It is written in the New Testament (in Matthew 5:17-18), that "until heaven and earth pass away, not a jot or tittle of Torah shall be changed in anyway until ALL be fullfilled". Obviously not ALL prophecies have yet to be fullfilled. Take Isaiah 11:6 for example, it has not yet been fullfilled!
Isaiah 11
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Being that Yeshua himself stated that "not a jot or tittle of Torah or Prophets is to be changed", I cannot understand why "Christians" and "Messianics" alike, change the Torah prescribed sin sacrifice from an animal, to Yeshua/ Jesus.
Do they realize that by changing the sin sacrifice of Torah, they are changing jots and tittles?
Do they realize that by changing the sin sacrifice of Torah, that they are setting themselves up to be called "least in the Kingdom of Yahovah"? (Matthew 5:19)
Do they realize that they are violating Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:31, Proverbs 30:6 and Yeshua's very own words as recorded in Matthew 5:17-19?
Yeshua said "not a jot or tittle is to be replaced"! This obviously includes the sacrificial laws. "Not a jot or tittle" means "NOT A JOT OR TITTLE"!
Some say that "we need blood in order to be forgiven of sin and receive God's grace"! But requiring blood in return for grace means that grace is not a free gift. All we really need is for Yahovah to say "I forgive you"!
My friends, we are in exile, and thus we are without Temple, Priesthood and Sacrifice. My friends, this is part of what being in exile is about!
Our being in exile as Daniel also was, does not mean that we replace the Torah prescribed sacrifices with "the blood of Jesus". Rather, we should obey Torah without adding, subtracting, replacing or changing it in any way, just a Daniel did when he was in exile!
What blood did Daniel give in order to receive "God's grace"? What blood did Ninevah give when Jonah demanded that they repent? The Father forgave them both, and He did so without blood.
Being that we are in exile, what we should be doing is crying out to Yahovah in the way that King David did:
Psalms 51
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O Elohim, Elohim of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. 15 O Yah, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. 16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of El are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart-- These, O El, You will not despise. 18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
Again:
The "grace of God" does not require blood. Requiring blood in return for grace means that grace is not a free gift. All we really need is Yahovah's Forgiving Grace!
So what I say to you is that true salvation comes from obeying Yah's Torah without adding, subtracting, replacing or changing it in any way! In fact, whoever keeps and teaches Torah, shall be called GREAT in the Kingdom of Yah!
Deuteronomy 6
24 And Yah commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear Yahovah our Elohim, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. 25 Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before Yahovah our Elohim, as He has commanded us.'
Again we can see, that both Yahovah's True Plan of Salvation and His unending mercy and Grace has never and will never change in any way whatsoever!
Ezekiel 18
25 "Yet you say, 'The way of Yah is not fair.' Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? 26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies.
27 Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of Yah is not fair.' O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair? 30 "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says Yahovah Elohim. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says Yahovah Elohim. "Therefore turn and live!
My friends, you will not be judged on whether you "believed in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ". You will be judged "according to your ways".
Many false shepherds teach that you cannot be forgiven of yours sins without a blood sacrifice. This is incorrect. Yah's grace is free! He Himself declares, "If a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, to keep Yah's statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he turns to, he shall live."
My friends, the "grace of Yah" does not require blood. Requiring blood in return for grace means that grace is not a free gift. But Yah's TRUE GRACE is truely free! So do what Daniel did, that is to obey the Torah without adding, subtracting, replacing or changing it in any way!
Blessings.
Jeff and Sarah
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