The Truth

There may be some who do not know what Torah refers to. Torah in Hebrew means to teach, instruct, direct, and give law. As I said earlier, it’s a legal prescription to follow what must be done. In Greek Grammar, it is called the Pentateuch (Pentateuchos), meaning "five books." It is a reference to the first five books of the bible. Does it have a deeper meaning? Yes, it does. I am not referring to the Mosaic Law. I’m referring to anything God says in His word.
In Genesis Chapter 1 (https://biblehub.com/), the phrase “God said” is used 11 times. Look what happens when God speaks. Stuff happens! So, before God ever commanded the man in Genesis 2:16 (https://biblehub.com/genesis/2-16.htm), He had already spoken several times, but it isn’t till Genesis 2:16 that man received the first (command) precept, or charge from God. God also told man that if man didn’t listen to just that one command, man would surely die. (man is used in the text as mankind)

In Genesis 3 (https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/3.htm), the crafty, prudent, subtle serpent appears and “said, ' Hath God indeed said.
From that point on, there has been a serpent asking all of us, " Hath God said?

To prove the point, let’s look at the serpent in Genesis 3. The word for serpent, as used in Genesis 3:1(https://biblehub.com/genesis/3-1.htm), is a noun. Please do not think of a snake in zoological terms. It does not apply here. It’s too difficult to explain the serpent in a post, but the Hebrew word rendered “serpent” in Genesis 3:1 is Nācḥāsh, derived from a root meaning “to shine,” and thus means “a shining one. So there we have the serpent (devil) imitating God. Please ask what the serpent is doing. He is twisting what God commanded in Genesis 2:16. The word Nācḥāsh (serpent) when used as a verb (https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5172.htm) is an enchanter, or uses divination, and foretells the future.

Now, let's look at where the Apostle Paul draws his words from in 2 Corinthians 11 (https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm). He immediately, in verse 2, tells the Corinthians that he has betrothed (brought to union, as in the marriage of Adam and Eve before the fall). Verse 3, he wrote directly of the serpent that deceived (seduced) Eve. In verse 4, Paul goes right after the false prophets/preachers. He tells them that these people can bring a different spirit. Whoever this preacher was, he was not sent by God, yet the Corinthians listened to his words.

I will leave the rest of the chapter to you. I would like to point out in verses 13-15, Paul writes, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”

There is so much more to say. If we look at the seed of the serpent, we hear them in pulpits across Western civilization. They take the form of the New Apostolic Reformation and the Five-Fold Ministry, among others. If a preacher is not using the bible to teach, then they are teaching a false doctrine. Period! Prophets telling you they have a word from God, for you are likely liars. Does what they say line up with God’s word?

If you are someone who has been caught up in this garbage, it’s never too late to ask for forgiveness. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.” Remember the snake perverted what God said. He didn’t do away with the words.

Deuteronomy 13:1-4
“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

We serve God, who is long-suffering. We can still pass the testing.
God Bless you all.

There is no doubt that the food God allowed the Israelites to eat is healthy. There is, however, a deeper meaning for why He commanded them not to eat certain foods. Let's take a look at the why in https://biblehub.com/kjv/leviticus/11.htm. This also will cover https://biblehub.com/kjv/deuteronomy/14.htm. In ancient history, swine were offered to pagan gods. The wild boar was offered to the Egyptian god Set (Seth).
The hare or the rabbit is a companion to Ishtar. Ishtar was a Mesopotamian goddess who would influence Egyptian culture, later known as the goddess Isis. The rabbits were the messengers of Isis. The messages they delivered were probably shiny little easter eggs. The Hare was also worshiped as Wenet, or the swift one. Wenet was also worshiped as a snake goddess.
If we understand the food Israel was to eat, then it gives us a better understanding of the God we serve. It is a great and healthy diet, but there is more to it than just that. God forbid them to eat camel, but according to https://academic.oup.com/af/article/13/6/53/7479629
Swine (Pork), on the other hand, is not healthy. Rabbit meat is healthy. (Taste Like Chicken).
Camel meat is healthy, I have never tried it (Don’t Plan To), but there are countries in the Middle East that farm Camels for meat. All the animals, except the camel, which God said was unclean to people, were offered to pagan gods in the Ancient Near East, but so were cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. I will continue to study this, but the one thing that is interesting is that most of the research concludes God was definitely separating Israel from other Nations. He is their (ours too), and they were to keep all the Mosaic Laws (613 Laws Total).
So, the question is: Why did God give the Mosaic Law in the first place? Starting with the dietary laws is at least erroneous. The first commandment is https://biblehub.com/exodus/20-3.htm. This commandment was given after God reminded the Israelites that “I am God who brought you out of Egypt. " The Torah begins in Genesis and does not include the Mosaic Law. As I pointed out in an earlier post, God rested on the seventh day. Genesis has to be the starting point of why not only the Mosaic commands were necessary, but all of God's laws. In the next post, we will begin with the “precepts” of God. I use links from https://biblehub.com/ for followers of this page to simply click the link and follow the teaching at their own pace.

