Sep
19
2009
19
2009
Is Torah a Curse?
If the Law (Torah) were a curse, then…
- YHVH (God) would have given his Chosen People a curse.
- David would have delighted in a curse and meditated on it day and night.
- Then the curse (Torah) would be summed up in 2 commandments: Love YHVH with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbour as yourself.
- People would have died because of disobedience to a curse.
- Yeshua and Paul would have followed a curse all their lives.
- …
Doesn’t make much sense, does it? There are so many more instances I could think of that really wouldn’t make sense if Torah was a curse. Yeshua came because Torah alone was insufficient to save us. He did what it couldn’t do. That doesn’t make observing Torah wrong, or make it a curse. Point being, Torah (the Law) isn’t the curse. It never was.
The problem was sin, not the Law. Yeshua observed the Law properly and was (consequently) without sin. Paul continued to observe Torah after He was saved. How could this be if Torah was the curse Yeshua came to save us from? It doesn’t make sense. Torah isn’t a curse.
Posted Under: My Beliefs, Torah, YHVH, Yeshua
8 Comments
Awesome! So true… I just don’t understand why its so hard to grasp that concept… I guess they just really don’t want to is what it comes down to.
Me neither… it just seems so obvious. Almost 2000 years of deception would do that I guess…
Well, let’s see either the Torah is good and holy and a blessing OR the common belief that we are free from the Law [ie:curse]. Hmmm which one is the logical answer and biblical one? I’d have to say #1. : )
Found this the other day: Acts 24:14 “But this I do admit to you: “I worship the God of our fathers in accordance with the Way (which they call a sect). I continue to believe everything that accords with the Torah and everything written in the Prophets. 15 And I continue to have a hope in God – which they too accept – that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. 16 Indeed, it is because of this that I make a point of always having a clear conscience in the sight of both God and man.”
AMEN!
Thanks for sharing that verse Miss Jocelyn. I hadn’t noticed it before. I did edit the first sentence because I think that’s what you’re trying to say. Just let me know if it’s not.
I am not religious but i know, i just know that Torah or the bible could not be a curse. That will never make any sense. If there had been any negativity, it is because the the bad decisions made by the people. It is because free will had been so much used and abused.
Interesting perspective. Can’t say I totally agree, but interesting nonetheless.
Hi Lisa! I had no idea you were a Torah-observant believer until I saw the last comment you left me. What a blessing to discover another like-minded believer!
You made such great points on this post. How could anyone delight in a curse? I always read the beautiful book of Psalms and wonder how we can claim the Torah it not holy or good.
Shalom!
Hello Paulina,
Yes, it is definitely a blessing. (And I totally agree with you about delighting in a curse… it seems so backwards.)
Shalom.