From:    heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
Date:    Mon, 1 Dec 1997 23:53:47 +0000
To: 	 Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup
Subject: Re: Torah in the great commission

>
>From:          John Killian
>To:            <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
>Subject:       Torah in the great commission
>
>Dear fellow rooters:
>
>Did you know that the great commission is pro Torah?
>
>Yeshua told the Jews to go to the nations (goyim)  and teach them to
>OBSERVE all that I COMMAND you.
>
>To paraphrase:
>Go to the non-jews and teach them to be Torah observant!!!
>
>John Killian
>
>From Eddie:
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>
>       Ultimately, this will be fulfilled in its fullness during 
>  the Messianic Age.
>
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To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
From:          Michael Detwiler 
Subject:       Re: Torah in the great commission

BUT, it should be fulfilled by practice in this Age.  This is why the
"Church" is so upside down.  They are lawless . . . without Torah

Michael Detwiler

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To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
From:          pottersclay@mail.icnet.net (Randy Felton)
Subject:       Re: Torah in the great commission

Hi All,

I notice as I read through the New Testament that Yeshua did indeed 
teach as He walked among us.  The Great Commission does tell us to go 
into all the nations, making disciples, baptizing in the name of the Father, 
Son and Holy Spirit, and to teach them to observe all I have commanded 
you.  Yes, this is Torah, but it is not the rabbinic interpretation.  We have to
discern what true Torah is and it's application to the "nations".  When you
begin to factor in Acts 10 and Acts 15 and then other portions of scripture
the debate can get pretty heated.  The issue is not salvation but walking
out a living witness after salvation. It is possible to observe Torah more
accurately than your neighbor, and not be saved.  We all interpret Torah to
fit our lives and our previous teaching. Once we have decided on our
position it then becomes easy to stand in judgement of those that do not
see "the light" as we see it.  We need to continually bring ourselves 
(ourselves not others ) back to the essence of Torah summed up in the 
Shema.  If we do not walk out our faith in love, it is a futile exercise in 
religion.

Shalom, Randy Felton

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