ONE
LAW FOR ALLA
definite controversy that has been present in
the Messianic movement, is whether non-Jewish
Believers are at all supposed or anticipated to
keep (any of) the Torah or the Law of Moses.
Many have
committed themselves to a Messianic walk of
faith, because they want to live like Messiah
Yeshua, in obedience to the Father’s
commandments. Many non-Jewish Believers have
taken a hold of things like the seventh-day
Sabbath/Shabbat,
the appointed times of Leviticus 23, and eating
kosher, as a means of grace by which they can
emulate Yeshua (Jesus) and His Apostles.
There are Messianic Jewish leaders and teachers
who do not believe that non-Jewish Believers are
to follow the Torah, there are others who are
more open to it, and then again there are others
who believe that all of God’s people should be
striving to adhere to Moses’ Teaching. At much
of the center of the discussion is what a
statement like Numbers 15:29 means: “You
shall have one law for him who does anything
unintentionally, for him who is native among
the sons of Israel and for the alien who
sojourns among them.” This statement regards the
atonement of unintentional sin, and how the
native of Israel and the sojourner who enters
into the community of Israel, will be held
accountable for following the same basic
Instruction. The One Law or One Torah
sub-movement, within today’s Messianic
community, has a widespread emphasis upon
different Torah passages, which in some way
emphasized “one law” to be adhered to by Ancient
Israel. These include, but are not limited to:
Exodus 12:48-49; Leviticus 7:7; 24:22; Numbers
9:14; 15:15-16, 29-30.
In this volume of the
Confronting Issues series,
One Law
for All: From the Mosaic Texts to the Work of
the Holy Spirit, TNN Online editor J.K.
McKee
fairly considers the trajectory of God’s plan
and salvation history, from: the original giving
of the Torah to Ancient Israel, to the
expectations of the Prophets, to the arrival of
Yeshua the Messiah and inauguration of the New
Covenant. How do Torah passages emphasizing “one
law” or “one statute” affect the theology of the
broad Messianic movement? How do we fairly
understand them in their Ancient Near Eastern
context, and what the Lord is doing in this
hour?
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