Excellent teaching. Who could argue with that??? I am so grateful for the simplicity of Jesus. Thank you brother

When i was trying to follow Torah I couldn't focus on Christ. And I was constantly worried I wasn't really saved.

great teaching. I was getting "sucked into the Hebraic Roots ideas by a Messianic Teacher. He used scriptures to support his opionions and they seem to make perfect sense.He presents very strong arguments for following the laws of Moses. I watched a video on Hebrews 9 by the Professor Solberg and clearly showed me that we don't need to follow the laws of Moses. This whole do we need to keep the law of Moses has been going on for 2000 plus years. I think this Hebraic Roots movement is a very strong delusion in the church today and is gaining speed and confusing many Christians. Thanks Professor Solberg for these teachings.

In my opinion, this is the best teaching you have done so far. It has systematically exposed the false teachings of this "movement" in a logical way. I know some will want to argue that with long drawn out essays that make no sense, then there are others who may have the veil finally lifted, so they can be set free from the spell they are under. May God help you! 🙏 A note to those who disagree with me and can't wait to comment with a thousand word response. Please listen to the video again as it would be a better use of your time. Maybe hearing what Mr. Solberg has to say over and over again will help you to understand.

You do an excellent job of teaching. Your videos helped me to leave Adventism, which is just like Hebrew Roots.

My husband and I's best friends (a married couple) have fully embraced torah keeping. We were in the process of starting a new ministry together. It started with him just saying he wanted to eat biblically, observe the feasts and rest on Saturday. Him and his wife fought about it to the point of separation. My friend told me last week she 'has seen the light' and will start following the torah. She said she will hand over all the paperwork for our ministry. Its like a punch to the gut to have someone you are very close with (best of friends) tell you they can no longer be involved in ministry with you and don't know how to proceed as friends over this. They say we can't follow all of the torah and they're trying to 'figure out' which parts still apply to us today. When i ask questions and show them verse after verse they say they are still searching out the answers. Which tells me its something they've just decided is correct and will twist scripture to make it fit. The gospel is simple to understand. It doesn't take years of trying to figure it out. God doesn't want us confused! Thank you for the work you do. When i first heard about their beliefs, your videos really helped me to understand a lot. You really are doing the Lord's work. God bless you!

Thank you for your body of work here brother. A brother I've known for over a decade has recently slipped into the ensnarement of Torahism. I attempted to share a TON of Scripture with him but he has taken an "ulterior spirit" 2C11.4. His name is David if you and anyone else reading this will pray for him. God bless!

This is exactly why I LOVE the Professor! Iron sharpens iron!

i love and admire the spirit of grace, truth, and humility as you speak about others even while disagreeing with them! truly this is the ".. fruit of the spirit" and the "...love, against which there is no law."

Bro - you’ve been cranking out the content and it’s awesome! Thank you. This is so valuable coming out of the Torah Observant movement.

"If You love me, you keep my commandments"

Great work Solberg, I think this might be the best one yet! An interesting verse in Acts 21 that made me stop and reconsider Torah observance was this: ‭‭Acts‬ ‭21:25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ [25] But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality.” This follows what James said to Paul about the accusations he was teaching Jews to forsake Moses. It's a clear juxtaposition, between the Jews and gentiles and what they are to observe. "they should observe no such thing". James is clearly saying that the gentiles don't need to observe the Torah like they had previously addressed in Acts 15.

Good point about the Levites. Also worth noting that the priesthood itself has changed. Jesus is from the order of Melchizedek.

It’s my belief that old covenant ended with finality in 70 AD. The old covenant was fading away, on the way out, from the time of Christ until 70 AD. Hebrews 8:13, fading away. What do you think?

Thanks Rob. Very good comparison that can only leave one with the fact that the Law cannot be followed and is not required to be followed. We can learn so much from the Torah, Psalms and the Prophets, but in the end Jesus told them in Luke 24:44 that they basically pointed to and confirmed Him as Messiah. So many wonderful pictures of Messiah in the Old Testament. But He in His loving kindness towards us has provided a new and better covenant. Shalom

Misunderstanding in spiritual warfare is not always a failure on the one teaching. Often its a refusal to see, or a rebellion against the truth. Stiffening one's neck. Jesus never erred in His teachings, yet the pharisees continued in their stubbornness. Today, if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts like in the day of provocation.

