Saturday 24 October 2015

True Salvation


In the Torah, it is clearly seen that a person does not need to rely on any man or man - god as a savior. All he just need to do is repent or do Teshuvah. “Return to Me and I will return unto thee.” (Malachi 3:7). A male lamb from which the famous term "Lamb of God" came from cannot really remove sins. The only animals that can be made as sin offerings, and only for unintentional sins, are bullocks, kids of goats, and female lambs. Male lambs are also offered but not as sin offerings. The spirituality of the Torah, which is called the Old Testament by Christians, can be summarized as this: Love God and follow his ways. If a person do this, it will show in his thoughts, words, and actions, which are really just the manifestations of his mind and heart. What happens is the person's heart and mind become like that of God. There are no difference between the two, they are one. One is just here on earth and is therefore rightly called the true "Son of God." According to Moses, true salvation is only found in this, that is why it was said in (Jeremiah) 31:31-34:

“The time is coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant (testament) with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares The Lord. “I will put my law (Torah - Teachings) in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

The New Covenant/ Testament is not actually a new one. It is still the Torah or Old Testament, just with a heart. It is very simple why there is no change. “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed." Malachi 3:6.

Also, the coming Messiah Son of David, even though his coming is very much esteemed and waited by many, is just so that the people of Israel can follow the Torah with their heart. He will lead them to it. Just like Abel and David, he will then make the offerings of the people of Israel be accepted by God. Just like all the previous messiahs, which were priests, prophets, and kings (even Cyrus, king of Persia, was proclaimed a messiah by God), he is just an ordinary man. Even though he becomes the head or leader of Israel, he is still Israel. When he becomes the head, all of Israel will move as him. All of the remaining righteous people of Israel under him is therefore also a messiah. "On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David," (Zechariah) 12:8. This will happen on the great and awesome "Day of the Lord", when nations of the earth are gathered against her, against the Jews (this is a big sign for our times). The "Day of the Lord" is also the time of the appearance of Messiah Son of David. On that Day, God will destroy those nations (Zechariah) 12:9. He will destroy them through his Messiah.