting faith.
Let this be clear to everyone. Yeshua did not "liberate" us from the Torah - on the contrary, He liberated us from the "Curse of the Torah" which is simply pesuk 26 of Deuteronomy 27.
26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not uphold the words of this Torah by doing them.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
If you believe and put your trust in Yeshua Hamashiach and "HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS", (not your own) and repent of all of your sins before God; you then my friend...are NO LONGER UNDER THE CURSE OF THE TORAH...
For all those who try to do it all by their own power, flesh and personal will power....GOOD LUCK WITH THAT...HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU...
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