I really like that you stick to scripture brother. You don’t reinforce your conclusions by giving opinions of other men saying that other scholars agree with this teaching. You allow the spirit to guide you in your teaching and the us the viewers has to go to the Bible and look for ourselves if we want to doubt what you say. May the Holy Spirit guide us unto all truth. This year has been deep study on this topic of law keeping.

The Apostles went to the Temple to preach and make converts, since that's where the unbelieving Israelites were gathered. They were beaten, thrown out and threatened with death (in Stephen's case he was killed). They weren't "worshiping" or following the Law.

I just want to say I already knew what you were teaching today but the way you teach doesn't only put it in our head it brings it down to our hearts I thank God for that

This is useful for Seventh Day Adventists. They are very similar.

Can you not see that the Law is made more full, more complete, more amazing. I can do the feasts in my own home, since I am the temple. Thank you Yeshua, for not abolishing the Torah, but for making making it more full.

2:45 "As I always say, those traditions are permitted by followers of Jesus, but they're not required" Right there, he admits that he doesn't understand our side (the Torah Observant side) nor does he understand the Tanakh (Torah and Prophets), for he calls the ten commandments "traditions"...it's not a tradition its a commandment... washing your hands before eating a meal is a Jewish tradition, not using certain combs on shabbat is a tradition...but the sabbath in general, is a law, not tradition.

Thank You Prof. Solberg for this sound teaching.

What a wonderful instructor of the Word you are Brother Rob!

Thank you for the detailed explanation, the drawings are very helpful, please continue to use charts or drawings

Keep up the good work brother 🙏 many just dont see it 😞 i try to help people on FB but thier just not having it, all we can do is pray and keep showing them the truth

Not just believers in Jesus but "And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mark 16:15-16

You are a blessing, thank you for bringing clarity.

Professor, you have explained this immaculately. You have used scripture to prove how the new Covenant has achieved the necessary obsolescence of the old Covenant to be effectual. That X not equal to not X is brilliant. It's like you must only use only your right hand can never equal you must use only your left hand. God continue to bless your ministry in the name of Christ. amen.

One of the biggest theological mistakes I see Torahism make in this argument is that they equate the 100's years of the Hebrew captivity and its lack of a physical temple with today’s lack of a physical temple. They argue it’s happened before. They leave out and miss the fact that Jesus Messiah has now lived, sacrificed his blood and ascended into Heaven. The entirety of the law and prophets pointed to Jesus. Something monumental happened in Christian theology, a New and better Covenant. I also view the Temple from another point of view. The temple just wasn’t needed. In the New Covenant the Levitical priesthood has no authority from God. All authority is in Jesus our High Priest, in the order of Melchizedek. The destruction of the temple didn’t end the Levitical Priesthood, rather it was removed because the priests no longer had authority and the activities in and of the temple were no longer needed, much less required.

Excellent explanation, thank you for your ministry.

Thank you so much for your job! God bless you!

Great teaching ...brings joy anfd peace to my heart ❤❤

I just wrote a paper about the priesthood of believers a couple of weeks ago. Lovely stuff

There was a sabbath long before any Levite existed. You don't need a temple or be part of the Levitical priesthood to keep the sabbath.

@34:40 the topic of circumcision was spoken of as though it had something to do with justification, but Paul clearly explained in Galatians 5:4 that this was a matter of Judaizers trying to force circumcision upon believers in order to be justified. We all know that we are justified by faith. The major reason for Paul's writing to Galatians was to dispel the idea of being JUSTIFIED by any means other than faith. So once again, a strawman has been set up since Paul was not talking about sanctification through obedience.

Such great teaching. Thank you for very clear instruction. My HR loved ones will debate validity of modern Bible and Paul's teachings. They truly believe that modern church and Christians have misled them and that only ancient documents and maps are trustworthy. Have you encountered that belief as well?

Really good stuff. Thank you. Excellent job explaining.

It’s so simple I really don’t know how anyone can miss it. Thanks

The Law and the Gospel have met together and kissed at the cross Ps 85:10. We cannot keep the law without the gospel and be saved, and we cannot keep the gospel without the law and be saved, we cannot have one without the other and be saved.

Why did jesus teach us about the 10 commandments and specifically how to keep the sabbath day holy? What is your interpretation of Matthew 24: 19-20 when jesus is referring to the endtimes suffering and the sabbath day?

As if His gospel was contrary His Law..."live as He lived" and "love as He loved" and you too will follow Him His way...as ONE bride obedient to His ONE Law

Looking for a solid biblical reading plan. Can anyone recommend one?

