torah_10_words

Torah

The original (everlasting) Torah is simple and concise (for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matt 11:30 KJV).
It is comprised of 10 words. It is the single law that governs all interactions between everyone in Yahuah’s creation, now and forever.

Thou shalt love YHWH with all thy heart [and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind]. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matt 22:37-40 KJV

The original Torah appears throughout the scriptures in its simple "10 word" form. Within the 10 words, there is one essential element that Yahuahshua brought to our attention, which had (over the years) became somewhat disassociated from the original Torah.
When the scribes asked Yahuahshua which is the greatest commandment of all, he answered:

"The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; YHWH (Yahuah) our Ul is one Ulheem:" Mark 12:29 KJV

To which he adds;

And thou shalt love YHWH thy Ul (Mighty One) with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

In these verses, Yahuahshua combines the expression ‘YHWH is One" with what is usually considered the first commandment. "Love YHWH with all your heart."

(The additional part, "and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind" was probably added. It is not needed for emphasis, for to love someone with your whole heart, means also with all your soul and mind.)

Combining these expressions of Yahuahshua I believe we can piece back together the original 10 words (or utterances) that have been known since before time as the Torah;

Yahuah Ulheynuw ‘echad. Wa’awhabta Yahuah bakal labawbka. Wa’awhabta laraeka kamowka.

Yahuah our Mighty One is First!
Love Yahuah with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself.

I believe this was the commandment written on the first two tablets given to Moses at Mount Sinai. The Hebrews could not receive this Torah (in their hearts) because they were a stiffnecked people. So they were given the law of Moses, the 10 commandments; which was derived by subdividing the original Torah into 10 do’s and don’ts.

The 603 additional statutes and ordinances that the Rabbi’s would eventually codify in the Mishnah Torah, is not the Torah, neither was it the Law of Moses.

I think the scriptures bear out this supposition, if you look at what took place in Joshua 8:30-32

"Then Joshua built an altar unto Yahuah the Ul of Israel in mount Ebal, As Moses the servant of Yahuah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto Yahuah, and sacrificed peace offerings. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel." KJV

He (Joshua) wrote a copy of the Law of Moses while the children of Israel waited. I did a word count on the Book of Leviticus alone. There are approximately 22,600+ words; which amounts to 92,500+ characters (letters). When writing the text, if I allow for a ½" of surface space for each character, I can fit 4 letters in a square inch. 92,500.divided by 4 equals 23,125. square inches. Divide that by 12 to determine the square footage and you have 1,927 square feet; or a surface area of 44 feet wide by 44 feet tall. That’s a big rock. Even if you divide that into several rocks (as the verse says) that’s several big rocks.

I can write 50 letters in Paleo Hebrew per minute. That means it would take me 1850 minutes or about 31 non stop hours. Since the Hebrew word "Kathab" means "to graven," and the medium being written upon is stone; the text supports the idea that Joshua carved the Law of Moses into the stone altar. I didn’t even try to calculate the time it would take to do that (years ??), because it stands to reason that the entire assembly of Israel could not have stood in front of him, for that length of time, waiting for him to finish the carving and then read the writing.

"And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of Yahuah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahuah had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them." Josh 8:32-35 KJV

I believe what Joshua wrote here was either the 10 words (or else the 10 commandments) and not the 22,600+ words said to be part of the Law of Moses. This is what has been falsified by the scribes (Jeremiah 8:8). Especially all that which encompasses the practice of redundant animal sacrifices.

"Thus saith the Yahuah Tza'vaot, the Ul of YawsharUl; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your Mighty One, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you." Jer 7:21-23 KJV

Yahuah is saying here that he did not command the Fathers of Israel, when He brought them out of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. It couldn’t be any more plain than that.

[ This same message is expressed in Ps 40:6, Ps 51:15-17, Isa 1:11-15, Heb 10:5; to name a few.]

If Yahuah didn’t command them in this matter, where did the idea come from? Simple, it belongs to the worship of the goddess Innana. Archaeologists discovered the Vase of Urak during an dig in Shinar. The people of Uruk (founded by Nimrod, Gen 10:10) worshipped the Moon God Nanna (also known as Sin, as in Mount Sinai), the Moon Goddess Ningal, and her daughter Innana (also referred to as the Queen of Heaven or the Queen of the South). Depicted on the vase (1700 years before the Exodus) are the same offerings and sacrifices the Hebrews were allegedly commanded to perform. Who was it that first offered sacrifices to "God" after the Exodus? Was it Moses? No, it was Jethro, the High Priest of Midian (a polytheistic pagan).

There is no way around this testimony Moses gave (himself) after he received the 2 tablets from Yahuah;

These words Yahuah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. Deut 5:22 KJV

"He (Yahuah) added no more."

Did Yahuah change His mind and add 603 more laws later on? I don't think so. Therefore, I must conclude that man added the rest, for the sake of maintaining control over the people.
Truly, the Bible can serve two purposes. The true words of Yahuah can set the reader free by the power of his word; or it can be used to bind and subjugate people under the mechanical system of a religion.

