MESSIAH: THE WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

From: Eddie Chumney
Subject:  Messiah: Way, Truth and Life


MESSIAH: THE WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

 Dear Mishpochah (family):

Many believers in the Messiah are familiar with John 14:6.

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

However, do you know what the Bible defines as the WAY, the TRUTH
and the LIFE?

TORAH = WAY
TORAH = TRUTH
TORAH = LIFE

Messiah was saying, I am TORAH! TORAH! TORAH!


THE HEBREW WORD FOR WAY

The Hebrew word for WAY is the Strong's number 1870 which is
"Derek". It means:

derek {deh'-rek}    from 01869; TWOT -
453a; n m   AV -

way 590
journey 23,

1) way, road, distance, journey, manner

1a) road, way, path 1b) journey

1c) direction

1d) manner, habit,  way

1e) of course of life

           It means a road, journey, habit, course of life. "Derek"
is the way you live your life.

          What does the Bible associate with the WAY ("Derek") in
which we are to live our lives?


              MESSIAH = WAY = TREE OF LIFE

KJV Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of
the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

            The first occurrance of the word "Derek" in the Bible is
found in Genesis 3:24. In this verse, it says:

" ... keep the way (to) of the tree of life"

          In Hebrew, it says:

Alef, Tav ... Derek ...  Etz ... HaChayim

Alef, Tav ... Way .... Tree ... the Life ...

         We are told that Alef, Tav is the WAY to the Tree of Life.

         Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Tav is the
last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.  The first and the last letters
in the Greek alphabet are Alpha and Omega. In Revelation 1:8  we are
told that Messiah is the Alef  and  Tav or Alpha and Omega.          

KJV Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty.

     So, Messiah is the WAY to the TREE OF LIFE.


        WHAT IS THE TREE OF LIFE?

        The tree of life is the TORAH.

KJV Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep
my commandments:

KJV Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon
her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

        The Hebrew word TORAH is FEMININE. The Torah is a SHE.

       SHE (Torah) is a TREE OF LIFE.


       KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = TREE OF LIFE

       Messiah said:

KJV John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

KJV Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that DO his COMMANDMENTS, that
they may have right to the TREE of LIFE, and may enter in through the
gates into the city.


    OVERCOMERS ARE GIVEN THE TREE OF LIFE

KJV Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of
the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

    Israel means "one who wrestles and overcomes". A TRUE Israelite
believes that Yeshua is the Messiah and follows Torah. These are the
overcomers who are allowed to eat of the "tree of life".

KJV Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went
to make war with the remnant of her seed, which KEEP the COMMANDMENTS
of God, and have the TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ.

    Those that believe that Yeshua is the Messiah AND keep His
commandments (follow Torah) are a REMNANT of the body of Messiah.
They are the OVERCOMERS.


TORAH IS THE WAY ("Derek")

KJV Exodus 18:20 And thou shalt TEACH them ordinances and TORAH, and
shalt shew them the WAY<01870> wherein they must WALK, and the work that they
must do.


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I
will speak unto thee all the COMMANDMENTS, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which thou shalt TEACH them, that they may DO them in the
land which I give them to possess it.

KJV Deuteronomy 5:33 Ye shall WALK in all the WAYS <01870>  which the LORD your
God hath commanded you, that ye may LIVE, and that it may be well with
you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall
possess.


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 8:6 Therefore thou shalt KEEP the COMMANDMENTS of the
LORD thy God, to WALK in his WAYS  <01870>, and to fear him.


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God
require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to WALK in all his
WAYS  <01870> , and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy
heart and with all thy soul,

KJV Deuteronomy 10:13 To KEEP the COMMANDMENTS of the LORD, and his
statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to
do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

KJV Deuteronomy 26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy
God, and to WALK in his WAYS   <01870>, and to KEEP his statutes, and his
COMMANDMENTS, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:


CURSED = NOT KEEP THE WAY

KJV Deuteronomy 27:18 CURSED be he that maketh the blind to WANDER out
of the WAY  <01870>. And all the people shall say, Amen.


