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34. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Are you doing anything today for the Kingdom of Elohiym? Who told you to do it? Where did you get your directives from? If you did not get those directives on your knees, you labor in vain! Did you hear the Savior in the text above? To better understand Him, find the details here so that you can join those under His Organization. But for those who would depend on Man, any man to know what to do in Church or at home for the Kingdom, click here to see that they are and have been under Satan's disorganization!

The Law Of YaHuWaH

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:25 [KJV]

Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Romans 7:12 [KJV]

The word 'perfect' is defined by Merriam Webster as, "Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics, as good as it is possible to be. Flawless, faultless, etc."
The Free Dictionary defines 'perfect' as "Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind. Being without defect or blemish."

If words have meaning, this is it. The Law of YaHuWaH is perfect. It is so because it is simply not possible to improve it or change it. It is immutable. Why? Because every single precept in it is the character of YaHuWaH. He does not change and cannot change. He is perfect.

Elohiym's law is his great standard of righteousness. This law is perfect in all its requirements; and Elohiym calls upon us to obey it; for by it our cases will be decided in that day when the books of Heaven are opened, and the deeds of all come up in review before the Judge of the universe.

But there are, and ever have been, two classes in this world; and the question, What constitutes the difference between these two classes? is grave and important. One class love and fear Elohiym; the other do not wish to retain him in their knowledge. One class render obedience to his law; the other disregard and disobey his requirements.

Those who are unwilling to obey Elohiym's law declare that it is done away, that Elohiym has abolished it. But if this law is perfect, why should Elohiym abolish or change it? That which is perfect cannot be improved by any change. An attempt to remodel a perfect enactment only causes imperfection. Elohiym has neither abolished nor changed his law. It is the foundation of his government; and it will stand forever, the immutable, unalterable standard which all must reach would they be saved. "Till Heaven and Earth pass," declared haMashiyach, "one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

The law of YaHuWaH is perfect," writes the psalmist, "converting the soul"; the testimony of YaHuWaH is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of YaHuWaH are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of YaHuWaH is pure, enlightening the eyes... . Moreover by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward." How then does the Elohiym of Heaven look upon those who pour contempt upon his law? Let not the words spoken against the law of Elohiym by those who refuse to obey it, be regarded as wise; for Elohiym has said, "The wise in heart will receive Commandments; but a prating fool shall fall."

The very same YaHuWshuaH, who, veiled in the cloudy pillar, led the Hebrew hosts, is our leader. He who gave wise and righteous and good laws to Yashar'el has spoken to us as verily as to them. Our prosperity and happiness depend upon our unwavering obedience to the law of Elohiym. Finite wisdom could not improve one precept of that holy law. Not one of those ten precepts can be broken without disloyalty to the Elohiym of Heaven. To keep every jot and tittle of the law is essential for our own happiness, and for the happiness of all connected with us. “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Yet finite creatures will present to the people this holy, just, and good law as a yoke of bondage — a yoke which they cannot bear! It is the transgressor that can see no beauty in the law of Elohiym.

The whole world will be judged by this law. It reaches even to the intents and purposes of the heart, and demands purity in the most secret thoughts, desires, and dispositions. It requires us to love Elohiym supremely, and our neighbor as ourselves. Without the exercise of this love, the highest profession of faith is mere hypocrisy. Elohiym claims, from every soul of the human family, perfect obedience to His law. “Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

The least deviation from that law, by neglect, or willful transgression, is sin, and every sin exposes the sinner to the wrath of Elohiym. The unrenewed heart will hate the restrictions of the law of Elohiym, and will strive to throw off its holy claims. Our eternal welfare depends upon a proper understanding of the law of Elohiym, a deep conviction of its holy character, and a ready obedience to its requirements. Men and women must be convicted of sin before they will feel their need of haMashiyach... . Those who trample under their feet the law of Elohiym have rejected the only means to define to the transgressor what sin is. They are doing the work of the great deceiver.