[In fact, the Latin root "ligare" (to bind) is where we get the English word ligament from (to binding and hold together). This root is also a part of the word, "religion" or re-bind.]

A person may pick up a Bible and be set free by the word of Yahuah, and then here comes the "religionist" who says, you are not free to interpret that Bible on your own, after all we have dogma's and doctrines (effectively re-binding the individual that was just set free.)

Why else would Christ (Yahuahshua) say.......

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. Matt 23:8-10 KJV

....except to set you free from religion. Especially the one that had formed in his day, which would become known as Judaism (Pharisaic Hebraism). Matt 23:14

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Is he not saying here that that the scribes and Pharisees are the children of hell?

The same Torah that was delivered by Yahuah has been corrupted by those whose primary objective was to create and maintain a religion.
The point that I’m trying to make is this, the entire system of sacrifices and burnt offerings is false, an outright lie, an abrogation of the truth. Yahuah may have tolerated some of this because of the mind set of the people (they were accustomed to it), but it was not his perfect will.
The basis for my contention doesn’t just come up a time or two in the scriptures, but rather it is integrated throughout the entire Book of the Bible, from one cover to the other.

It began in Bereshiyth 4:4, with the first person to make an offering - Cain. I think he should be credited with starting the first religion. Why is it that the wicked one felt it was necessary to make an offering from the work of his hands? Did he feel detached or separated in some way from His creator? Abel (who was righteous) didn’t take the lead in this matter.

[Right here we can see the "two seed lines" opposing one another.]

Early on (in human history) the system of sacrifices and offerings was imbedded in the minds of the people. The Hebrews adopted the practice and the scribes altered the scriptures to make this appear as Yahuah’s will.

Here is an example, taken from the original instructions given to Noah;

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Gen 6:19 KJV

Sometime later, the scribes realized that once they wrote in the part where Noah builds an altar to sacrifice, there would be any animals left (if there were only two of each kind). So, we find this insertion;

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Gen 7:2 KJV

If Yahuah had previously distinguished between clean and unclean animals, why is there no mention of it here;

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. Gen 9:2-4 NKJV

Yahuah makes sure that Noah understands, that just as he formerly ate the green herbs, he is now allowed to eat every kind of living thing (without distinction). Those who support the system of animal sacrifices and certain dietary laws would have us believe that Yahuah came back at some later time, changed his mind, and retracted this statement he made to Noah, for the purpose of dividing the animals into two classifications, clean and unclean.

If you look at the Vase of Urak (http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/764564) You can see clearly depicted the worship of the Goddess Inanna. She was worshiped from Persia to Abrahams home town of Haran. Pictured on the vase is the High Priest (King) overseeing the rest of the clergy bringing up the animal sacrifices (ewes and lambs), the "first fruits" offerings of fruit, vegetables, and grains; also the wine and water libations. Basically the same system the post Exodus Hebrews would receive - 1700 years later.

It wasn’t Moses who first offered sacrifices to Yhwh after the Exodus, it was his father-in-law Jethro ( a pagan):;

And Jethro said, Blessed be "the Lord," who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that "the Lord" is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. Ex 18:10-12 KJV

And not just a pagan, but also the High Priest of Midian. Jethro's "praise" is in stark contrast to the one Moses prayed, directly after witnessing the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea;

Thus Yahuah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. And Israel saw that great work which Yahuah did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared Yahuah, and believed Yahuah, and his servant Moses.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Yahuah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Yahuah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Ex 14:30-15:1 KJV

They sung a song of praise. No need to slaughter anything to show one’s thanks.

[If you examine separately the Hebrew words spoken in the prayer of Moses and then Jethro, you can see just how different they are. Each man has a different understanding of Yahuah’s nature.]

Interestingly, if I reverse engineer the founding of the Nation of Israel, Jethro's actions account for a large part of it. I further contend that Jethro is a likeness of Satan, the spoiler. [my comments in brackets]

And when Moses' father in law [Jethro] saw all that he [Moses] did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of Yahuah: When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of Yahuah, and his laws. And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

[Here comes the serpent to present Moses with the "other option."]

Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

[Since when was Moses ever alone? Yahuah was with him always, even to speak to him face to face.]

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and Yahuah shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to "Godward," that thou mayest bring the causes unto Yahuah:

(or, "stand before Yahuah for the people NKJV)

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

[Here the pagan High Priest introduces the concept of additional laws, statutes, and ordinances; and "the works" thereof.]

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear Yahuah, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

[Of course you also need to build a system of oversight and enforcement.]

And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. If thou shalt do this thing, and Yahuah command thee so,

[Did Yahuah really side step the position and authority of Moses and give this vision to the High Priest of Midian?]

then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
So Moses heeded the the voice of his father in law, (not Yahuah's voice) and did all that he had said. Ex 18:14-24

So, in like manner to Adam, who heeded the voice of his wife; and Abram who heeded the voice of his wife; and Samson who heeded the voice of his wife, all to the detriment of Yahuah's will, Moses heeded the voice of Yethro.

