The Christian Jewish Roots预览

It occurred to me one day as I was rereading the Ten Commandments in the light of what I just said that there may be more than meets the eye in the fifth commandment [Deut.5: 16] “Honor your father and your mother,” the Lord commanded - “which is the first commandment with a promise,” Paul adds to his letter to the Ephesians [6:2].  Have you ever asked “Why?”  “That it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth [vs.3].  

Could it be, the long, fulfilling spiritual life is being withheld from the Church until she honors the origins of her faith? Could it be the history of division will cease only after we unite with God’s chosen family - the Jew? Hence this teaching, I believe is going to serve as a timely reminder to bring about a spiritual awareness of our responsibility as Christians to Israel, the Law [The Torah] and the Jew in these last days.

In Hebrew, the word for commandment is Mitzvah. In Judaism, there are 613 mitzvahs. All of these mitzvahs are encompassed by the Ten Commandments.  Today, all over the world there seems to be a concerted attempt to remove all representations of the Ten Commandments from the minds of people in many subtle ways.

Let’s take a brief refresher course on the Ten Commandments that God gave Moses on Mount Sinai, as recorded in Exodus 20:

1. You shall have no other gods before Him.

2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness - an idol.

3. You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.

4. You shall remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

5. You shall honor your father and your mother.

6. You shall not murder.

7. You shall not commit adultery.

8. You shall not steal.

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

10. You shall not covet your neighbours house or anything that is your neighbours.