Jesus, whose Hebraic name was Yahusha (meaning salvation), was the Word made flesh (John 1:14). Yahusha told his disciples, “If you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15).
So many people today and specifically many so-called pastors and preachers err greatly when they say we are no longer under or subject to the laws of the Old Testament. They say the law no longer applies to us. They say Yahusha did away with the law. That is a lie. Yahusha said the opposite of what we are told today.
Who are you going to believe? As for me, I will believe the Bible over any man, every time. However, we need to make sure that we are rightly dividing and discerning the the Word of truth. That means we need to blow the dust off our Bibles and not believe whatever another man interprets the Bible as saying but allow the Bible to interpret itself and speak for itself. The Bible will interpret itself!! If someone teaches something the Bible does not bear out, then mark that person as a false teacher and don’t continue to sit and listen to their butchering of the Holy Scriptures.
The fact is, Yahusha did NOT come to do away with the law. Don’t believe me? Read it for yourself: Yahusha told us himself in Matthew 5:17. However, Yahusha did not stop at saying he came to bring the law to fullness. Nope. In that self same 5th chapter of Matthew, Yahusha pulled out a magnifying glass.
In Matthew 5:18 (KJV) Yahusha said, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
He magnified the law. What was once “don’t commit murder,” Yahusha magnified to “if you are angry with your brother without a cause you are in danger of the judgement.”
What was once “don’t commit adultery,” Yahusha magnified to “if you look at someone (MALE OR FEMALE) to lust after them, you have ALREADY committed adultery in your heart.”
Did Yahusha stop at the “10 commandments?” No, he did not. He addressed other commandments regarding oaths, exacting revenge, taking people to court, loving your neighbor and hating your enemy.
Let’s look at the the verse where Yahusha tells us very plainly that he did not negate the commandments of Yah (God) in the Old Testament.
In Matthew 5:18 (KJV) Yahusha said, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
First of all, let’s look at the words used in the portion “one jot or one tittle” and how those were translated from Greek to English in our KJV Bibles. Overall, they did not do a bad job in translating, but today, we don’t use jot or tittle in everyday English, do we? So, let’s look at what those words actually mean and how they were meant in context. Also, please note that we know through the scriptures that Yahusha was teaching Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament and other scriptural texts) in the Jewish temples using scrolls written in Hebrew. He was able to both read and teach in the Hebrew language.
● ἰῶτα was the Greek word that directly translates to “iota”. This is the word that was translated into the KJV as “jot”. Iota is the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet. It also means an extremely small amount. The Hebrew word that would have been used here is “yod” which is the smallest letter and also the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
● κεραία was the Greek word that directly translates to “keraia”. This is the word that was translated into the KJV as “tittle”. Keraia is defined as a dot or other small mark in writing/printing, a diacritic (accent), punctuation like an apostrophe, or something that is very small. In Hebrew, a tittle is something that is even smaller than a yod, as it is in English as well.
The picture to the left should give you a good visual of the difference between the small yod and the smaller still tittle in Hebrew written language.
For reference, the Hebrew alphabet is in the picture below. Remember that Hebrew is read from right to left.
Yahusha said not even the smallest of the smallest bit will pass (or be abolished) from the LAW…….. until when? Until “Heaven and Earth pass away” and “all be fulfilled.” We have already seen that Yahusha was not just talking about the the convenient “10 commandments.” I say convenient 10 commandments, because what we call the 10 commandments today are actually more than 10 commandments.
I don’t know about you, but of all the Bibles I own, not a single one has been completely fulfilled yet. Has yours? I also know that Heaven and Earth have not passed away as of yet, but I feel in my spirit that are very near that time.
To recap, Yahusha magnified the laws of the Old Testament, not just those that we currently and incorrectly identify as the 10-commandments. He magnified them to the heart level. The laws, commandments, and statutes of the Old Testament address the actions, but Yahusha magnified the LAW to include the intent of the heart, the thoughts of the mind, and to content of the soul. Yahusha was the WORD in flesh. If the Word of the Old Testament no longer applied, he would have plainly said that, but he did not. Yahusha said the exact opposite. He said they apply until Heaven and Earth pass away and all the prophesies are fulfilled.
The Bible says what it says. We need to stop trying to interpret and “make” it say what we want it to say or what is convenient and easy for us to hear.
I will part with this:
