John 5:46-47 – Y’shua defines here "if you believe Him"
46 "For if you believed Mosheh, you would have
believed Me, since he wrote about Me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings (Torah/Law =
YHWH’s Teachings), how shall you believe My words?“
Hard words but true. Lets now look at the first verse…
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
The verse used by Christians – Matt 5:17
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or
the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to
fulfill them."
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Their Argument:
• Y’shua didn’t do away with the Law.
• Nor did He taught or promote the Law.
• He just fulfilled the Law and we have nothing to do
with the Old Covenant anymore.
Let’s look at this argument and see if it holds water...
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
The two important words in Matt 5:17
"abolish" and "fulfill"
Think not that I am come to destroy (abolish) the law
(Torah = YHWH’s Teachings), or the prophets (Neviim = who talks
about me): I am not come to destroy (abolish), but to
fulfill.
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
The Greek for "fulfill"
is pleroo and it has various meanings:
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
The Greek for "fulfill"
is pleroo and it has various meanings:
• to make full, to fill up; i.e., to fill to the full, or
• to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting, to
full measure, to fill to the brim, or
• to fully preach*.
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Abolish means:
• to do away with, or
• to put an end to.
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Thus, the Christian’s understanding of the two words
• "Abolish" means to them:
to do away with or to put an end to.
• "Fulfill" implies to them:
to do away with or to put an end to
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Thus, the Christian’s understanding of the two words
• "Abolish" means to them:
to do away with or to put an end to.
• "Fulfill" implies to them:
to do away with or to put an end to
Meaning Y’shua has fulfilled the Law for them, period!
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Sound and logical reasoning
If we look carefully at Y’shua’s words, He says:
• He came to do the one (fulfill) and not the other
(destroy/abolish).
• Therefore they cannot mean the same thing.
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the
Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill
them."
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Crucial questions
• What does destroy/abolish mean, and
• What does fulfill mean?
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Crucial questions
• What does destroy/abolish mean, and
• What does fulfill mean?
• Can they both end up having the same meaning
and producing the same result?
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Scripture must interpret Scripture
Let’s start at where else we find the Greek word pleroo
("fulfill"):
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Scripture must interpret Scripture
Let’s start at where else we find the Greek word pleroo
("fulfill"):
Rom 15:19: in the power of signs and wonders, in the
power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round
about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached (pleroo)
the gospel of Messiah.
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;
Scripture must interpret Scripture
Rom 15:19: …I have fully preached (pleroo) the gospel
of Messiah.
If pleroo (fulfill) really means to "stop doing", are we
now to stop preaching the Gospel; as Sha’ul (Paul) has
fully done it and it need no further action?
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Y’shua’s Torah exposes lies and paganism;