I love this teacher! He is very polite and explains his points so well.

Amazing teaching! I’m so glad I found someone who teaches what I believe in

This dude is pretty slick. He makes it seem like Paul was trying to only have the sacrifices done for the other dudes. But Paul was doing it with them and it says make and offering for each. This would include Paul. Notice how he leaves that our when explaining. Whether or not Paul did, he intended to.

Mr Solberg, you said something about one function of the Mosaic law being to witness against our sin. How do you define sin in that context if the law is not something we should follow? I do very much disagree with your perspective here and think that much of your argument is kind of circular (in the way you often interpret Scripture based upon the conclusion you have come to and then use that interpretation to support your conclusion), but I'm not asking this to fight or trap you with some kind of perceived 'gotcha'. I'm sure you have a well-considered explanation. I am just wondering how you would explain the issue, so I can more fully understand your position and perspective.

Looking forward to David’s response. Grateful for both of these men, as it’s deepened/widened my understanding of God’s grace AND His relevant, loving instructions (Torah) for us.

Hey! Great video as always. I found the box explanation very helpful and I believe it is clear regarding the priesthood, temple, veil/sacrifices/circuncision. What about the decalog to be specific? I understand that some people like to devide the law in different parts (moral, cerimonial and civil). I can see your explanation being clear regarding the cerimonial and civil part. I don't see this division in the law being the understanding of the ancient jew and apostoles but how do I understand the Decalog in this video? Maybe the decalog is like the "first amendment" of the ancient israel constitution? In that case it is also not binding today and instead we have now the law of Jesus? Is that correct?

Clear, concise, Truth in Love

Law & grace: then, would tithing still remained a law ritual? my understanding of scripture is that we are no longer bound by it, but giving has become an act driven by love and self sacrifice, where at times, in the NT, offerings given often would surpass one tenth.

I figured I would elaborate more on occasionally sharing your videos with former Adventists etc. The basic gist is familiar to stuff is the same or similar, but there are some specific details that are important. As a Faith SDA is very sloppy on a lot of things, like Church history, the details of doctrine, having a coherent position on something. But they do nitpick the details on some things relating to the Old Testament law, rituals etc. This is because they believe that Christ is acting like a kind of Cohen/high priest in heaven right now, blotting out people's specific sins that are confessed but leaving the other ones that have not been confessed to be judged at the end of the World. (Called the Investigative Judgement). Anyway, some of the specific points you raise are helpful to folks that want to raise their game overall. It kind of reminds me of my favorite web site & KZfaq channel dealing with Seventh Day Adventism, called Answering Adventism that is very educational in general. That has been extremely useful for dealing with online Adventists but also given me some good gold nuggets for my other online theology writing and posting.

Thanks!

Could I please talk with you brother?

Seems like the biggest issue with this video is that you say that the viewer needs to choose between the new covenant and the old one. That doesn’t make much sense because we have to observe both, meaning there is only one covenant that Jesus taught and fulfilled to a completed form. So then if any “contradiction” appears after Jesus’ teachings in light of the New Testament the question is not which one do you choose but can the seeming “contradiction” be reconciled by letting the Bible interpret the Bible. I am not a Torah observer, I am in the middle trying to figure this things out about who is right and asking for the Holy Spirit to guide me in all truth but the arguments you raise are quite easily countered if you watch any of teachings of the people you are responding to such as David or 119 ministries. However, I will point out 2 interesting observations for the readers of this post. 1. 119 ministries is constantly flashing their Masonic handsymbols such as the upside down pyramid especially in their earlier videos. So even though their arguments seems extremely strong they are part of an agenda that is involved in some kind of deception. I just haven’t figured out what exactly yet. 2. The fact that you call yourself a professor and put your diploma in the background in some videos, wear a 3 pcs suit etc is also a tactic I see teachers like yourself use which means you are trying to leverage that “authority” against the viewer. Opposite of what 119 ministries does. Edit: just saw a video of you throwing the same Masonic hand symbols. Nicely tried but now we know both of you are on the same team. Only Elohim our ABBA Father knows which one of you is right but I suspect both of you are off.

Rob, I can explain it to you. The salvation by grace doesn't not make the law is not required. For example, if the judje forgive you your breaches of the law without reason, just because he loves you, that doesn't mean that he gives you a permanent permit to continue breacging the law or that he says no more law for everyone. No, he forgives you the penalty, but requires from you to continue keeping the law.

