Messianic Israelite
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The 613 Commandments are considered "Yahweh's Law" per Torah as they are all found there.
Yes, and I observed this set of Commandments for over 20 years, and it is still binding on Jews according to Torah.
For Jews, exactly, as the Law is referred to as being "perpetual" according to Torah. However, they are not binding on Gentiles, which most Christians are.
Hi metis. Good afternoon. The first followers of the Messiah were Jews. Were those Jews who followed Yahshua required to keep the Law, yet the Gentiles that were to later enter the assembly not required to? Respectfully, that doesn't make much sense. What did Yahshua say in John 4:22? "You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews." If the Law is not binding on Gentiles, then how will the Gentiles enter the New Covenant. I already quoted from Jeremiah 31 in my last post to you, clearly showing that the New Covenant is the Law of Yahweh written on our hearts. Jewish hearts. Gentile hearts. It doesn't matter.
Further, it's not prudent to call oneself Gentiles. The worshipers of Yahweh must be Israelite's. You can read Jacob 1:1 "Jacob, a servant of Yahweh and of the Master Yahshua the Messiah, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting." Also read Revelation 21:12. You won't get in to the new Jerusalem unless you fall within one of tribes of Israel, in other words, you have to be an Israelite. The Israelite's have been scattered throughout the nations and intermingled throughout the nations of the world (Amos 9:9). If the Bible message resonates with someone, it may well be that some of those Israelite genes were activated. The preachers of worldly Chr-stianity keep stressing that its adherents are gentiles, but are they? Are they not gentilized Israelites?
But to go back to your point. You cannot claim a different set of rules for Gentiles, than for Jews. Galatians 3:28 says "There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in the Messiah Yahshua." Yahshua is my Savior and I know he is horrified when people claim that the Laws he so perfectly kept should be done away with and not kept by the Gentiles. Take this as an example. If a Gentile breaks the seventh day Sabbath, and as a result is overworked and gets all manner of health problems, spiritual and physical, would you be able to look that person in the face and claim the Law has been done away with? The Law has not been done away with. That's a Satanic lie that will rob people of their salvation. You will not be in the Kingdom of Yahweh if you don't keep the Laws of Yahweh.
Romans 1:16 says: "For I am not ashamed of the good news: for it is the power of Yahweh unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." The question is, are you ashamed of the good news? And if not, why don't you agree with what Paul says here that the good news is the same good news for the Jew and for Gentile?