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I have no interest in telling people whether their beliefs are right or wrong. I teach the word of God. I use the Bible, and I show where the bible affirms itself. It is up to each individual who hears the teaching to open the Bible, search the scriptures, and see if these things are true (Acts 17:11). That could potentially be a problem with a church that teaches only from the New Testament.

One day, I hope soon, I will teach the gospel in Genesis. It points to the cross in the New Testament.

I don't try to grow a following on FB. I use FB to spread the gospel. God builds His church, not me. I grieve that many find the teaching "too deep to understand." These teachings should have never departed from the church. The message of the cross in Genesis is a message of Mercy. I'm tired of people painting a false image of God, just waiting to pounce on anyone who might sin. All have sinned (fallen short) of the glory of God. He offers Mercy and Grace on that cross, not judgment.

One promise I will make to all who follow this page is that you will not be banned for disagreeing with the teaching. I ask that, if you disagree, you use scripture to support your argument. We can learn from one another. I will ban anyone who comes on here using vulgarity and a lack of etiquette to disrupt the grace of God.

Our fellowship is with the Father and His Son. It is that fellowship in which we fellowship with one another (1 John https://biblehub.com/nkjv/1_john/1.htm)

God Bless you all!

Can you please tell me how to interpret Galatians 5:2, 3, 6, 11, and 12? I've asked this question 3 times now, and no response. I am not looking for an argument, but wanted a real interpretation of these scriptures, because they don't make sense to me if we are supposed to be Torah observant. No response tells me she doesn't have the answer, so I'm only going to concern myself with the fruit of the Spirit and love for another.

This broke my heart. The above paragraph is copied from a comment post on FB. I’m glad I stumbled onto it. After asking for an understanding of scripture in Galatians, she was ignored. It’s always a concern for me when I see a professed “teacher” of God’s word use scripture to make a point rather than teach the Bible. As you can see from this young lady's request, she wanted sincere answers from the bible. I commented back, and I told her I see the same pattern from the media creator of the FB page. So here is a teaching on Galatians 5:

It’s difficult to interpret a few verses without adding the context of the letter to the churches of Galatia. I want to summarize why the apostle Paul wrote the letter to the church. The church of Galatia has been infiltrated with false doctrine. In the opening, Paul clarifies his “apostolic authority " when he says he is an apostle not from or through men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father. There is no higher authority than God. Paul was writing to the churches in Galatia. Galatia is located almost 700 miles from Jerusalem. There was a wealthy Jewish community in Galatia. Archaeologists have found evidence of wealth from the Jewish community in the Temple of Augustus in Galatia. This temple also contained a bilingual text of Greek and Latin in honor of Emperor Augustus. Add all three together, and it’s possible to see in this case that the Jewish community may have been involved in regional politics. The Galatians faced a formidable force after Paul left the region. The Galatians themselves were ancestors of Celtic invaders; they inhabited the region alongside ancient Phrygians, whose religion centered on worship of Cybele, a mother goddess of fertility. The worship was a celebration of music, castration of their priest, and bull sacrifices. As a sidebar, I want to say, be careful who we worship. The sacrifice of the bull was horrific; the priest would bathe in the blood of the bull and castrate themselves in an act of ritual purification. The worship of this goddess was popular among the Romans and the Hellenistic world during the early church.
The churches of Galatia were likely composed of Galatians, Paphlagonians, Phrygians, Pisidians, Lycaonians, and Isaurians. I'm writing this only because of my post about tongues and interpretations. Scholars have no doubt that these people spoke their own native language in Galatia.

