"So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll … and it came to
pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves…"
Therefore, from these scripture verses we can understand the
following:
- The tree of life that was planted in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden) was the Torah.
- G-d’s Torah is worth far above pure gold.
- G-d’s Torah is for the healing of the nations.
- Those who keep the Torah of the G-d of Israel have right
to the tree of life.
Abraham: The Father
of our Faith
In Romans 4:16, Abraham (Avraham) is called the father of our
faith (emunah). Why did the G-d of Israel choose Abraham (Avraham)
and why is Abraham (Avraham) called the father of our faith (emunah)?
The G-d of Israel chose Abraham (Avraham) because G-d knew that
Abraham (Avraham) would teach his children the Torah of the G-d
of Israel. In Genesis (Bereishit) 18:18-19 it is written:
"Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord
[the Torah], to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring
upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him."
Abraham (Avraham) kept the Torah of the G-d of Israel. In Genesis
(Bereishit) 26:5 it is written:
"Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws [TORAH]."
What is
the Purpose of Torah?
Listed below are seven purposes of the Torah of the G-d of Israel.
They are as follows:
- Teaches and reveals the Divine nature of G-d.
a. G-d is Holy (Leviticus 19:2).
b. G-d is Love (I John 4:7-8).
c. G-d is Gracious, Righteous, Merciful (Psalm 116:5).
d. G-d is Light (I John 1:5).
- Teaches and reveals sin (Romans 3:20, Galatians 3:10, James
2:10, I John 3:4).
- Teaches and reveals man’s need to have a Messiah (Mashiach)
(Romans 10:4). "End" in Greek means "Goal/Target."
- Teaches and reveals the G-d of Israel’s redemptive plan through
the Messiah (Mashiach) (Psalm 40:6-7, Hebrews 10:5-7, Luke 24:36,
44).
- Teaches and reveals that man is saved/redeemed/delivered
by the grace/mercy (chesed) of the G-d of Israel by faith (emunah)
and not by the deeds of the law (Romans 3:20, 24, 28, Galatians
2:16, Ephesians 2:8-9).
- Teaches and reveals the difference between the life of the
Spirit (the Torah written upon a heart of flesh) and the life
of the flesh/evil inclination (the Torah written upon a heart
of stone) (Romans 8:1-3, 5-9).
- Teaches us how to grow from spiritual babies to spiritual
maturity (Genesis 17:1, Psalm 19:7-8, Psalm 119:1-2, Ephesians
4:11-15, Hebrews 5:12-14).
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