“Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.””
Matthew 22:40 NASB2020
Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
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It’s crystal clear.
It is to me.
That word hanging doesn't mean that Yah's word went to the gallows. All of the Torah hangs on the greatest commandment, the Shema.
If we love Yah; we will obey him. He tells us in his Torah to love our associate.
Let's follow the logic here. If we love Yah we will love our associate.
The greatest hangs on the second greatest.
The Decalogue starts with instruction about loving Yah the greatest.
The second part of the Decalogue gives us instructions for loving our associate, the second greatest.
The order is ingenious; isn't it?
Because the second hangs on the first; all of the decalogue hangs on the first.
But wait, it doesn't stop there Yah gives us many more examples of how to love him, and our associates in the rest of his instructions. They all hang on the Decalogues, which hangs on the greatest.
But wait, it doesn't stop there.
As we grow nearer to him; he writes his Torah on our hearts.
There is nothing in the scriptures that says that I can't take a motorcycle. and do doughnuts on his lawn while he is on vacation.
I don't need to have that example spelled out for me. I have examples of how to treat my neighbors in the Torah. The Torah in my heart hangs on the Torah Yah gave me in writing. The sum of that hangs on the Decalogue. which ultimately hangs on the Shema.
It's really quite simple really.
It's not too hard.
I trust Yah at his word on that.
(CLV) Dt 30:11
For this instruction that I am enjoining on you today, it is neither too difficult for you, nor is it too far off.
I trust John's testimony to that.
(CLV) 1Jn 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we may be keeping His precepts. And His precepts are not heavy,
Some Christians have been indoctrinated all of their lives that they can't keep Yah's Torah; despite what Yah says.
I call them to repentance to just try it.
Some take great joy in celebrating pagan holidays, while going out of their way to avoid honoring Yah's Holy days.
Here's the hard part for me:
Why?
Yah's Holly Days are joyous for me. Yah says don't honor him like Pagans celebrate; and he says repeatedly that his Holy days are forever.