Bits of Torah Truths – #Torah Concept in the NT: Take No Anxious Thought of Tomorrow – Episode 737
Matthew 6:24
״אֵין אִישׁ יָכוֹל לַעֲבֹד שְׁנֵי אֲדוֹנִים, שֶׁכֵּן אוֹ יִשְׂנָא אֶחָד וְיֹאהַב אֶת הַשֵּׁנִי, אוֹ יִהְיֶה מָסוּר לְאֶחָד וִיזַלְזֵל בַּשֵּׁנִי. אֵינְכֶם יְכוֹלִים לַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֱלֹהִים וְאֶת הַמָּמוֹן.״
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Matthew 6:24
6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. (NASB)
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Yeshua’s instruction not to worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:24) echoes the Torah’s foundational training in daily dependence on God rather than future‑oriented anxiety. The Torah repeatedly teaches Israel that God controls tomorrow, and His people are to trust Him one day at a time.
– Torah Parallels to do not to worry about tomorrow –
- The Manna Principle: Daily Provision, No Hoarding, Exodus 16:4–5, 16–20, 16:23–30. The Torah trains Israel to trust God for tomorrow by forbidding them to secure it themselves.
- God Controls the Future, Not Human Planning, Deuteronomy 8:2–3, 11:10–15. The Torah emphasizes that tomorrow’s outcomes are in God’s hands, not man’s.
- Anxiety as Forgetting God’s Past Faithfulness, Deuteronomy 6:10–12, 32:10–14. Fear of tomorrow is treated as a failure to remember God’s consistent provision.
- God’s Presence Removes Fear of the Future, Exodus 33:14; Deuteronomy 31:6–8. The Torah grounds freedom from anxiety in God’s ongoing presence.
- The Land Promise: Tomorrow Is God’s Gift, Deuteronomy 7:12–15, 28:1–14. The future is portrayed as something God provides, not something men must anxiously control.
– Context Synthesis –
Yeshua’s command not to worry about tomorrow is a direct continuation of the Torah’s wilderness pedagogy: God provides daily bread, controls the future, and calls His people to trust Him rather than fear what lies ahead. The Torah repeatedly trains Israel to live in a rhythm of daily dependence, rejecting the impulse to secure tomorrow through anxious striving. Yeshua re‑articulates this same covenantal principle, grounding it in the Father’s character and the observable patterns of God’s past faithfulness.
– Core Insight –
The Torah teaches that tomorrow belongs to God, not to human anxiety. Yeshua’s instruction simply renews this Torah pattern: live faithfully today, trust God for tomorrow, and rest in the certainty that the God who provided yesterday will provide again. This is how Yeshua taught Torah in the NT, the Torah has not passed away!
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