I think a Facebook group of Ex Seventh Day Adventists I belong too will probably like this so will probably post a link. Not an Ex Adventist myself but a guy who argues them and my postings triggered my Messianic rabbi friend and made me realize he is a Torahist.

Great teaching! Hopefully some will gain understanding. I would in Love, advice to cut your hair. You may look at 1 Cor 11 differently, but if not for something else, to not be a stumbling block. Longer hair on men will hinder some to listen on you and learn more. Thanks for the good video :)

And that means we no longer need to meet in a church or pay tithing to a congregation. Each of us can just worship at home.

No!! The Torah and grace cannot be separated. They go hand in hand. Isaiah 8:20 testifies. " To the law ( Torah) and the testimony of it ( Messiah ) if they speak not according to this, there is NO LIGHT in them." Torah PLUS grace is the truth.

What about the 3. temple ? It will be build (it is prophesied in the bible). What is the function if Jesus is the temple and we are priests ?

Rob no matter how hard you try not to, you still bring out the CrAzIeS. Another Great Job rebuking Evil. After each teaching I figured this one did it, however, no. This one should be you last - You Nailed It ...................................

Can someone help me? If we are the temple of the Spirit of God, why can we bring unclean animals into our bodies when they could not bring unclean things into the temple?

Judiazers IMPLA'CABLE, adjective [French from Latin implacabilis; in and placabilis, from placo, to appease.] 1. Not to be appeased; that can not be pacified and rendered peaceable; inexorable; stubborn or constant in enmity; as an implacable prince. 2. Not to be appeased or subdued; as implacable anger; implacable enmity, malice or revenge.

Brother Solberg do you have a book on what you covered in this video?

Hello my brother can you help me a bit? Did I hear say in another video that it's okay to keep law, just not required I'm thinking I must have misunderstood somewhere along the line. Thank you

Revelation 14:12 (KJV) Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND THE FAITH OF JESUS. Revelation 12:17 (KJV) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST. Matthew 19:16-17 (KJV) And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if THOU WILT COME INTO LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.

Is it because the Gospel is so convoluted and contradicting that it would be ridiculous to try and follow what it claims? Or is it because the Gospel allows for and supports many immoral and hateful actions which if followed would get you sentenced to life in prison?

Even though Christ is of the tribe of Judah the reason why his priesthood is superior to the Levi priesthood is because His priesthood precedes the levitical one. He is the last of the Melchizedek priesthood.

This is what Paul is addressing in Galatians. Many within the Hebrew Roots movement and Messianic Judaism are little more than modern day Judaizers. It's interesting how the old heresies keep getting repackaged for a new generation.

32:07 Interestingly enough, the Greek word translated "disciple" is the noun "mathetes". The verb in the same word family is "manthano" which means "learn". So literally, the "disciples" were "learning ones". If Peter and others he commissioned were under Torah, what was it they had to "learn"? It wasn't Torah! M9.13 But going LEARN (manthano) what it is: Mercy I want AND NOT SACRIFICE (according to Torah), for I did not come to call righteous, but failers". Paul termed the law of Moses "a law of righteousness" which was opposed to "the law of faithing" R9.31; Phil3.9. Paul also called the law of Moses "the law of failance and of death" R8.2. So the context of those Jesus did NOT come to call being "righteous" points to the righteousness out of law of Moses, not the law of faithing!

Most Christians don't even know what gospel, grace and saved means.

Rob in making these videos what do you thing about Matt 5:17 and following?

613 Commandments of the Law. Only 1 judgement fulfills all commands which would subsequently nullify judgements. “I Love You no Matter what” IS the Gospel of Jesus. God IS Love itself. The Law of Moses can’t possibly be fulfilled without unjudgemental Love, which is the greatest atonement of sin.

Human body is a physical temple. So you follow both Jesus and Moses.

What does it mean when Jesus said I did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it? I hear alot of preachers say that this means the law is still in affect, this typically comes up on the subject of tithing. TY for any info.

Do you believe that people that observe the Torah are not really Christians?

Apart from Yeshua, anything, anyplace or anybody that one trusts to facilitate their access to Yahavah is by definition an idol. My2Cents

... And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4 (KJV)

Impeccable and unarguable logic.

