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This weeks reading for Chol Ha\u2019moed Pesach (Shemot \/ Exodus 33:12-34:26<\/span><\/em>) is taken from Parashat Ki Tisa (Shemot \/ Exodus 30:11-34:35<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 In the Torah narrative, Israel had just committed a great sin before the Lord, manufacturing an idol of gold, and bowing down before the idol at the foot of the mountain of Sinai.\u00a0 Moshe returns to the top of Sinai and speaks to the Lord God requesting that His presence come with the Children of Israel (33:12-17<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Moshe attempts to gain forgiveness for Israel and in the process receives a glimpse of God\u2019s Glory (33:18<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 The Lord tells Moshe that He will show him His glory.\u00a0 The Lord declares that He is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, loving, and having grace forgiving the iniquity, transgression, and sin for thousands (34:6-7<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 All of these things come at the heals of Chet Ha\u2019Egel, Israel\u2019s sin, and the Lord forgiving Israel for their idolatry.\u00a0 In last week\u2019s study, we looked at Joshua 7:1<\/span><\/em> which states, But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the Lord burned against the sons of Israel.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 There was unknown (hidden) sin amongst the people and it effected all of Israel.\u00a0 The hidden sin was due to one man violating the covenant of God.\u00a0 Have you ever considered whether you are knowingly or unknowingly breaking the covenant of God?\u00a0 Do we really need to worry about breaking the covenant in Yeshua the Messiah?\u00a0 How does one break the covenant as a believer in Yeshua?\u00a0 Can breaking the covenant effect our lives today?\u00a0 These are very good questions.\u00a0 Let\u2019s study the topic of \u201cbreaking the covenant\u201d<\/span><\/em> within the context of Yeshua the Messiah, and see what we can learn.<\/p>\n In Parashat Ki Tisa, the Lord revealed to Moshe His glory.\u00a0 According to the Apostolic Writings, the Lord revealed His glory in His Son in the covenant He made with us in Yeshua the Messiah. (Hebrews 1:1-3<\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n Hebrews 1:1-3<\/span><\/em><\/strong> The Apostolic Writings tell us about Yeshua the Messiah, and the Lord renewing His covenant with us (Jeremiah 31<\/span><\/em>) in Him.\u00a0 Based upon these Scriptures and others, we are in a covenant relationship with God, just like what we read from the Torah portion in Shemot \/ Exodus 34:10-12<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05dc\u05d3<\/strong> Shemot \/ Exodus 34:10-12<\/span><\/em><\/strong> The question to consider is how does one break the covenant of God being saved in Yeshua the Messiah?\u00a0 To begin to understand what it means to break the covenant, we need to understand the relevancy of the commandments in the Torah.\u00a0 In order to do this, we need to first look at the gospel of John, chapter 10 and 14.<\/p>\n John 10:27-30<\/span><\/em><\/strong> John 14:6-18<\/span><\/em><\/strong> According to the gospel of John, the Scriptures say that Yeshua and the father are one and are in 100% agreement with one another.\u00a0 According to John, the words Yeshua spoke during his ministry here on earth, all of them were from His Father in heaven.\u00a0 In the narrative, Philip asks Yeshua to show him the Father, and he responds saying, you have seen and known the Father by seeing and knowing Me.\u00a0 In addition, Yeshua says that the works that he does are the works of the Father, and that the Father is glorified in the name of Yeshua.\u00a0 This is evident in the miracles of the healing of the lepers, and in the calming of the storm in Mark 4<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Yeshua also says, 14:15 \u2018If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Based upon this context, the commandments of Yeshua, are one and the same with the commandments of our Father in heaven.\u00a0 What Yeshua is doing here, he is drawing us back to a Torah context, he is drawing a picture of the mitzvot in the Torah for his followers.\u00a0 Take for example the calming of the storm, Yeshua is demonstrating the power of God as it is compared to the Exodus and the Lord\u2019s mighty hand that delivered Israel and brought the plagues upon Egypt.\u00a0 God has the power of the wind and the sea.\u00a0 Therefore, to understand the meaning of breaking the covenant, we need to look at the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.<\/p>\n Studying the Hebrew word for \u201cbreak,\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05d1\u05e8) the word occurs 41 times in the Tanach.\u00a0 It is used in connection to breaking a covenant, breaking the commandments, breaking plans and breaking advice.\u00a0 Before we begin the discussion on what it means to break the covenant of God, understand that the particular mitzvah that a person may break, does not mean that the Torah no longer stands as a whole, complete, and valid.