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Just one minute?
Messiah told us over and over again to “Keep the Commandments.”
Is He talking about the “law of Moses” or is He talking about His two generic commands?
Let’s find out in Matthew 22:34-40
34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that Yeshua had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in one place. 35 And testing Him, one of them, a lawyer, asked, 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Torah?”
37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love Elohim your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Obviously, He means new, generic, New Testament commands, right?
Nope. Not even a little bit.
Review verse 36 again…
He is specifically speaking about the Torah, the law of Moses.
He is quoting from Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
Don’t believe me?
Look it up.
Just in case we get confused (or are taught the wrong idea by a wolf), Messiah tells us in verse 40 what He means:
“The entire Torah and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
He is simply paraphrasing the law of Moses, and the Prophets, which all tell us to return to the Torah (the law of Moses).
Still confused?
Check out John 7:16
Yeshua answered, “My teaching is not from Me, but from Him who sent Me.”
Messiah only teaches what the Father already taught…