Concerning sacrifices, the reason sacrifices needed too be repeated was because a blood sacrifice was needed to cleanse a person from their sin, to mitigate the sins that had been written on the tables of their heart (Jeremiah 17:1). God remembered sins by writing them on the tables of their heart, their account. Jesus' sacrifice did the same thing, but the difference was that the sacrifice did not need to be repeated because God would remember their sin no more. The account no longer needed to be cleansed because sins were no longer written there. It is the content (logōn) of the account (logon) that determines if we are justified or condemned. Justification is not the absence of sin but the presence of righteousness. The Greek words for righteousness and justify are almost identical. Branches that do not bear fruit are cut off. Those who were saved in the Old Testament did not need repeated sacrifices because they were taken out from under the law, for where there is no law, sins are no longer imputed (remembered in the account (Gr. logon). Romans 7:1 the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth. To get out from under the law, you need to die - baptism qualifies as a shadow of death. Joseph was saved when his brothers slew the kid and dipped his coat in the blood. Then they threw him into the pit - his shadow of death. And God was with him. No further sacrifices were needed for Joseph. Jesus' sacrifice was better because it could be applied once for all people. By being born into the kingdom of God, with Jesus as your Father, you join the house of Judah. A sacrifice was never applied to future sin. His sacrifice for us is sufficient because sins arer remembered no more. Under the New Covenant, we are under grace, not the law. We are still held accountable under grace. The New Covenant is the ministry of life, where the ministry of Moses was the ministry of death 2 Corinthians 3. Under the law of Moses, there are no entries of righteousness in our account for obedience, only entries for violations. Look at the last five of the Ten Commandments to understand what it means to love your neighbor to the full extent of the law. I won't kill you, I won't commit adultery with or against you, I won't steal from you, I won't bear false witness against you, and I won't covent anything you have. There, I have loved you to the full extent of the law and I intend to keep it that way. Don't you feel cherished? Of course not. If I were to violate any, however, I would get dinged. The law of the Spirit of life is the New Commandment, where I love you as he has loved me, in the power of the Spirit. The law of Moses included everything but the Spirit: all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength, all you, no Spirit. All you and no Spirit is separation from God: death. You with the Spirit is union with God: life. You do not need to be baptized to be saved, but you do need to die to get out from under the law. I highly recommend baptism over the approach the thief on the cross took. And here is how you can tell if you are really interested in the truth: while you were reading this, were you looking for rebuttals? Or were you seeking to understand? Looking for rebuttals is like pouring new wine into old wineskins. grace-4-grace.com

David's arguments make much more sense.

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I love this guy

I love God's commandments

The problem is they don't believe Paul.

FOLLOWING THE LAW GIVING AND COVENANT GIVING LORD GOD YEHOVAH THE JUDGE OF ALL OR FOLLOWING THE ANTILAW PREACHING SERPENT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE WITH PERSONAL CONSEWUENCIES

Is the olah korban a burnt offering? Or is it an ascent approach? Do we not still desire to ascend properly - through Christ? We have understanding that ancient Israel did not - mainly that the objects of their worship were pointing to Messiah. It would have been a mystery to them why they did what they did. However, Yeshua came to fulfill Torah and He did so in many ways such as His sermon on the mount where He clarified (fulfilled) the intent of the instructions about things like adultery and murder. Torah will stand until heaven and earth pass away. Not all commands are for everyone and some commands cannot be done properly today. However, when they can, they will be relevant once again and we should be prepared to carry them out. We shamar (poorly translated as "obey" or "keep" because it means "guard") Torah rather than dismissing it. We asah (obey) however we can and that is not for justification but for sanctification.

But a physical temple wasn't required. They did sacrifices upon return from Babylon without even a foundation to the temple. They only needed an altar, as told in Ezra. They apparently didn't even need the ark of the covenant to sprinkle blood and incense on, as required by the law. So, hole in the reasoning. David still doesnt know anything, but the argument has a shortcoming. Also, the drean within a dream is not possible how inception depicts. But among lucid dreamers it is called a false awakening.

I was wondering with regards to Israel being a nation of priests if you have heard the perspective that Israel was to become a nation of priests but because at Mount Sinai they broke basically all the Commandments it was limited to just the Levites? The idea is that Israel was supposed to be a light to the Nations but because of the rebellious heart the Levites had to be a light to Israel and so thus the Levites had cities amongst the Israelites

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The fact that we are able to accept Jesus priesthood is highly dependent on the old covenant. Was not John the baptist who declared Jesus as an unblemished passover lamb a Levite priest. One is dependant on the other.

