Is there a PERFECT Torah?

Deciphering Deuteronomy - EP. 5〚 Is there a PERFECT Torah? 〛Pentateuch: A New Look
In this episode of the "Deciphering Deuteronomy" series, we tackle the provocative question: Is there a Perfect Torah? The answer hinges on our definitions: What do we mean by 'perfect,' and what do we mean by 'Torah'? This session aims to uncover whether biblical texts differentiate between the Torah of God/YHVH and the Torah of Moses.

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┏━━ *Chapters* ━━┓
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Defining "Perfect Torah"
05:56 Resurrection and Restoration
11:03 Understanding God’s Instruction
18:03 The Joy and Perfect Way of Following Torah
29:30 The Nature of God’s Commandments
39:03 Binding the Teachings and Historical Context
43:25 Rejecting Divine Instruction and Revival
01:00:04 The Cycle of Loss and Restoration
01:13:29 Looking Ahead: The Future of Faith

[bensinclair]

Another great lesson from Mr Ross Nichols. Thank you sir. Perfect Torah? I think the only perfect Torah we would have by example to follow is Yahusha! In my opinion that would be the blameless/perfect Torah without defect.

[EDav]

This was a real crowd pleaser Ross — limud tov! Torah as the "blameless way" and Psalm 19.8. The NT James appears consistent.

[barnsweb]

I hope someday Ross will do a lesson on the proof of the teachings of Jesus in Matthew that find total accord to The Moses Scroll.

[TheQodeshCalendar]

The Qodesh Calendar discovery
Moses Exodus calendar found chronologically hidden in the book of Acts 20 to 28

[lauratempestini]

Everyone Pray Job 28: 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing;
and THE THING THAT IS HID BRINGETH TO FORTH LIGHT !!!
🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼👀

[koreyoneal]

Speaking of Psalm 119, check this out, I think that you'll appreciate this :

Yeh Ho VaH & Yeshua From Psalm 119

YeH Ho VaH :

Yod

73)"Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74)They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75)I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76)Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77)Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78)Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79)Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80)Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed"

Hey

33)"Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34)Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35)Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36)Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37)Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38)Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39)Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40)Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness."

Vav

41)Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42)So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43)And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44)So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45)And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46)I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47)And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48)My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes."

Hey

33)"Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34)Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35)Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36)Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37)Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38)Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39)Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40)Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness."


Yeshua :

Yod

73)"Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74)They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75)I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76)Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77)Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78)Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79)Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80)Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed."

Shin

161)"Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162)I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163)I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164)Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165)Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
166)Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167)My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168)I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee."

Vav

41)"Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42)So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43)And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44)So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45)And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46)I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47)And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48)My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes"

Ayin

121)"I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122)Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123)Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124)Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125)I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
126)It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
127)Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128)Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way."

[lauratempestini]

🚫Flesh Eating and burnt

❤️ This really deep deception!!! Going through our cannon there are several verses that ABA NEVER wanted any blood sacrifices!!!
This is very understandable if we go back to The Garden of Eden and OUR CREATOR’S original intent for man! Our food was vegetation. THE FATHER is The CREATOR of life!!! How could HE take pleasure in burning of any flesh ???!!!
Supporting verses:
Psalm 50: 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Jeremaiah 7: 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Isaiah 1: 10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 66: 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Food Was Bread:

Nehemiah 9:15 And (a)gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and
(b) broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they (c)should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

Cross References:
a.
Numbers 14:30
Exodus 16:14, 15
John 6:31
b.
Exodus 17:6
Numbers 20:9-13
c.
Deu 1:8

[kennethlogan]

Where Is the SEFER Torah of Moses, (or a Kings Mishna) ? - how can we unite our Christian Doctrines and Morality ? for the Churches to follow... for without that - it seems like every group kinda makes up their own rules and teaching? The Sefer Torah is the Missing Link of the OT .... Like the ARK story.... "where did it go"? Moses said it isn't that difficult - yet 613 rules later - where is the mandated list of commands? And not an allusion or personal interpretation ... yet the one Moses talked about was specific. that Sefer Torah seems to be the Key to the OT.

