Shalom,
This video talks about whether it is enough to just believe. Is it necessary for us to follow our belief with action that is righteous? How do we know what is righteousness?
This video is closed captioned. If you desire a transcript of the video. Contact me at walksetapart@gmail.com.
Shalom,
Dirk
Shalom,
This video is closed captioned. If you wish to view the transcript of the video, it is posted below.
Have a blessed Shabbat!
Shalom,
Dirk
—–Transcript—–
Hello, my name is Dirk.
Christianity/Church teaches that Yahushua taught two commandments: Love your Elohim and Love your neighbor as yourselves. They also teach that Torah is done away. This vlog is split into two parts, each focusing on one of the commandments as well as focusing on how the Torah is related to the commandments.
Slide: We Will Love YHWH
Before Yahushua was crucified, one person asked Yahushua, “What is the greatest commandment?” In the bible, in both books of Matthew and Mark, are the responses that Yahushua gave to the person. This includes both commandments. I will focus on the first one.
Slide: Matthew 22:36-37
(36) “Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah?”
(37) And יהושע said to him, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.’
Slide: Mark 12:29-30
(29) And יהושע answered him, “The first of all the commands is, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one.
(30) ‘And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first command.
First, we must remember Yahushua did not come to start a new religion. He did not come to start new teaching. He came in His Father’s name to teach what His Father taught. With that in mind, we can look at the scriptures and understand what we are reading—the purpose behind what is being said.
In this particular situation, a Pharisee, who is from the House of Judah from the Southern Kingdom, (remember that?), asked Yahushua what was the first commandment—the greatest? He already knew the answer which came from the Torah and was curious if what Yahushua was teaching was correct and from the Father. Yahushua replied and said “Hear O’ Israel, YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one, you shall love YHWH with all your heart, with all your might, with all your mind, and this is the first commandment”. The Pharisee knew from where that information that Yahushua said came from.
Where did that comment come from? Was it a new commandment that we did not know? Or? Let us look and read from the book of Deuteronomy chapter 6:4-5.
Slide: Deuteronomy 6:4-5
(4) “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one!
(5) “And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might.
Hear O’ Israel, YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is One. You will love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, with all your mind and with all your might. This means that everything that you are, your thinking, your actions, everything. You must give it to YHWH if you really love Him. Really give it to Him. This also means that anything else that is not pleasing to YHWH must be removed and we do not do them.
Today’s teachings in church indicate that Torah is done away. However, Yahushua came to teach what His Father taught. He also taught about the importance of the two commandments. Love Elohim with all your heart—all. Where did this come from? The Old Testament—it is not actually the Old Testament, it is still a valid covenant there. YHWH commanded the people that “you will love me with all your mind, with all your heart, with all your strength”. This is very important. You will talk about it all day, when you leave and when you return, everything that you do, everything that you think must be of YHWH.
Now people may say: “But I cannot do it, it is very burdensome!” However, Scriptures is very clear on this. In First John 5:3 says “it is not a burden”. If you love Elohim, love YHWH very much, you will obey His commandments. The word commandments does not mean just the two commandments that I am talking about today: Love Elohim and Love your neighbor as yourselves. It also means all of the instructions that YHWH gave us. I love Him and others and what You want me to do, I will do them. But people say it is a burden. I feel like I am being punished. That is not so. Scripture says it is not a burden. Just like Yahushua who said, if you love me, follow me, my yoke is light. Just like following YHWH, His burden is light—not heavy.
Read the verse
Slide: 1 John 5:3
(3) For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands,and His commands are not heavy,
Slide: We Will Love Our Neighbors As Ourselves
We have discussed the first commandment—You will love YHWH your Elohim. Will love with all your mind, heart, and strength. With all that you can you will love Him. The second commandment is that you will Love your neighbor as yourselves. From the same books in the bible, Matthew and Mark. Read on.
Slide: Matthew 22:39-40
(39) “And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
(40) “On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.”
Slide: Mark 12:31
(31) “And the second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other command greater than these.”
In the first commandment, there is a reference to the Old Testament—the Book of Deuteronomy. This commandment also refers to the Old Testament but from the Book of Leviticus 19:18 which says you will not take vengeance or hold a grudge against the children of your people, you will love your neighbor as yourself, I am YHWH. Please read.
Slide: Levicitius 19:18
(18) ‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am יהוה.