We can choose what Gospel you believe. Gospel and law of sin or Gospel and law of God. we cannot separate this two things coZ, the law of God is the barometer or reflection of your claim that you love your God. people who neglect 7th day sabbath keeping is a false teacher.. beware my friends of spritualism...

Which is 'crazier', thinking that from eternity past YHWH has required obedience to righteousness for access to His Kingdom, but now you just have to give a 'head nod' to His Son and your good to go? What did satan transgress but the Heavenly Torah (Instructions). Messiah Yahshua showed that physical sin is just an outward enactment of that which is in your heart, where the actual evil begins (Isa 14:13, Matt 5:28). His covenant is to have His Way of Truth in Life written on your heart, causing you to walk in His Way: Deut 10 (prophetic shadow) Jerimiah 31:31-34 Ezekiel 36:26-28 Hebrews 8:8 There are other references which are not as explicit, but do refer to the circumcision not made by hands: Jer 4:4, Deut 30:6, Jer 9:26, Jer 44:7, Acts 7:51, Heb 8:10, and more. Having the Torah written on your heart is synonymous with a heart of flesh vs of stone, or circumcision done without hands. It is to have the ferverant desire to serve the will of YHWH, wich is to live righteously, which is defined and exampled in the Torah/Tanakh and finally fully preached (pleroo/fulfilled) by our Anointed King Yahshua, and His apostles. Why are there so many denominational sects within the religion of christianity? Because it is built upon the stiff neck and hard hearts of man. It has filled aspects of our world with lies, half truths (at best) and wickedness (mixing the Way of YHWH with the ways of the world). YHWH is making manifest these lies and those whom He is calling out of the world will recognize whom it is that has reigned and made these lies to flourish, and will no longer be decieved. There is no scriptural path to the multitude of erroneous teachings of Ephraim (christianity) and Judah (rabbinic judaism), they are cut off before even getting started. What we hear from those who live as part of the world, are the mantras formed from the doctrines and traditions of religion, and thus mankind. The same who from the beginning have twisted the Word (spoken, written and in the flesh) of YHWH into that which fits their hard hearts. Having already set forth judgment upon Messengers (angels), individuals, clans, cities and the world, all by His Echad (One) set of weights and measures, how then can He begin to judge by a 'lighter' set of weights and measures? That is NOT who He has declared Himself to be. Some religions teach that there are no longer any 'weights and measures'. They do not know our Father in Heaven, and He does not know those who work lawlessness (Matt 7:23, et al). There is no way around the FACT that guarding the Torah Way of life *IS* THE Marriage Covenant agreement. In summary, ALL which YHWH has said, we will do (Deut 19:8, Jer 42:20). Even The Messiah King Yahshua explicitly states that He cannot do ANYTHING of Himself, only that which the Everlasting, Unchanging, Perfect, Merciful Father has given Him to do (John 5:17-19, John 7:14-17). The Messiah Himself tells us to observe and do (hear and obey - Sh'mah) Moses (Torah), but, do NOT do the man made 'rabbinic statutes', because Judah (like Ephraim) puts their own way above The Way. Matt 23:1 Then spake Yahushua to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. observe/heed: G5083 τηρέω tēreō tay-reh'-o From τηρός teros (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus) that is to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried): - hold fast keep (-er) (ob- pre- re) serve watch. practice/observe/do: G4160 poy-eh'-o Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct): - abide + agree appoint × avenge + band together be bear + bewray bring (forth) cast out cause commit + content continue deal + without any delay (would) do (-ing) execute exercise fulfil gain give have hold × journeying keep + lay wait + lighten the ship make × mean + none of these things move me observe ordain perform provide + have purged purpose put + raising up × secure shew × shoot out spend take tarry + transgress the law work yield. Compare G4238. H8085 שמע shaw-mah' A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention obedience etc.; causatively to tell etc.): - × attentively call (gather) together × carefully × certainly consent consider be content declare × diligently discern give ear (cause to let make to) hear (-ken tell) × indeed listen make (a) noise (be) obedient obey perceive (make a) proclaim (-ation) publish regard report shew (forth) (make a) sound × surely tell understand whosoever [heareth] witness. It could only be the list of charges against us to be nailed to the stake, not the eternal means of judgement and blessings for those who strive to gaurd His commandments. No one can earn that which was set forth to occur, to the very day and hour, and given freely to set the balances equal, paying the price for the mercy given to ALL creation. His atonement can be applied for those who are in covenant with Him, which is to abide (the best we understand) in His Word, guarding the Torah instructions for a set apart life, and be witness of The Son who carries the authority given Him by the Father, to execute ALL judgement in the Earth. Think not that He came to create a 'participation trophy' covenant for the nations, so that you can walk in evil ways (that which is counter to YHWH), no, He made a path that allows us to walk in The Torah without condemnation. For if you have received the Spirit of Truth, you will T'shuvah (be convicted, repent, turn from evil and towards YHWH). This will be the continous cycle until you die or the First Fruits Resurrection occurs. Prov 11:1 A false balance is abomination to יהוה: but a just weight is his delight. Prov 16:11 A just weight and balance are יהוה's: all the weights of the bag are his work. 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to יהוה. 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto יהוה; and a false balance is not good. Lev 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am יהוה your Elohim, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am יהוה. Deut 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which יהוה thy Elohim giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto יהוה thy Elohim. Ezek 45:9 Thus saith the Sovereign יהוה; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Sovereign יהוה. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? Micah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