The Master has sent to our world a message of warning, even the Third Angel's Message. All Heaven is waiting to hear us vindicate Elohiym's law, declaring it to be holy, just, and good. Where are those who will do this work? Elohiym calls upon His people to gain a deeper insight into His plans and His law. His law is the transcript of His character. It is unchangeable; for Elohiym will not alter the thing that has gone out of His lips. haMashiyach has declared that the law is perfect; and with David we may say, "It is time for thee, YaHuWaH, to work: for they have made void thy law.

The Law Of YaHuWaH
The Law Of Liberty

1. And Elohiym spake all these words, saying,
2. I [am] Yahuwah your Elohiym, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in Heaven above, or that [is] in the Earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the Earth:
5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahuwah your Elohiym, [am] a jealous El, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
6. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments.
7. Thou shalt not take the name of Yahuwah your Elohiym in vain; for I יהוה will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10. But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of Yahuwah your Elohiym: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
11. For [in] six days Yahuwah made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuwah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which Yahuwah your Elohiym giveth thee.
13. Thou shalt not kill.
14. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15. Thou shalt not steal.
16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbor's.

4. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

36. Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah?
37. And Yahuwshuah said to him, 'You shall love Yahuwah your Elohiym with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.'
38. This is the first and great command.
39. And the second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40. On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.

17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till Heaven and Earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
18. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least Commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of Heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of Heaven.

11. For there is no respect of persons with God.
12. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13. For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before Elohiym.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Friend there are those who believe themselves to be nice, moral and decent, even civilized but who do not have the Savior's Ruach Ha'Qodesh in their hearts. They aim to achieve righteousness by their sense of decency and civilization. They are attempting an impossibility. The righteousness of man is as filthy rags in the eyes of the Holy One of Yashar'el. YeshaYahuw [Isaiah] 64:6. They are those who do the 'deeds of the law', by which no one can be justified. But those whose lives demonstrate a perfect obedience to the Ten Commandments due to the leadership of the Ruach Ha'Qodesh shall live because they are living by faith in the Son of YaHuWaH whose death has been credited to them and whose sins have been washed away by His blood shed on Calvary's Cross.

7. What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? Elohiym forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohiym sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh

7. Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against Elohiym: for it is not subject to the law of Elohiym, neither indeed can be.

8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

8. If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
9. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

21. Not every one that saith unto me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven.
22. Many will say to me in that day, Master, Master, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

13. “I am the 'Aleph' and the 'Taw', the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
14. “Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.

What is the single title or condition for entry into Heaven and partaking of eternal life? This was one of the questions our Saviour answered very clearly. Here is His answer:

17. ... but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the Commandments.

What are we here in this world for? Why are we here?

1. "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohiym, and keep his Commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
2. For Elohiym shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

Did you ever wonder why the Law of Elohiym is called 'the Law of Liberty'? We hope so. Still, another question: have you heard it said, 'the guilty are afraid'? The Bible puts it this way, paraphrased by us: "Stable are those who obey thy law and nothing shall by any means frighten them". Psalm 119:165. That's liberty. To be beyond the power of wickedness and the wicked, that's liberty. To have the shield of El Shaddai, that's liberty. To have the keys to the gates of Heaven, that's liberty. To have no fear of death, that's liberty.

We know that once, our spiritual ancestors promised Elohiym through Mosheh His servant, 'All that YaHuWaH has said, we will do'. Mosheh dutifully conveyed their commitment to YaHuWaH. Surprise, surprise, the people could not keep their promise! But, surely you will not fail to keep yours if you can say today, 'El Eliyon, by your grace, all that your Law requires of me, I will do'.

Law Of YaHuWaH | Statutes

STATUTE:

A written law that is formally created by a government; a written rule or regulation.

The Bible reveals YaHuWaH's Ten Commandments, Statutes and Judgments. These are all laws targeted at different aspects of the lives of Elohiym's people. The Ten Commandments at the Top and provides the umbrella for everything else; revealing the height a mind led by the Ruach Ha'Qodesh can reach - sinlessness; and revealing what sin is. The Statutes are designed to explain the Ten Commandments and guard them. The Judgments were designed for deterrence or punishment in the event of transgression by man against man in some cases, by man against Elohiym in others.

5. Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my Commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

5. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] YaHuWaH.

In every generation and in every land the true foundation for character building has been the same--the principles contained in the word of Elohiym. The only safe and sure rule is to do what Elohiym says. "The statutes of YaHuWaH are right," and "he that doeth these things shall never be moved." Psalm 19:8; 15:5. It was with the word of Elohiym that the apostles met the false theories of their day, saying, "Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid." 1 Corinthians 3:11.

The Scriptures state that both YaHuWshuaH and His disciples were called to this marriage feast [at Cana]. haMashiyach has given Natsariym (Natsarene) no sanction to say when invited to a marriage, We ought not to be present on so joyous an occasion. By attending this feast haMashiyach taught that He would have us rejoice with those who do rejoice in the observance of His statutes.

The teaching which has become so wide-spread that the divine statutes are no longer binding upon men, is the same as idolatry in its effect upon the morals of the people. Those who seek to lessen the claims of Elohiym's holy law are striking directly at the foundation of the government of families and nations. Religious parents, failing to walk in his statutes, do not command their household to keep the way of the Master.

In consequence of continual transgression, the moral law was repeated in awful grandeur from Sinai. haMashiyach gave to Mosheh religious precepts which were to govern everyday life. These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten Commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the death of haMashiyach. They were to be binding upon men in every age as long as time should last. These commands were enforced by the power of the moral law, and they clearly and definitely explained that law.

Statutes | A Few Examples

• 7^th Day Sabbath
• Passover
• Unleavened Bread
• Pentecost
• Feast of Tabernacles, etc.

Beloved, do not fail to check out some of the Statutes dealing with relationships and health, found in Leviticus chapter 11 and Deuteronomy chapter 14. They shall put you and your loved ones in very good stead.

Ceremonial Law | Deprecations

The Ceremonial Law was the part of the Torah, that specified in great details every ritual sacrifice in the sacrificial system. The Sacrificial system was the object lesson, demonstrated day by day, all representing the coming antitypical Sacrifice of the Son of YaHuWaH. They included animal offerings, grain offerings, incense, oils, etc. Of these, the Bible looking forward to the death of YaHuWshuaH on the Cross, said these:

And he YaHuWshuaH shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, ...

And after the Savior's sacrifice, humanity was no longer permitted to do certain things. Some of which may be discerned very clearly in the following biblical passage:

1. Thus saith YaHuWaH, 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 YaHuWaH: 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.

Beloved, there's this thing which we have almost completely lost sight of and which on the authority of the Divine Word above, shall invariably, but avoidably, lead to the loss of many souls! There are only three reasons given in Scripture for the killing of animals:

1. Sacrifice
2. Necessity
3. Self-defense

Reason 1 | Sacrifices

After Adam's creation, his food was defined by his Creator YaHuWshuaH in this manner:

"And Elohiym said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the Earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."

Adam and his family were to eat nothing but fruits, grains and nuts. But after the fall, vegetables were added to Adam's diet to enhance protein replacement as degradation and dying had taken hold of the human family.

...; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Following Adam's fall, the shedding of blood for the atonement of his sin became a life-long lesson he and his descendants must learn in preparation for the arrival of the promised seed (Bereshiyth (Genesis) 3:15). But at this time, the slain animals were wholly burnt and never eaten. Their skin did also serve for clothing for the fallen race. Before the fall we needed no clothing. For the first 1500 years of human existence, no man ate flesh of any kind.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did YaHuWaH Elohiym make coats of skins, and clothed them.

The sacrificial offerings were ordained by Elohiym to be to man a perpetual reminder and a penitential acknowledgment of his sin and a confession of his faith in the promised Redeemer. They were intended to impress upon the fallen race the solemn truth that it was sin that caused death. To Adam, the offering of the first sacrifice was a most painful ceremony. His hand must be raised to take life, which only Elohiym could give. It was the first time he had ever witnessed death, and he knew that had he been obedient to Elohiym, there would have been no death of man or beast. As he slew the innocent victim, he trembled at the thought that his sin must shed the blood of the spotless Lamb of Elohiym. This scene gave him a deeper and more vivid sense of the greatness of his transgression, which nothing but the death of Elohiym's dear Son could expiate. And he marveled at the infinite goodness that would give such a ransom to save the guilty. A star of hope illumined the dark and terrible future and relieved it of its utter desolation.