Both commandments that Yahushua repeated came from the Torah. The Torah is still for today. It hasn’t stopped, it hasn’t been put away. The emphasis about the two commandments is that you must love YHWH first so you can really give yourselves to Him then love your neighbor as yourself. It is so that it becomes easy to follow the Father’s commands which do not become a burden when you do not have any feeling so anger or jealousy or desire for vengeance against your neighbor. We let YHWH take care of those things. Give everything of yours to YHWH.
In the book of First John 5:2 which says if you love the children of YHWH our Elohim, this means that you already love YHWH and guard His commandments. Read on.
Slide: 1 John 5:2
(2) By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His commands.
Notice, the verse says when you love Elohim, you will guard His commands. Who is Elohim? YHWH! It is important that we remember that the writers of the New Testament emphasize on guarding His commands, doing His commands—who are they referring to? Elohim/YHWH. Where did His commands come from? From the Torah. When we know it is from Torah, we can read it and know what to do. Remember our death penalty is nailed on the stake. Our disobedience against YHWH will not receive any punishment because we know He is our Elohim and we know what He did for us. By knowing this, we should really truly love Him and all that we do is for YHWH. My attitudes, thoughts, and loving YHWH will make it possible to love other people.
I want to close with verses from Book of John. Chapter 14 verses 15 and 21 through 24 which reinforces with Yahushua talks about when he says. “If you love me, follow me commands.” This is what Yahushua said but remember Yahushua came for who? His Father. The things He said came from who? His Father. Remember, Yahushua said the words I say are not mine but my Father’s that I say to you.
Yahushua saying “If you love me, follow my commands” means it is YHWH who is saying, “If you love me, follow my commands” Chapter 14 verses 21-24 emphasizes what I just said.
I hope that you will read and pray on this—find where you stand with YHWH. Do you really love Him with all your mind, heart, and strength? All that you do, your thoughts, your behavior, what you do, and your everything—is it pleasing to YHWH?
Shalom everyone,
Transcript for the video is posted below.
Shalom,
Dirk
—Transcript—
Hello, my name is Dirk.
Now I am going to explain the third reason why Yahushua came here. The first reason being that Yahushua came so that our death penalty can be nailed on the stake and the second reason is that Yahushua came to make sure we knew that the Torah was still for today. Now I am going to explain the third reason why Yahushua came which is written in the next verse.
Slide: Matthew 15:24—And He answered, said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael.”
Did you see the verse where Yahushua said, “I come for the lost sheep of the house of Israel”? I will elaborate more about this in later vlogs but this is a very condensed version focusing on the reason why Yahushua came—which is for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
In our world, one of world strongest religion is christianity. This is true, however, where is the House of Israel? If you are thinking, Jews are the House of Israel, which is not correct. Like I said, I will explain more. The Jews are not the House of Israel. The Jews are from the southern kingdom of Judah.
To give you history in few words, Israel was divided in two kingdoms, the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. The southern Kingdom is the House of Judah and is known today as the Jews. The northern kingdom is known as the House of Israel. They were destroyed because of their disobedience against YHWH. History in few words!
However, Yahushua came for the lost sheep—meaning they are gone, we do not know where they are–of the House of Israel. Where is Christianity in this picture? Something for you to think about. Let us proceed to the next verse explaining more about this.
Slide: Matthew 10:5— יהושע sent these twelve out, having commanded them, saying, “Do not go into the way of the gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Shomeronites,
Matthew 10:6—but rather go to the lost sheep of house of Yisrael
Where did Yahushua send his 12 disciples? “go to the lost sheep of house of Yisrael. Yahushua told them not to go by the way of gentiles or to the Samarians. Go only to the lost sheep of house of Israel. Where is Christianity? Nowhere, the focus was to that house of Israel.
Yahushua emphasized about the lost sheep in John 10:16.
Slide: John 10:16— “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold – I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
Yahushua said “I have other sheep, not in this fold, I have to bring them so that there will be one flock, and one shepherd.” The other sheep are where? Lost, so they need to be sought out and found. Then bring them which mean that there will be one flock and one shepherd. Remember I explained to you briefly in the beginning of the video about the two kingdoms, the north and south. Both were divided and the north kingdom disappeared now we have to look and find where they are then bring them back so that they will become one flock again. This means that the house of Judah, the Jews, will join again with the house of Israel—the people who believe in Yahushua and obey the Torah doing the YHWH’s commandments.
Yahushua made it clear when he spoke to the Jews saying “since you do not believe, they are not of my sheep.” Read John 10:26.