[outaEaRtH-H-YaShaYa]

Did God command animal sacrifices in the time of Moses?
No, God did not command animal sacrifices in the time of Moses, or ever, and here is proof, straight from the Bible:

Jeremiah the Prophet, Hilkiah the High Priest, and King Josiah existed together around the years 641 to 609 BCE.
In 2 Kings 22:8-13, Hilkiah found the Law Scroll of Moses in the temple and read it to King Josiah. After hearing it, the king tore his robe, declared that they had not been following what is written in the scroll, and instituted a series of major reforms.
In Jeremiah 8:8, the prophet claims that the lying pen of the scribes had changed something about the Torah recorded by Moses, likely in response to seeing this original Torah scroll discovered in the temple: “How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us, ’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?” (Jeremiah 8:8, BSB).
Jeremiah also declared in Jeremiah 7:22-23 that God did not speak to the children of Israel at the time of Moses regarding animal sacrifices but instead told them to listen to His voice and walk in obedience to His commands.
So the lying pen of the scribes evidently added commands for animal sacrifices to the Torah given by God to Moses. And when Hilkiah, Josiah, and Jeremiah found the original Torah scroll (and saw that God did not therein say anything about wanting animal sacrifices), Jeremiah prophesied as such while King Josiah instituted reforms to return to the ways of the rediscovered original Torah scroll.
If Jeremiah, Josiah, and Hilkiah found the original Torah scroll that was devoid of any commands regarding animal sacrifice, and they corrected the error through reforms, how did commands of animal sacrifice get added back into the Torah?

In Psalm 51 David declares that God does not desire animal sacrifice but instead a humble spirit and a contrite heart. Then at the end of the Psalm he is recorded as saying after the wall of Jerusalem is rebuilt, he will offer animal sacrifices to God and God will delight in them. Why does David suddenly become a hypocrite, going from admitting that God does not desire animal sacrifices to saying he will offer God animal sacrifices?
There is a clue in the final two verses of Psalm 51 where it says that once the wall of Jerusalem is rebuilt, then God will delight in animal sacrifices. But wait, this is anachronistic since in the time of King David the wall of Jerusalem was still standing. It wasn’t until the time of Ezra-Nehemiah that the wall was down and had to be rebuilt: “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace” (Nehemiah 2:17, BSB).
This time of Ezra-Nehemiah also happens to be when it is recorded (in Nehemiah 8:1-11) that Ezra brought out a version of the Torah that the people had not known and taught it to them anew, immediately thereafter instituting a festival that included animal sacrifice and involved eating and drinking while the people shed tears of grief.
So apparently at the time of Ezra-Nehemiah, the wall of Jerusalem was rebuilt, animal sacrifice was reinstated, Ezra taught such to the people as if it were straight from the Torah given to Moses, and David’s psalm about God not desiring animal sacrifice received a second ending saying that when the wall is rebuilt, God will delight in the animal sacrifices.
Surely Jesus, as the incarnate Word of God, would have been aware of all this, so why didn’t He do anything to correct the error?

He did! He went into the temple, liberated the animals being sold there, overturned the tables of those who were selling the animals for sacrifice, and unmistakably commanded them to “get these out of here” and called them a den of robbers, saying the temple is intended to be a house of prayer, not a slaughterhouse marketplace.
The followers of Jesus likewise made it clear that Jesus intentionally ended the system of animal sacrifice through His death on the cross as our High Priest forever (Hebrews 10:3-14).
Jesus stated in Matthew 5:17-18 that He by no means came to do away with the Torah, or even to change one jot or tittle of it, despite clearly and unmistakably ending the sacrificial system.
This proves that the sacrificial system was never part of the original Torah given by God to Moses and that it had instead been falsely added to it later.

[paulcoward]

Apostle said the law made nothing perfect

[chrisrobertson]

Yeah theres a perfect torah add book of enoch and new testament😂