Workers of Lawlessness

There are those who proclaim their belief in Messiah while at the same time do not keep the Commandments. Having only a mental acknowledgment that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 [Yahshua] is the Messiah does not suffice as obedience. Even demons believe.

"Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is the breaking of the Torah."  

1 John 3:4

There are around 2.4 billion people today, as well as the billions who have gone before them, who follow Christianity while rejecting The Father's Torah. 

Unless you follow in the Father’s instructions, which is the standard of holiness and righteousness in The Bible, you are not following the true Messiah. You follow a messiah or “Jesus" of modern culture or religion.

”“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’ “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!’“

‭‭Matthew 7‬:‭21‬-‭23‬

Messiah said that following the Commandments is how we will receive entry into the Kingdom, but instead of following His words, Christians follow what their lawless and misguided pastor teaches.

Do not allow "man" to shape you through religion and tradition, guiding you to a life of sin, which is lawlessness. Man's doctrines lead to sin and death, but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄‘s [YAHWEH] commands lead to LIFE!

“Nevertheless the foundation of Elohiym stands sure, having this seal, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 [YAHWEH] knows them that are His. And, let everyone that names the name of Mashiach depart from iniquity.”

2 Timothy 2:19

Allow your Maker 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 [YAHWEH] to mold, form, and refine you to be a servant who obeys His Word and guard His commands, enabling your name to be inscribed in the Book of LIFE, giving you access to the Tree of Life. 

Dan 11:35; Zech 13:9; Rev 22:14

The Curse of the Torah

What does Apostle Paul mean by the following statement?

Galatiyim (Galatians) 3:13 TS2009 

[13] Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.” –

The Prophets tell us, hinting at the answer:

Neḥemyah (Nehemiah) 10:28-29 TS2009 

[28] And the rest of the people, the priests, the Lĕwites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the Torah of Elohim, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding,

[29] were strengthening their brothers, their nobles, and were 👉🏼 entering into a curse and into an oath to walk in the Torah of Elohim, which was given by Mosheh the servant of Elohim, and to guard and do all the commands of יהוה our Master, and His right-rulings and His laws,

Dani’ĕl (Daniel) 9:11 TS2009 

[11] “And all Yisra’ĕl have transgressed Your Torah, and turned aside, so as not to obey Your voice. So the 👉🏼 curse and the oath written in the Torah of Mosheh the servant of Elohim have been poured out on us, for we have sinned against Him.

Now let's look at the Curse of the Law 👀

Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 29:14-21 TS2009 

[14] And not with you alone I am making this covenant and this oath,” [15] but with him who stands here with us today before יהוה our Elohim, as well as with him who is not here with us today. [16] “For you know how we dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim and how we passed through the nations which you passed through, [17] and you saw their abominations and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them, [18] lest there should be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe, whose heart turns away today from יהוה our Elohim, to go and serve the mighty ones of these nations, lest there should be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood. [19] “And it shall be, when he hears the words of this 👉🏼 curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst. [20] “יהוה would not forgive him, but rather, the displeasure of יהוה and His jealousy shall burn against that man, and every 👉🏼 curse that is written in this book shall settle on him, and יהוה shall blot out his name from under the heavens. [21] “And יהוה shall separate him for evil, out of all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, according to all the 👉🏼 curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Torah.

The curse of the Torah/Law is on ALL who sin, all who do not uphold the Law. That is what belief in Yahshua has redeemed us from, so we can TURN to OBEY HIM, having YAH’S Law now written in one's heart, as Torah PROPHESIED.

Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 30:6-8 TS2009 

[6] “And יהוה your Elohim shall 👉🏼 circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, to love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being, so that you might live, 

[7] and יהוה your Elohim shall put all these 

👉🏼 curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 

[8] “And you shall turn back and obey the voice of יהוה and do all His commands which I command you today.

