TORAH OBSERVANCE & HEBREW ROOTS
THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE BY FAITH
JESUS CHRIST FULFILLED THE OLD COVENANT
Hebrew Roots and Torah Observant folk turn Jesus into a liar by their common misinterpretation of Matthew 5:17-18, when they falsely teach that this is proof that we are "under" the law:
“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. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, NOT AN IOTA, NOT A DOT, WILL PASS from the Law until ALL IS ACCOMPLISHED."
















Torah Keepers have to abandon most of the New Testament and utterly misinterpret Jesus in order to make their claims, and have created a cultish break away legalistic denomination similar to the Mormons, Jehova's Witness, and SDA who's sole weak foundations are also falsely based on wildly misinterpreting scripture and denying what Jesus came to accomplish.
WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST'S FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." -Galatians 2:16 (KJV)
The Book of Hebrews strongly warns against returning to Jewish ceremonial laws and rituals, teaching that they were temporary types and shadows pointing to Christ. The New Testament repeatedly emphasizes that Christ has fulfilled the Old Covenant, making its ceremonies obsolete.
ROMANS 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love each other,
FOR THE ONE WHO LOVES ANOTHER HAS FULFILLED THE LAW.
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The Old Covenant Was Temporary and Inferior
- Hebrews 8:13 – "In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away."
- The writer of Hebrews declares that the Old Covenant, including its feasts, sacrifices, and rituals, is obsolete because Christ has fulfilled it.
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The Jewish Feasts and Rituals Were Shadows of Christ
- Hebrews 10:1 – "For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near."
- The sacrificial system, the festivals, and the priesthood were shadows pointing to Christ. Now that Christ has come, clinging to these shadows is both unnecessary and a form of spiritual regression.
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Jesus Is the Fulfillment of the Feasts and the True Sabbath
- Colossians 2:16-17 – "Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ."
- Paul explicitly warns against treating Jewish feast days, dietary laws, and Sabbaths as if they were still spiritually binding. They were symbols pointing to Christ, and to continue observing them in a religious manner denies the sufficiency of His finished work.
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Fasting on Yom Kippur Ignores Christ’s Completed Atonement
- Hebrews 9:12 – "He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption."
- Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) was a foreshadowing of Christ's perfect atonement. To continue observing it as though it were still spiritually necessary is to diminish the sufficiency of Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice.
JESUS CHANGED WHAT IT MEANS TO REST ON THE SABBATH
Jesus also told us specifically that both He and The Father WORK on the Sabbath (John 5:15-17) which is a very deliberate word to use especially when Exodus 35:2 explicitly tells the Israelites that any WORK on the Sabbath is punished with DEATH. For Jesus to tell us that both He and God the Father "WORK" on the Sabbath, literally using the word WORK, was making a HUGE statement about not keeping Sabbath the traditional way, preparing them for his New Covenant, where we find our "Sabbath rest” in JESUS alone.
"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him (Jesus) because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God." - JOHN 5:18 (KJV)
- The Bible tells us that Christ was a spotless lamb (1 Peter 1:19) and knew no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21)
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The Bible also tells us that Jesus "BROKE" the "SABBATH" - John 5:18
- Breaking: Lexicon: 3089: λύω 2a-John 5:18 "Breaking Commandments, rendering them not binding"
- Sabbath: lexicon: 4521: σάββατον: sabbaton, Meaning: Sabbath)





RESTING ON THE SABBATH VS. RESTING IN JESUS' BLOOD
THE UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD IN CHRIST








THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH
"For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith." Galatians 3:10–14