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt KEEP the
COMMANDMENTS of the LORD thy God, and WALK in his WAYS  <01870>.


     KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Deuteronomy 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD
thy God, to WALK in his WAYS  <01870>, and to KEEP his COMMANDMENTS
and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and
the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to
possess it.


FOLLOWING TORAH  = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Psalm 119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the WAY  <01870>
, who WALK in the TORAH of the LORD.


FOLLOWING TORAH  = WALKING IN HIS WAYS

KJV Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will TEACH us of his WAYS  <01870> , and we will WALK in his
paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the TORAH, and the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem.


    NOT FOLLOW HIS WAYS = NOT FOLLOW TORAH

KJV Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the
robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they
would NOT WALK in his WAYS  <01870>, neither were they obedient unto
his TORAH.


PREPARE THE WAY  OF YHVH = TORAH

KJV Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet
Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the WAY of the Lord, make his paths straight.


WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ("Right Way of Living") = FOLLOWING TORAH

KJV Matthew 21:32 For John came unto you in the WAY of righteousness
...

MESSIAH TEACHES WAY = TORAH

KJV Matthew 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the
Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and TEACHEST
the WAY of God in truth ...


       WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS = HOLY COMMANDMENTS

KJV 2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the
WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS, than, after they have known it, to turn from the
HOLY COMMANDMENT delivered unto them.


MESSIAH IS THE WAY

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


MESSIAH IS THE TRUTH

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the TRUTH, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 

THE HEBREW WORD FOR TRUTH

      The Hebrew word for truth is the Strong's number 571 which is
"Emet". The Hebrew word "Emet" is spelled:

Alef, Mem, Tav

     Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     Mem is the middle letter of the Hebrew alphabet
     Tav is the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

    The WHOLE TRUTH is EVERTHING from the beginning, middle and end.

    The Hebrew word: "Emet" / Truth means: 

 'emeth {eh'-meth}    contracted from 0539;
TWOT - 116k   AV -

truth 92,
true 18,
right 3,
faithfully 2,
assured 1
sure  1

1) firmness, faithfulness, truth
1a) sureness, reliability
1b) stability, continuance
1c) faithfulness,  reliableness 1d) truth
1d5) true doctrine


THE TORAH = TRUTH

KJV Psalm 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and thy TORAH is the TRUTH  <0571>.

KJV John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word (Torah) is truth.


ALL COMMANDMENTS  = TRUTH

KJV Psalm 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and ALL thy COMMANDMENTS are
TRUTH  <0571> .


THE TORAH = TRUTH

KJV Malachi 2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

KJV Malachi 2:6 The TORAH of TRUTH  <0571>  was in his mouth, and iniquity was
not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did
turn many away from iniquity.


     ZION = JERUSALEM = CITY OF TRUTH = FOLLOW TORAH

KJV Zechariah 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto ZION, and
will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and JERUSALEM shall be called a
CITY of TRUTH; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the HOLY
MOUNTAIN


TORAH = LIGHT

KJV Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the TORAH is
LIGHT; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:


DOES TRUTH = COMES LIGHT = FOLLOW TORAH

KJV John 3:21 But he that DOETH TRUTH cometh to the LIGHT, that his
deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God..


NOT KEEP COMMANDMENTS = NO TRUTH

KJV 1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and KEEPETH NOT his
COMMANDMENTS, is a liar, and the TRUTH <0571> is not in him.


    CONTINUE IN TORAH =  THE TORAH SETS YOU FREE

KJV John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If
ye CONTINUE in my WORD, then are ye MY DISCIPLES indeed;

 KJV John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the TRUTH shall make
you FREE.


     CONTINUE IN TORAH =  THE TORAH BRINGS LIBERTY

KJV James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect TORAH 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.


     THE TRUTH = HEAR MY VOICE = FOLLOW TORAH

KJV John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born,
and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness
unto the truth. Every one that is of the TRUTH HEARETH MY VOICE.