Once Israel had their system of worship in place (the sacrifices and offerings of Inaana) and the Political and Social system of laws, ordinances, statutes, Judges, Courts, and enforcement; what then is the next logical step?

We need a King!

We already look like all of the other nations in every respect but one. So, Yahuah give us a King!!

Thus they got - Shaw’ Uwl - (meaning) asked for, or requested of Ul (our Mighty One).

As I mention earlier, the premise for my accusation is integrated throughout the scriptures.

And Yahuahshua went into the temple of Yahuah, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
And said unto them,

"It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." Matt 21:12-13 KJV

When Yahuahshua said "My house shall be called the house of prayer" he was quoting from Isaiah (YeshaYahu) 56;

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: [their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar]; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. Isa 56:7 KJV

Why did Yahuahshua (hamashiyach) leave out the part about burnt offering and sacrifices? He could have said;

"My house shall be called the house of prayer, and of sincere burnt offerings and sacrifices made with penitent heart" Instead he is credited with saying;

"Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me. Heb 10:5 NKJV

This is getting lengthy, so I’ll end with one last example. I think it summarizes the difference between those who present their works in the form of a religion, and those who realize a religion is not needed to have a relationship with Yahuah.

This is usually called the parable of the Prodigal Son, but I believe the main character is the son that stayed home, and it is allegoric of the two houses of the Nation of Israel; the House of Joseph (Israel) and the House of Judah.

[my comments in brackets]

The Parable Of The Son That Stayed Home-

Then He said: "A certain man (Yahuah) had two sons [the House of Joseph, and the House of Judah].
And the younger of them [the House of Joseph or Israel] said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood.
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, [the Gentile nations] and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living [idolatry]. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, [the word ofYhwh is forgotten] and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."' [this son humbly repents]
"And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
"But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.
"Now his older son [Judah] was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'
"But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'
"And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'" Luke 15:11-32 NKJV

The stay at home son says, "Lo, these many years I have been serving you..." yet: - he didn’t know that his father was kind, merciful, and forgiving! How could he not know if he was serving him? How baffling that is to me! Why didn't he know that all the Father has belonged to him also? Don't get me wrong, the Father doesn’t discredit Judah, in fact, he calls him his "son." But at the same time, he has to tell Judah that all he has - was his for the asking (but he never asked).
Judah was so busy "serving the Father" (in his own religious way) that he didn't take the time to get to know him as a person. And when his brother, the prodigal son left home, why didn’t Judah go after him, to try and save him? Especially since Judah knew (according to the parable) what his brother was doing, and how he was living a prodigal life.
Did he not love his brother enough to go after him?
Can a man love his brother without first loving his Father (Yahuah)?
Here - in this simple parable, we come right back to the original Torah, without the sacrifices and burnt offerings:

Yahuah is First (echad); Love Yhwh with all your heart and your neighbor (brother) as yourself.

In closing I'll say this;

Yahuah Ulheem "enjoined" Adam (tsavah) to eat from the tree of life (Gen 2:16) to be "part of the whole," to walk in His way (Torah).

The 10 words are the everlasting Torah, that will never pass away. Why? Because they came out of infinity - even before there was an eternity! The 10 Commandments themselves are actually a subdivision of the original 10 words, and fit (ideologically) right back into the 10 words. If I love Yahuah, then I don’t have other Mighty Ones before him, I don’t take His name as my own (saying that I belong to Him) - in vain.
If I truly love Yahuah, why would I need a method to measure my level of "compliance," such as usually exists in every religion. I see the ritualistic nature of religion as a means to qualify (and quantify) an individuals commitment to the religion (and not necessarily to the one whom the religion is supposed to serve).

That is why Yahuahshua contended with the Scribes and Pharisees.

And he (Christ Yahuahshua) said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Mark 12:38-40 KJV

The Apostolic teaching of being conformed to the likeness of Christ is all about the transformation that takes place when someone loves and walks in Torah until it becomes their nature. Because the Torah came to be before Sinai, it existed from the beginning, in Yahuahshua ha Mashiyach. Before anything was made; the Mashiyach loved Yahuah with all of his heart, and agreed to become the Messiah.
By doing so, He recognized that Yahuah is First - because he decided to serve him!.
In becoming the Savior, He proved that he loved His neighbor as himself.

The Messiah is - the Torah made flesh.

When Adam and Eve were created, Yahuah meant for them to lead his creation as living examples of Torah (for all those who came after them);

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Gen 2:24 KJV

Just as the two tablets given to Moshe were written on the front and the back (they were 3 dimensional) Adam and Eve were two (3 dimensional) beings formed from One person. They were also a likeness of the unique nature of Yahuah;

Eve came out from Adam; in like manner Yahuahshua come out from Yahuah

[This is the great mystery of Eph 5:30-33.]

In the end, I have to believe that Cain was the first person to devise a system of sacrifice and offerings, which was subsequently rejected by Yahuah. Why? Because everything belongs to Yahuah, and the only thing we really possess that we can call our own - is our free will.

That is what's required of every child of Yahuah, that we offer him our free will and follow Him in His Way (Torah).

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