\u00a0 Even though the Torah is broken, it remains in force.\u00a0 This is the way the Apostle Paul describes the Torah in his letter to the Romans 6-7<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 The same is true with respect to the covenant.\u00a0 For example, Judaism teaches that apostasy does not relieve a person from the responsibility of sin in this respect. The Talmud teaches, \u201cOnce a Jew, always a Jew,\u201d<\/span><\/em> citing Joshua 7:11<\/span><\/em>, \u201cIsrael hath sinned\u201d<\/span><\/em> interestingly enough regarding the same Scriptures we studied last week, a man who sins and breaks the covenant does not invalidate who he is and his responsibility before God.\u00a0 Rabbi Abba son of Zabdai spoke these words in the Talmud to prove that though he (Achan) \u201csinned,\u201d<\/span><\/em> he remains an Israelite (Talmud Bavli Sanhedrin 43b<\/span><\/em>). According to the Tanach, the verb \u201cto break\u201d<\/span><\/em> (\u05e9\u05d1\u05e8) is connected with God\u2019s commandments.\u00a0 In Bamidbar \/ Numbers 15:31<\/span><\/em>, the word that is used is \u05d4\u05b5\u05e4\u05b7\u05e8 from the root \u05e4\u05e8\u05e8 meaning \u201cbe crumbed, crumbled, shattered, collapsed,\u201d<\/span><\/em> being translated as \u201cdespising the command\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 \u05dc\u05d0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d4\u05b5\u05e4\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05ea | \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05e4\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05b4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc: 15:31 \u2018Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.\u2019\u2018 (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:126<\/span><\/em>, states, \u05e7\u05db\u05d5\u00a0 \u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b5\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b6\u05da\u05b8: 119:126 It is time for the Lord to act, For they have broken Your law. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> saying the Lord will act when one despises the command, or causes the command to crumble or be shattered, to break.\u00a0 The Lord will take action because his Torah has been broken.\u00a0 Ezra says in Ezra 9:14<\/span><\/em>, \u05d9\u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d4\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05e0\u05b7\u05e3-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b8\u05d4: 9:14 shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape? (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 In each case, the mitzvot are violated (transgressed) or broken, yet the command stands and remains valid.<\/p>\n According to 2 Samuel 15:34<\/span><\/em>, \u05dc\u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05e4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b9\u05e4\u05b6\u05dc: 15:34 \u2018But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, \u2018I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father\u2019s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,\u2019 then you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Here the counsel of Ahithophel is broken (\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b5\u05e4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4).\u00a0 In addition, 2 Samuel 17:14<\/span><\/em> we also read, \u05d9\u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b7\u05ea \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b9\u05e4\u05b6\u05dc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b9\u05e4\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4: 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, \u2018The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.\u2019 For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Here the Lord commanded that the counsel of Ahithophel be broken (\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8).\u00a0 Here the Lord commanded (\u05e6\u05b4\u05d5\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4) the counsel of man to be broken.\u00a0 It was broken and not followed up.\u00a0 Corresponding to this, Isaiah 14:26-27<\/span><\/em> states, \u05db\u05d5\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd: \u05db\u05d6\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e6\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05e5 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4: 14:26 \u2018This is the plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations. 14:27 \u2018For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Nobody can break (\u05d9\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8) the plans of the Lord.\u00a0 Nobody can annul them or destroy them so that they are of none effect.<\/p>\n In addition, Isaiah 44:25, Job 5:12, Ezra 4:5, and Nehemiah 4:9-15<\/span><\/em> all state that the Lord breaks the signs of liars and diviners.\u00a0 In Job 40<\/span><\/em>, the Lord speaks asking Job, will you deny, will you annul and destroy, My rights?\u00a0 The Lord\u2019s word remains valid regardless of whether men breaks them or keeps them.