HEBREW ROOTS LIE # 1 --- Christians DISREGARD TORAH

Pray for the peace of JERUSALEM;
They shall prosper that love thee.
Psalm 122: 6 

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The specific TORAH, the specific 5 books of Moses, is read and parts memorized by all the various groups of Hebrew Roots Believers.  Many of the groups "teach" the Hebrew names for these 5 books... as a better way to say them... rather than using the Latinized or Greek-rooted names for the 5 books of Moses.  

The HR groups, although quite varied in intensity, hold this in common: they accuse ALL the Followers of JESUS of being

• Against the teachings of Moses ( TORAH )
• Against the Law found in the other books of the Old Covenant
• not mindful of keeping any of the commands found in the Old Covenant
• unwilling to even READ the Old Covenant

There are 613 Laws in the books of Moses' Law, called the TORAH, specifically. [ Some claim "TORAH" means all the Law found in any book of the Old Covenant, hence I have clearly designated that when I am addressing  ONLY the books of Moses, I use the term " specific." ] 

What is odd is this: 

the HEBREW ROOTS movement 

does NOT publish which of the 613 Laws 

the Hebrew Root groups 

themselves observe. 

In Andrew Roth's Appendix [ Aramaic-English New Testament ] starting on page 845, of the mis-pagination edition,  is a listing of the "248 POSITIVE mitzvot / commandments" of TORAH."  This appendix is entitled, appropriately enough: 

"How Much Torah Do Christians Already Keep ?"

However, there is no corresponding appendix listing how much TORAH the Hebrew Roots movement observes. 

If one looks carefully at the wording of this section, one sees the words POSITIVE commandments, which are Mr. Roth's designation for only 248 of the 613 commandments in the TORAH.... which is only 40 % of all the Laws listed in specific TORAH !  

Thus, even if ALL of the "POSITIVE" TORAH commandments are kept ... not even HALF of the TORAH will be observed that is written in the 5 books of the Law of Moses ! 

For whosoever shall keep the WHOLE law, 

and yet offend in one point,

 he is guilty of all. 

James 2:10 

James 2:10 in Mr. Roth's AENT states this: 

"For he that will keep the whole TORAH* 

and yet fail in one aspect of it, is an enemy to the whole TORAH*. "

( *Namusa, in the Aramaic/Syriac TEXT has been arbitrarily translated as "TORAH" instead of "LAW" in Mr. Roth's AENT. ) 

Thus, we see that the Apostle James, the head of the Early Church in Jerusalem, writes clearly in this verse AND IN THE CONTEXT of this verse in both the Peshitta and the Greek Manuscripts what the KEEPING OF TORAH demands.  

Now, let us look at the words of our LORD  Y'SHU+ the MESHIKHA in Aramaic/ Syriac, YESHUA+ HA MOSHIYACH in the Hebrew tongue, JESUS CHRIST in English. 

  

  Did not Moses 

give you the law, 

and yet none of you 

keepeth the law?

Why go ye about to kill ME+?

 The people answered and said, 

THOU+ hast a devil: 

who goeth about to kill THEE+?

Y'SHU+  answered and said unto them, 

I+ have done one work, and ye all marvel.

 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; 

(not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) 

and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, 

that the law of Moses should not be broken; 

are ye angry at ME+, 

because I+ have made a man 

every whit whole on the sabbath day?

 Judge not according to the appearance, 

but judge righteous judgment.

 ~ ~ ~  Recorded in John 7:19-24

Listen to the words recorded by Luke in Acts 15, when Paul and Barnabas went before the Elders and Apostles in Jerusalem to determine the question of circumcision being laid upon the Gentile Followers of Y'SHU+  the MESHIKHA by Jewish Christians.... in addition to their Salvation by faith.

But there rose up certain 

of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, 

saying, 

That it was needful to circumcise them, 

and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 

Acts 15:5

Forasmuch as we have heard, 

that certain which went out from us 

have troubled you with words, 

subverting your souls, 

saying, 

Ye must be circumcised, 

and keep the law: 

to whom we gave no such commandment: 

Acts 15:24

Now hear the words of the Apostle Paul, a zealous Jewish Pharisee, who met Y'SHU+ the MESHIKHA and was eventually sent to the Gentiles. 

For neither they themselves 

who are circumcised keep the law; 

but desire to have you circumcised, 

that they may glory in your flesh. 

Galatians 6:13

Were Luke, the Jewish-Pharisee Christian Apostle Paul, and the Jewish Christian Apostle James all WRONG about the rightful understanding of the Law of Moses, the TORAH,  as they lived for Y'SHU+ the  MESHIKHA? 

WAS ...

Y'SHU+ the MESHIKHA, 

YESHUA+ HA MOSHIYACH, 

Our LORD JESUS CHRIST

... in error in HIS+ statement that 

"None of you keep the Law " ? 

WHO , then , is RIGHT?

The Hebrew Roots Law-keepers

or 

Y'SHU+ the MESHIKHA...

our LAW-INCARNATE+ ?

QUESTION: So then... which TORAH commandments of the 613 Laws do Followers of Y'SHU+ keep ? 

ANSWER:  We keep them ALL when Y'SHU+ the MESHIKHA lives within our hearts because HE+ was the Word made Flesh.