GOD YEHOVAH NEVER SAID HE CAN ONLY BE WORSHIPPED AND SERVED INSIDE THE TEMPLE IN CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, THERE WERE PEOPLE STILL WORSHIPING GOD YEHOVAH THE LAWGIVER. DANIEL STILL WORSHIPPED GOD YEHOVAH IN BABYLON Isaiah 33:22 ASV For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.

There is a straw man that gets set up in that the argument about justification rather than sanctification. If sanctification leaves one iota or scintilla of room for changing the state of our justification, then there is no need whatsoever for the sacrifice of Christ. We can (or rather cannot) justify ourselves by our actions. With that said, an objector to the idea of obedience to Torah (or any other list of commands by God) nullifies the concept of grace by faith alone and slips into the philosophical argument of Pelagian, who claimed that we are only "sick in sin" instead of "dead in sin". It comes down to the age old argument of free will, specifically to choose to be justified - even the matter of choosing to accept His gracious offer of justification. We must never mix the concepts of justification and sanctification. Otherwise, we will see obedience (to Torah or the two greatest commandments from Torah, if you like) as required for justification and thereby nullify the need for a Savior.

In Deuteronomy 18:5, what is the meaning of the word 'always'? Is this to be taken literally? If not, then how could the translation be made more clear while remaining within the confines of the original Hebrew and/or Greek? In other words, at what point does always become not always, and how?

I can't imagine that the apostles would have continued the animal sacrifices! What would be the point?

I’ve been thinking about this since watching the first iteration of this teaching. I’ve by no means worked it all out or done nearly enough research to settle on it, so it’s just a thought. Between God saying to all of Israel that he is going to make them a kingdom of priests in Exodus 19 and then Moses sprinkling the blood of a sacrifice over the people in Exodus 24, there are list of instruction for the people to which they say, “All the Words… we shall do.” Then while Moses is on the mountain God gives him the plans for the tabernacle and all of the other set apart items with it in Exodus 25 through 31. He also then sets apart Aaron and his sons to serve in the tabernacle but not the entire tribe of Levi. That comes next. In Exodus 32 we are told the story of the golden calf. Here is where the tribe of Levi distinguishes itself by staying on the side of Moses and God by killing anyone who worshiped the calf (about 3,000 men). Then verse 29 says that “today you (the tribe of Levi) are ordained.” This seems to be a change in God’s original covenant with all of Israel and due to the sin of the golden calf. He even originally seems to say to build altars and make sacrifices “in EVERY PLACE I cause my name to be remembered” (20:24) but later sacrifices can only be made in “THE PLACE” He chooses (Duet 12:13 and 14). I wonder then if the new (which can also be read as renewed) covenant is a return (through the blood of Christ) to the original plan before the tribe of Levi was set apart from the rest of Israel. Now all of His children can be a nation of priests again, and our prayers and worship can be ascending offerings in any place His Name is remembered. Again, I hope you don’t take my thoughts as debating or arguing your points. As I’ve said before I am still trying to work all of this out for myself and I do have my own beliefs. I watch your videos to challenge myself, not to challenge you. I appreciate the feedback you have given previously but if it feels like I am attacking or challenging you, I’ll refrain from sharing my thoughts in the future. -rob

There is no contradiction between keeping the law and the gospel, and in the gospel only doers of the law shall be justified, the law given to Abraham kept by faith for the grace of Christ.