<\/p>\n The breaking of the covenant, according to 1 Kings 15:19<\/span><\/em> (see also 2 Chronicles 16:3<\/span><\/em>), Asa, king of Judah, requests Behadad, the king of Syria to break his covenant with Baasha, the king of Israel, and to make a covenant with him, king Asa.\u00a0 The breaking of the covenant here is between peoples.\u00a0 Isaiah 33:8<\/span><\/em> also speaks of the breaking of the covenant between peoples saying the situation of the people and the land is wretched.\u00a0 Ezekiel 17:15-18<\/span><\/em> speaks of the king of Judah and the king of Babylon making a covenant under oath, where Judah broke the covenant by turning to Egypt for help.\u00a0 Within the context of the covenant between two people, these Scriptures suggest that the breaking of the covenant is not simply a matter of transgression or violation of a command, it is also connected to the destroying of the covenant relationship.\u00a0 The covenant relationship is severed, done away with, and doesn\u2019t exist any longer.\u00a0 Note that breaking the covenant is to nullify and destroy, that is coupled to the transgressing or violation of the agreement.\u00a0 The question before us then is, \u201cDo you know the requirements of the covenant relationship that you have with the Lord God in heaven in Yeshua the Messiah?\u201d\u00a0 What are the stipulations of the covenant you have with God in Christ?<\/p>\n In addition to this, the Torah states according to Vayikra \/ Leviticus 26:44-45<\/span><\/em>, \u05de\u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e3 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05dd-\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d2\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd: \u05de\u05d4\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d6\u05b8\u05db\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b5\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4: 26:44 \u2018Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. 26:45 \u2018But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.\u2019\u2018 (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 These Scriptures tell us that the Lord will not utterly forsake His people, He will not break His covenant with them and utterly destroy them.\u00a0 Clearly, if the Lord broke His covenant, he would totally annul (destroy) the covenant and His people would be utterly destroyed.<\/p>\n The point of studying the breaking of the covenant is that man is fully capable of breaking the covenant by violating the commands of God.\u00a0 The violation of the covenant takes away from the covenant relationship and causes it to no longer work.\u00a0 In Vayikra \/ Leviticus 26:15<\/span><\/em> we read, \u201cif you spurn My statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant,\u201d<\/span><\/em> the Lord will punish you.\u00a0 Note that not keeping the commandment results in one breaking the covenant with God.\u00a0 In Parashat Haazinu, Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 31:16-20<\/span><\/em>, it is written that in the future, Israel will serve other gods and forsake and despise the Lord by \u201cbreaking\u201d<\/span><\/em> the covenant with Him.\u00a0 The connection between transgressing the commandments, violating the statutes of the Lord, and the breaking of the covenant is also found elsewhere in Isaiah 24:5, Jeremiah 11:10, and Ezekiel 16:59, 44:8<\/span><\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n Christian theology at times can be a very strange thing.\u00a0 In dispensationalism<\/span><\/em>, the idea of breaking the covenant of God, all of a sudden, the meaning of the word \u201cbreak\u201d<\/span><\/em> has changed in the Messiah Yeshua.\u00a0 The change occurs but one of two ways, (i) when the people \u201cbreak\u201d<\/span><\/em> the covenant that the Lord made with them, the verb can only mean, violate or transgress, and has nothing to do with ones relationship because that is secured in Christ.\u00a0 And, (ii) one is not able to break the covenant because \u201conce saved always saved,\u201d<\/span><\/em> this leads back to point (i) and the relationship being secured in Christ.\u00a0 When Israel served other gods and was not keeping God\u2019s mitzvot, Israel broke the commands and in doing so, severed their covenant relationship with God.\u00a0 From this context, in the process of sinning, a person is in the process of annulling the covenant.\u00a0 With the relationship severed, the function of the Lord working in one\u2019s life stops, outside of the Lord drawing the person towards repentance and turning from their evil ways, and returning to God\u2019s Ways.\u00a0 Paul spoke at length on why the church was so sick, dead, and dying (1 Corinthians 11:30<\/span><\/em>) and the reason being, the people were breaking the covenant and disregarding the faith by living in gluttony and drunkenness.\u00a0 Is there any wonder why today there are so many who are sick in the church when it is taught one is not able to break the covenant by their evil deeds?<\/p>\n What we can conclude from this study on \u201cbreaking\u201d<\/span><\/em> the covenant?