Judaism in Galatia represented the Jewish way of life. Synagogues existed mostly in Southern Galatia. The Jewish population was probably extensive. They had been brought there and granted citizenship by Seleucus I two or three centuries earlier. Seleucus was believed to be a bodyguard of Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, his kingdom was divided among the four generals who served him during his conquest of the then-known world. Galatia was part of the empire granted to Seleucus I.
The teacher (the only person that I promised this writing knows who that is) teaches that there were no Jews in Galatia. It could be that this teacher thinks Galatia was a city, which it was but Paul was writing to the churches in the region or province of Galatia.
Paul writes Grace to the churches in the opening address. In verse 4 of chapter 1, Paul goes right to the fact. He writes not just “Christ,” but also uses the title and the name of the Lord, saying, “The Lord Jesus Christ.” Who gave Himself for our sins. Paul could have easily written for the Lord who is giving (active, ongoing) for our sins. Many of the people who follow the Torah as an act of faith of obedience to the law must understand that sin (transgression of the law) is being forgiven by our Savior, by the will of God. Paul then jumps in and starts with the problems the churches are having. He tells them that he is astonished at how quickly they have turned from the gospel of the grace of Christ. I intentionally used the word “quickly. “In the text, it is a reference to how fast the false doctrine has turned the people from grace freely given, to another gospel, instead of a period of time, like hey, it’s been a month. What happened?

I need to jump ahead; it’s difficult to teach on a couple of verses without first showing the context. The end of chapter 1 ends with Paul evangelizing the faith. For us church members, that faith (Strong's # 4102) is belief, trust, confidence, fidelity, and faithfulness to Christ. And it brought Glory to God. Paul was not a Judaizer; he did, in fact, keep the law. He tells us this all through Romans 7. When Paul writes that believers are “dead to the law,” he means that they are dead to the law as it represents a principle of living or a basis of right standing before God. The law no longer functions as the basis for salvation or spiritual acceptance. The law brought fruit to death. But through the body (flesh) of Christ, we no longer live for the Torah, but we are united in Christ to bear fruit for God. If you didn’t read the post about the acacia wood and the Mercy seat, we may not understand this. We have died from the law to be married to the one who kept the law. The Lamb of God!
Let’s move up to Galatians 5:2,3. The verse reads, “Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. The teacher who teaches that Judaism is wrong and that Paul is trying to lead people out of Judaism is wrong. Circumcision was required by law in Leviticus 12:3. Yes, Leviticus is part of the Torah. If it wasn’t part of the 613 laws of the Torah, then Paul would not have said that a person being circumcised (in the Greek text) has just become a debtor or obligated to obey the whole Torah. It could be worded as such: If you are being circumcised, then you are in bo***ge of the law to keep (obey the whole law. All 613 of them. Paul answers the question between the law and grace in verse 6. “but faith which worketh by love.” Just to clarify, John wrote about it in 1 John 3:16. “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
Galatians 5:11 is a rhetorical question Paul asks. He did not expect an answer. The Jews or the Judaizers were accusing Paul by saying he was using the circumcision inconsistency; He was accused of changing his stance on the law (circumcision) to suit the various audiences he spoke or wrote to. He said, " If that’s the case, why am I being persecuted?

The cross was an offense to those who thought keeping the law was the way to salvation. The thought that they could not achieve salvation by keeping the law was an offense to them.
Galatians 5:12 is harsh. Paul is actually writing that he wishes self-mutilation on those who are disturbing the Galatians. We don’t see it in English, but it’s there in Greek. He is actually saying to those wishing to be cut or circumcised to self-amputate, cut off, or possibly castrate themselves. They were upsetting the Galatians by raising the law over liberty in Christ. When Paul says not to use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, he is again speaking of the law in verse 14. The grammar shows us that in Greek. Freedom also points to the law in verse 14, but look what he adds to the word 'freedom': 'the law is fulfilled, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
God Bless you!