YaHuWaH
The Name Above
All Names
So now we have looked closely at all of the ten commandments we can see that they can be split into two categories:
"And one of them, one who was learnt in the Torah, questioned, trying Him, saying, 'Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah?' And Yahushua said to him, 'You shall love YaHuWaH your God with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great command.' And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commands hang ALL the Torah (Law) and the Prophets."
So you see, if you obey the first 4 commandments, you will love YaHuWaH with all your heart, being and mind and will cling to Him. If you obey the last 6 commandments, you will love your neighbour as yourself. Pretty simple!
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love YaHuWaH and keep His commands. For this is the love for YaHuWaH, that we keep His commands, and His commands are not burdensome."
This is one of the clearest passages on what it means to love YaHuWaH. To love YaHuWaH means to keep His commandments.
"Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones (saints); here are those keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Yahushua ."
There are two key characteristics of true believers:
1) They keep the commandments of YaHuWaH and:
2) They believe in the testimony / witness of His Son Yahushua.
So for anyone who thinks that the commandments have been done away with or have been nailed to the tree or replaced by another set of laws, think again. There is much confusion and controversy over the writings of Paul, also known as Saul, and we will soon take a quick look at how his testimony is untrustworthy, his doctrines contradict our Messiah's and His true apostles, and his self-proclaimed apostleship is questionable and defies Torah regulation.
Yahushua clearly said in:
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets! I did not come to abolish, but to complete. I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one yod or one tittle shall ever pass away from the Torah until all things come to pass. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens. But whoever keeps and teaches them, this one shall be called great in the reign of the heavens. For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Scribes, you shall never enter the reign of the heavens!"
The heavens and the earth have not yet passed away, so the commandments still stand. Yahushua was saying that not one letter (a yod is the smallest Hebrew letter) of the Torah would change until He returns and the heavens and earth pass away. The Commandments are a covenant (the marriage vows with the bride) between YaHuWaH and His children. This covenant stands FOREVER. It has not been replaced by a different renewed covenant.
"For this is the Covenant I shall make with the house of Yisrael after those days, declares YaHuWaH, I shall put MY Torah in their inward parts and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their God, and they shall be My people."
The only change with regards to the commandments is that YaHuWaH will write the commandments on our hearts!
Let's take a look at the meaning of the word 'Love' from a Hebraic and scriptural perspective...