        HOLY SPIRIT = SPIRIT OF TRUTH = FOLLOW TORAH

KJV John 15:26 But when the COMFORTER is come, whom I will send unto
you from the Father, even the SPIRIT of TRUTH, which proceedeth from
the Father, he shall testify of me:

KJV John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the SPIRIT of TRUTH, is come, he will
GUIDE you into all TRUTH: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.


WALK IN DARKNESS (sin) = NOT DO THE TRUTH (Follow Torah)
 
KJV 1 John 1:6 If we SAY that we have FELLOWSHIP with HIM, and WALK in
DARKNESS, we LIE, and DO NOT the TRUTH:


KEEP NOT COMMANDMENTS  (sin) = NOT DO THE TRUTH (Follow Torah)

KJV 1 John 2:4 He that SAITH, I KNOW HIM, and KEEPETH NOT his
COMMANDMENTS, is a liar, and the TRUTH is NOT in him.


WALKING IN TRUTH (following Torah) = KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS

KJV 2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children
WALKING in TRUTH, as we have RECEIVED a COMMANDMENT from the Father.

KJV 3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and
testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou WALKEST in THE
TRUTH.

KJV 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth.


YESHUA IS THE TRUTH (FOLLOWER OF TORAH)

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the TRUTH, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


YESHUA IS THE LIFE

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


THE HEBREW WORD FOR LIFE

      The Hebrew word for life is the Strong's number 2416 which is
"Chai".


            KEEPING THE TORAH = LIFE

KJV Deuteronomy 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD
thy God, to KEEP his COMMANDMENTS and his statutes which are written
in this book of the TORAH, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with
all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

KJV Deuteronomy 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD
thy God, to WALK in his WAYS, and to KEEP his COMMANDMENTS and his
statutes and his judgments, that thou MAYEST LIVE <02421> (Chayah)  and multiply: and
the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to
possess it.


          KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS = WAY TO LIFE

KJV Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the TORAH is
LIGHT; and reproofs of instruction are the WAY <01870>  of LIFE <02416>:

 
CHAI = ZOE IN GREEK

            The Hebrew word, "Chai" / Life corresponds to the Greek
word ZOE. ZOE is the Strong's number 2222.


    THE WORDS OF MESSIAH ARE LIFE = FOLLOW TORAH

KJV John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: the WORDS that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they
are LIFE.


MESSIAH CAME TO BRING ZOE = CHAI / ZOE IS ABUNDANT LIFE

KJV John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy: I am come that they might have LIFE, and that they
might have it MORE ABUNDANTLY.


TORAH = LIGHT OF LIFE

KJV Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the TORAH is
LIGHT; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

KJV John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light
of the world: he that followeth me shall NOT WALK IN DARKNESS (not
follow Torah), but shall have the LIGHT of LIFE (follow Torah).


     THE TORAH IS SPIRITUAL = LIFE AND PEACE

KJV Romans 7:14 For we know that the TORAH is SPIRITUAL ...

KJV Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death (disobey Torah); but to be
SPIRITUALLY MINDED (follow Torah) is LIFE and PEACE (shalom).


  GENTILES DON'T FOLLOW TORAH = ALIENATED FROM YHVH

KJV Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other GENTILES WALK, in the vanity of their
mind,

KJV Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being ALIENATED
FROM the LIFE of GOD [Torah]  through the ignorance that is in them, because of
the blindness of their heart:


FOUNTAIN OF LIFE = FOLLOWING TORAH

KJV Proverbs 13:14 The TORAH of the wise is a FOUNTAIN of LIFE, to
depart from the snares of death.

KJV Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst
of the FOUNTAIN of the WATER of LIFE freely.


MESSIAH IS THE LIFE

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


         MESSIAH IS THE WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

KJV John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the
LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

         TORAH IS THE WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

         MESSIAH IS TORAH! TORAH! TORAH!

    I pray that this study has been a rich blessing to you.

May YHVH continue to bless you in your studies,

Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l