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Linda Twaddell's avatar

It is difficult to understand why the word "law" and "Torah" is so very evil to Bible readers. What a work of deception that has overcome the masses. Say "Torah" and they are almost primed to lynch people. This seems to be the subject most hated by the enemy - and we all know who he is.

I love how you worded the "tsizit". I remember studying about Kings and the hems of their robes. This was actually in my secular college History Class! They talked about ancient cultures where instead of a ring, the "mantle", as it was woven special, was pressed into wax or whatever - called "The Cloth Seal". Just think of the authority that bestowed and represented.

My favorite story is how Ruth placed herself at Boaz's feet. Ruth 3:9 "And he said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your female servant. Now you shall spread the corner of your garment over your female servant - for you are a Redeemer."

Now to the lady who touched Jesus Garment! SHE KNEW JESUS WAS HER REDEEMER! Just like Ruth! That is trust, love, and submission to authority - to His way - His Torah! And THAT love transferred his power to her and healed her! And him asking that question of her "who touched me?" forced her to take a stand and say who she was - a confession of the heart where "she fell before him and declared in the presence of the people why she touched him." Luke 8:47 And how beautiful is it that he called her "daughter". EDIT! BOAZ Called Ruth "daughter too in Ruth 3:10. How cool is that?

These stories are why the Torah is a love letter. Because it is a Redeeming love that is submitted to, his way, his truth, and his life!

People are in for a surprise when the discover the missing pieces to their power they so desire.

Our prayers play such a role in these times! Keep that lamp lit! Say the Prayers! Keep the Torah! Discover Jesus in it all.

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David Bergsland's avatar

While I was reading this article, my mind was going back fifty years to that first summer I knew the Lord in 1974. I've always been a voracious speed reader. In school we were taught that you cannot succeed in life unless you can read well. Speed reading was a required course in 9th or 10th grade. So that first year, I was voraciously reading the scriptures, from cover to cover, as I learned how the Lord expected me to live.

That summer I was going through the Bible for the 2nd or 3rd time and I'll always remember the joy of reading what I called the Law. It was many little things. I had a body odor problem, and I remember reading the verses about not mixing fibers in my clothing. I gradually switched to all-cotton clothing, and the odor went away.

There were dozens of small things I learned like that, and I still had the drug-ravaged remnant of a photographic memory. My knowledge of the Law gradually transformed my life over the first couple of decades. For me, it was not a set of rules but a look into the mind of God, the designer, into how our lives (Pat, my wife, and I) would simply work better if we followed what He had laid out for us.

I do admit that I haven't read the Torah for many years. I need to go back and read it again, for old times sake. I imagine the memories revived will be glorious. Plus, I am sure that bringing the memories alive again will help my life in my eighties as well.

I know that I'll go back to my focus on the Holy Spirit and my conversational relationship with Yeshua. But making those memories fresh again, will be good.

Thanks, Sergio

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