Reason 2 | Necessity

The Flood devastated the Earth. When Noach locked himself, his family and the animals in the Ark, they had sufficient food for Man and beasts to last the duration of Flood (150 days). Elohiym ensured that they had ample food in the Ark. But, when the Ark was reopened, it was empty of food and the Earth was not in a position to feed anybody. And Elohiym authorized Man to depend on animals for food.

There was the 'necessity' at the end of the global flood which destroyed all vegetation. When Noah and his co-survivors came off the Ark, there was nothing in the world they could eat except for what was in the Ark. And after over 150 days in the Ark while the flood raged, they had with the animals with them in the Ark, depleted their stock of food! YaHuWaH said this to them:

Recall that when the animals entered the Ark, the 'unclean' animals were just a pair each, while the 'clean' animals were seven pairs each. Surely, Elohiym had the end of the Flood in mind and meant for Man to find more of the 'clean' animals to eat. Still, He chose not to restrict them to only 'clean' animals. And, For their survival until the replanting of the Earth, YaHuWaH said this to them:

1. And Elohiym blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the Earth.
2. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the Earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the Earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4. But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of Elohiym made he man.
7. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the Earth, and multiply therein.

And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

This necessity ended after the family replanted and reaped. Unfortunately the first thing recorded at the first harvest following the flood was Noah's getting drunk! And placed a terrible curse on his last son, Cham and his descendants, Canaan!

It also became apparent that having tasted flesh foods, man would refuse to let go of flesh foods even when they are no longer required for food. This continuity of dependence on flesh foods, cost Man dearly! The price was the catastrophic reduction in human longevity from almost a thousand years of lifespan to just a hundred and below as it is today!

The second major aspect of the 'Necessity' factor, was the need for the Sinner to partake of a 'sin offering'. This was developed at Sinai. And from Sinai, until the Cross, Man needed to eat animal flesh during the Sacrificial process.

But when the Savior died on the Cross, the Flood and Sacrifices, as reasons for eating animals, became eternal history. Thus the need for the Bible to warn that slaying animals after the Cross would be viewed by Heaven as 'Murder'. All who today are killing animals for food or partaking of the flesh as killed by another, are guilty of murder. And the blood of those animals shall be required at their hands.

This necessity ended after the family replanted and reaped. Unfortunately the first thing recorded at the first harvest following the flood was Noah's getting drunk! It appeared that having tasted flesh foods, man would refuse to let go of flesh foods even when they are no longer required. But the consequence was the catastrophic reduction in human longevity from almost a thousand years of lifespan to just a hundred and below today!.

The second major aspect of the 'Necessity' factor, was the need for the Sinner to partake of the 'sin offering'. This was developed at Sinai. And from Sinai, until the Cross, Man needed to eat animal flesh during the Sacrificial process. But when the Savior died on the Cross, the Flood and Sacrifice became eternal history. Thus the need for the Bible to warn that slaying animals after the Cross would be viewed by Heaven as 'Murder'. All who today are killing animals for food or partaking of the flesh as killed by another, are guilty of murder. And the blood of those animals shall be required at their hands.

3. What man soever [there be] of the house of Yashar'el, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp (at home), or that killeth [it] out of the camp,
4. And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto YaHuWaH before the tabernacle of YaHuWaH; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

The killing of any animal which has not been presented to YaHuWaH at His Tabernacle, as an offering, is expressly forbidden. As offerings go, no other offering can be made today except the offering of the Son of Elohiym - YaHuWshuaH, which offering has already been completed for all of humanity. We do not have any right or reason today to kill animals other than in self-defense. Think about this.

"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them."