Slide: John 10:26-27— “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
The situation that occurred during this verse has to do with Jews asking Yahushua if he was the messiah, and if so, why doesn’t he let them know. Yahushua’s response was what I do here in my Father’s name, you should already know but because you do not believe, then you are not my sheep. He made it even clearer, my sheep know me and I know my sheep. I want to make it plainly clear that the reason Yahushua came was for the lost sheep of house of Israel not christianity. This means that the people who believe in Yahushua the Messiah and obey the Father’s commandments—Torah, are of the house of Israel.
Now some of you might not agree with me and say what about Paul going out to preach to the gentiles? I understand this issue, I want to discuss this further after reading the following verse and discuss the situation that transpired between Shaul (you know him as Paul and Barnabas) and the Jews in that verse.
Slide: Acts 13:46-47— But speaking boldly, Sha’ul and Barnaḇah said, “It was necessary that the word of Elohim should be spoken to you first, but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the gentiles. “For so the Master has commanded us, ‘I have set you to be a light to the gentiles, that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.’ ”
The situation that occurred with Shaul and Barnabas occurred during one Sabbath. Shaul and Barnabas were preaching and there were a great deal of people who came to listen to them. The Jews were enraged to jealousy. What happened in the verses has to do with Shaul and Barnabas’s response. “Because you rejected Yahushua” (basically to sum it up it was their rejection of Yahushua) “ you will not have everlasting life. Now we will turn to the gentiles because YHWH commanded us to be a light to the gentiles.”
Does this mean that Israel is no more? No, remember what I said to you earlier about the north kingdom which is the House of Israel. Where are they? We know they are lost. Does this mean they are somewhere together or dispersed everywhere? I will explain more about this later but basically the north kingdom—the house of Israel was dispersed all over the world and no one knows where they are, they are gone. What they have become are gentiles.
Paul or rather Shaul is being sent to go to the gentiles and who is there? The house of Israel. The situation that Shaul and Barnabas spoke those words was written many years ago as a prophecy. Read Isaiah 49:6, please read it now.
Slide: Isaiah 49:6— and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Yaʽaqoḇ, and to bring back the preserved ones of Yisra’ĕl? And I shall give You as a light to the gentiles, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!”
In the verses in Acts 13:47 and Isaiah 49:6 both have the same verses in it—will be a light to the gentiles for deliverance. What happened is not new, Paul did not start something new. It was already planned long time ago. To bring back the people (the lost sheep) of the house of Israel back. This is Yahushua’s purpose when he came here.
Paul/Shaul was doing his duty when he was commanded to go to the gentiles and he went willingly because he know that the lost sheep of the House of Israel was where the gentiles were, letting them know so that they could be brought back. I want you to read Ephesians 2:12-13 and I will talk more about this.
Slide: Ephesians 2:12-13— that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Yisra’ĕl and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no expectation and without Elohim in the world. But now in Messiah יהושע you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
Notice the verse where it says that if you are not with Messiah, Yahushua, then you are not part of Israel but because you accept Yahushua you are bought from afar because of Yahushua the Messiah’s blood. Remember what I said about where the house of Israel is? They are lost in faraway places, they need to be found and brought near and become part of the flock. This is the reason Yahushua came, not to start a new religion, not to start a new teaching. All that Yahushua taught came from his Father and was brought forth from the Torah. I want you to know the truth. Later I will explain more about the House of Israel and the House of Judah and the whole history in later vlogs. However, for now to make it clear and to the point the reason why Yahushua came which is to go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel who are lost in the world where the gentiles live. Yahushua sent Shaul to go and find them and bring them back.
When you accept Yahushua, you become part of Israel. There is another verse I want to bring to your attention and this is in Revelation. The book about end of times. Where is Christianity? It is not mentioned in there. A new temple will be built and will have twelve gates. One gate for each of the 12 tribes of the House of Israel where before they were divided and now are one flock with Yahushua as the shepherd. Read the verse and I will explain more after this.
Slide: Revelation 21-12—and having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the children of Yisra’ĕl:
Who is there at the end? The House of Israel. When Yahushua comes back, the House of Israel will be present. Not christianity. In a previous vlog, I mentioned about why people do not know about House of Israel and the fact that christianity ought not be here. There is a purpose for everything. YHWH has a plan for everything. What would you say if I told you that the people who are part of the House of Israel but do not realize it are hidden inside christianity. Now is the time to wake up and start to realize that they are part of House of Israel and not of christianity as long as they know Yahushua the Messiah and follow the instructions of the Father—the Torah.
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