We start reading the Torah all over again today. This Is the
5th time I’m reading it and it’s actually pretty cool to think of
that ‘cause a lot of people skip the first 5 books of the Bible because it’s ‘boring’
and ‘done away with’ so to think that I’ve read it 5 times over is quite
awesome actually.
For a while now I’ve been reading more from my Complete
Jewish Bible ‘cause of the easy translation and I really like how some Hebrew words are thrown in there. I thought that I’d just share some of my thoughts and notes
that I took today from the Torah portion and the Haftorah as well.
Firstly I really loved how the importance of the Shabbat
is stressed right in the beginning. In chapter 2 of Genesis God says that this
7th day of rest is to be holy and a blessed day. I don’t understand
why so many Christians are determined not to keep this commandment. Is resting
for an entire day and dedicating one day out of your week to YHVH such a
burden? If so, then I feel sorry for you ‘cause you have not yet experienced
the God of the Universe and His love.
Just like God told Adam what to eat and what not to eat,
what to do and what not to do, He’s done the same thing for us. He’s given us
His Word/Torah that leads to life but of course so many of us are tricked and
deceived by the enemy by the ancient sentence that changed the world, “Did God
really say that?” Do you see a pattern here? God tells Adam not to do a certain
thing for his own good but he goes ahead a does it anyway and does what was
right in his own eyes. God tells us not to do certain things but then the enemy
creeps in with a “did God really say that?” and we follow in Adam’s footsteps
of doing what is right in our own eyes. If you believe that the Torah is not
for today then this is exactly what you’re doing.
In case you haven’t noticed God doesn't like that and our
sinful lifestyle will lead to curses instead of blessings and even death down
the road.
You do not fully know the Father if you’re still
following the lies inherited by your fathers. You can be saved and out of
covenant and many people are and don’t know it. The covenant is the Torah, the
marriage contract between Him and us. Destroy that and what do you have?
Nothing.
ISAIAH 42:21 – Adonai was pleased, for His righteousness’
sake, to make the Torah great and glorious.
This is God’s plan for His Torah but the people who claim
to follow and love Him are doing the complete opposite … what does that mean? They're decreasing the importance of the Torah.
I'm sorry but you can think and feel as much as you want that you are so close to God but if you are still believing in lies and practicing pagan holidays then there's no way on earth that God will be close to you on an intimate level that He had with the heroes in the Bible. The only way you can draw close to Him is by holding His Word and what's dear to Him dear to you too. God can't trust you with great responsibility if you're believing lies and attaching His Holy name with profane practices. God won't be able to use you the way He used David or Esther or Abraham while you're eating your pork and hallowing the worship of Tammuz.
It's impossible.
