(17) ―Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful
and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
(18) For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted‖.
(Heb 2:17-18 LITV)
―For we do not have a high priest not being able to sympathize with our weaknesses but One having been
tried in all respects according to our likeness, apart from sin‖. (Heb 4:15 LITV)
Faith in Y‘shua does not cancel out what the Torah says, it establishes it (Rom 3:31 ―Then is the Law
annulled through faith? Let it not be! But we establish Law‖. LITV)
Torah is itself "liberty" and the standard we are to judge ourselves by (James 1: 22 - 25 ―(22) But become
doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (23) Because if anyone is a hearer of the
Word, and not a doer, this one is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror; (24) for he studied himself,
and has gone away, and immediately he forgot of what kind he was. (25) But the one looking into the perfect
Law of liberty, and continuing in it, this one not having become a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
one will be blessed in his doing‖. LITV)
It is those of the flesh who are not subject to the Torah (Rom 8:5- 8 ―(5) For the ones that are according to
flesh mind the things of the flesh. And the ones according to Spirit mind the things of the Spirit. (6) For the
mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; (7) because the mind of the flesh is
enmity towards God; for it is not being subjected to the Law of God, for neither can it be. (8) And those being
in the flesh are not able to please God‖. LITV)
If you say you know Him, and ignore His Torah, you are a liar (1 John 2:3- 7 ―(3) And by this we know that we
have known Him, if we keep His commands. (4) The one saying, I have known Him, and not keeping His
commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that one. (5) But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love
of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him. (6) The one claiming to rest in Him ought so
to walk himself as that One walked. (7) Brothers, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old
commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word which you have heard
from the beginning‖. LITV)
It does not matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, what matters is keeping YHWH's Torah (1 Cor 7:19
―Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of God's commands‖. LITV)
The "law of love" is that we keep his Torah - which is by no means a "burden" (1 John 5:3; 2 John 1:6; Matt
11:29-30) See Scripture below.
―For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not heavy‖.
(1 John 5:3 LITV)
―And this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, even as
you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it‖. (2 John 1:6 LITV)
(29) ―Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, ―and you will
find rest to your souls.
(30) For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light‖. (Matt 11:29-30 LITV)
These "New Testament" references to Torah might at first confuse people, as they aren't used to thinking in
these terms. However, when the Hebrew New Covenant authors and Y‘shua Himself spoke of
law/commandments in their First Century Jewish religious context, it must be interpreted as "Torah‖; unless
there is a clear reason to do otherwise, as this was what it meant to them.
Y‟shua likened unto MosesIt is often pointed out by scholars and Bible teachers how Y‘shua was like Moses. As a child, he was pursued
by an evil king just as Moses was. He gave the law like Moses. He delivered the people and fed them
miraculously like Moses. He ascended a mountain and taught the people as Moses did. Indeed, Moses
actually spoke of one like himself who would come in the future: ―The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a
Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken‖. (Deut 18:15).
There were some differences in their ministries. The old Bible commentator, Matthew Henry, remarks
concerning one of these differences. He says that in Moses' day "... the people were ordered to keep their
distance; now (in Jesus' day) they are invited to draw near: a blessed change!" (Logos electronic Bible)
Perhaps the prophet Malachi pictured Y‘shua sitting and giving the Beatitudes when he wrote: ―And he shall
sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver,
that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness‖. (Mal 3:3).
The Beatitudes and the whole Sermon on the Mount of Matt 5- 7 seem to be a giving or rather re-
emphasising of the law of Elohim. Today some feel that Messiah is the end of the law and that we should not
concern ourselves with law any longer. These folks often quote Rom 10:4 saying, ―For Christ is the end of
the law..." The complete verse reads ―For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who
believes" (NKJV). Thus, Messiah is the goal of the law for righteousness, but not the end of the law. Instead,