This is why James (and Paul subsequently) did not put on the Gentiles coming into the faith, PHYSICAL circumcision. Peter determined by the works of Cornelius (who was striving to observe Torah. He was fasting, attending Synagogue, and praying to YAH - Acts 10:34,35) that the gift of salvation is also come to the Gentiles -

As prophesied:

Yeshayah (Isaiah) 56:1-5 TS2009 

[1] Thus said יהוה, “Guard right-ruling, and do righteousness, for near is My deliverance to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. [2] “Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who becomes strong in it, guarding the Sabbath lest he profane it, and guarding his hand from doing any evil. [3] “And let not the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to יהוה speak, saying, ‘יהוה has certainly separated me from His people,’ nor let the eunuch say, ‘Look I am a dry tree.’ ” [4] For thus said יהוה, “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what pleases Me, and are holding onto My covenant: [5] to them I shall give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters – I give them an everlasting name that is not cut off.

Never do these prophecies show the Torah/Law being abolished or done away with.

Torah gives Life and blessings. Torahlessness brings curses and death. Choose wisely.

~ Shalom

Yahshua and the Cleansing Water

According to Scripture, the sprinkling of blood for the atonement of sins of the children of Israel was a foreshadow of what the Messiah accomplished when He shed his innocent blood for the cleansing of His brethren.
 
In Numbers 19, a red heifer was used for the sin offerings, one without spot or blemish just like Messiah was perfect and without sin. The ashes of the heifer were gathered up by a “clean” man and then mixed with living water to be sprinkled on those who were unclean. This was a cleansing from sin.
 
“He who touches the dead of any human being is unclean for seven days.”
Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 19:11 TS2009
 
When a person had been defiled by contact with the dead then it was required that the sprinkling of water be done on the third day and on the seventh day. “And on the seventh day, the unclean will wash his garments and wash himself.” By the end of the seventh day at sundown, he would be considered “clean” and could then enter the temple to worship YHWH.
 
Anyone who remained unclean by not obeying the instructions given by YHWH was to be cut off from among the assembly because he had defiled the set-apart place of YHWH.
 
“For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sets apart for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of the Messiah, who through the everlasting Spirit offered Himself unblemished to Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?”
Iḇ`rim (Hebrews) 9:13-14 TS2009
 
“For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are being set apart.”
Iḇ`rim (Hebrews) 10:14 TS2009
 
Messiah Yahshua, our high priest, was the ultimate sin offering once for all, who shed his blood on the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant which was in the heavens; thereby obtaining our everlasting redemption.
 
“For the saving Gift of Elohim has appeared to all men, instructing us to renounce wickedness and worldly lusts, and to live sensibly, righteously, and reverently in the present age, looking for the blessed expectation and esteemed appearance of the great Elohim and our Saviour יהושע Messiah, who gave Himself for us, to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people, his own possession, ardent for good works.”
Titos (Titus) 2:11-14 TS2009
 
The saving Gift of Elohim is His Son, who instructs us to renounce lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people, his own possession, whom he has redeemed from the consequences of sin which brings death. Our good works is keeping the Commandments which bring life.
 
“let us draw near with a true heart in completeness of belief, having our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.”
Iḇ`rim (Hebrews) 10:22 TS2009
 
All have sinned; therefore, every human being has been defiled by sin and needs to be cleansed by water for uncleanliness.  Blood represents our sin, and water, our uncleanliness [see John 19:34]. Yahshua’s sacrifice provides blood for sin and water for uncleanliness.
 
““And I shall sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean – from all your filthiness and from all your idols I cleanse you. “And I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.
 
And I shall take the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I shall give you a heart of flesh, and put My Spirit within you. And I shall cause you to walk in My laws and guard My right-rulings and shall do them.”
Yehezqĕl (Ezekiel) 36:25-27 TS2009
 
The Father desires to place His Set-Apart Spirit within the believer but He will not do so if our bodily temples are defiled (this can also be what we consume, like unclean food). It is only through the cleansing of Yahshua’s sacrifice that we will be made clean.
 
In conclusion, water immersion represents death, burial, and resurrection. It is in this instance [Luke 3:21] that the water cleansing takes place to give birth to a new heart with the empowerment of the Set-Apart Spirit who leads us unto sanctification and righteousness.
 
Just like Yahshua, who fully submitted to His Father’s will, we should likewise do so by fully putting our trust in the finished work and power of our Messiah. HalleluYAH!