\u00a0 Based upon this study of Yeshua and God\u2019s Torah, we know based upon the Scriptures, that God\u2019s Law can not be annulled or destroyed so that it no longer has any power or effect.\u00a0 This is what we read in Isaiah 14:26-27<\/span><\/em> that God\u2019s plans can not be destroyed.\u00a0 The thing about the commands is that we walk in God\u2019s ways so that we can know Him better.\u00a0 The commands place God and His Word upon the throne of our lives.\u00a0 This is what John meant saying\u00a0 if you \u201csay\u201d that you are \u201cin Him,\u201d<\/span><\/em> then you ought to walk in His ways (1 John 2:6<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 The reason is, the commands of God come into our lives, into the lives of the people of the covenant in a very intimate way.\u00a0 We are confronted with the commands to live in righteousness, holiness, and justice.\u00a0 So the question is, what will you do with this?\u00a0 Will you disregard the command (the Torah), and make it powerless in your life, or destroy it such that the command has no effect in your life?\u00a0 Israel did this throughout the Tanach.\u00a0 The church did this on issues of morality, gluttony, and drunkenness according to the Corinthians.\u00a0 In the transgression of the command, one breaks it to pieces, this is the root meaning of the word \u05e4\u05e8\u05e8 meaning to \u201cbe crumbed, crumbled, shattered, collapsed.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The breaking of the covenant means to sever the covenant relationship between men, and between God and men.\u00a0 The important point to remember is that nobody is perfect and we all fail at one time or another to obey the Lord.\u00a0 This is why we seek the Lord for help in our lives to overcome sin, and to live repentant and humble lives before God.<\/p>\n The Lord said in Shemot \/ Exodus 34:10<\/span><\/em> And he said, \u201cBehold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation.” (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 He said to all of Israel, and to you and I today, \u201cI am the LORD your God. I have redeemed you.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 He promised all of Israel entry into the promised land and why did they not enter?\u00a0 They did not enter Because of their unbelief.\u00a0 Their unbelief in the promises of God and their lack of trusting in Him.\u00a0 The covenant that God made with His people included everyone, down to the individual members.\u00a0 Though the Lord maintains His covenant with His people, like we have in the Messiah Yeshua, it is also possible for the individual member to live a life in violation of the covenantal agreement.\u00a0 One can in fact sever his or her relationship with God by living in sin and then reap the consequences of their sins. (1 Corinthians 11:30<\/span><\/em>)\u00a0\u00a0 All of Scripture bears this out and most importantly of those who place their faith in Yeshua the Messiah.\u00a0 Yeshua said in John 14:15 \u2018If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Do you love the Lord enough to keep His commands?\u00a0 One of His commands is to observe and remember the Pesach Festival.\u00a0 In the Passover, we remember the Power of God to deliver us from bondage and the glory of God to redeem us in His Son Yeshua the Messiah.\u00a0 In the Passover we look for inspiration in the events of the past, to remember God\u2019s power (Resurrection) and His mighty hand (deliverance), coupled with the eternal hope for the future, not only of salvation from this worlds circumstances, but Salvation in the world to come, in His Messiah, Savior, and King, Yeshua!\u00a0 BTT_Parashat Chol Ha’moed-Pesach-2015<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [youtube url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KIGxKeAcDR8&feature=youtu.be”] This weeks reading for Chol Ha\u2019moed Pesach (Shemot \/ Exodus 33:12-34:26) is taken from Parashat Ki Tisa (Shemot \/ Exodus 30:11-34:35).\u00a0 In the Torah narrative, Israel had just committed a great sin before the Lord, manufacturing an idol of gold, and bowing down before the idol at the foot of the mountain of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (NASB)
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\n 34:10 And he said, \u201cBehold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. 34:11 \u201cObserve what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 34:12 Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.\u00a0 (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n 10:27 \u2018My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 10:29 \u2018My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father\u2019s hand. 10:30 \u2018I and the Father are one.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\n 14:6 Jesus said to him, \u2018I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. 14:7 \u2018If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.\u2019 14:8 Philip said to Him, \u2018Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.\u2019 14:9 Jesus said to him, \u2018Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, \u2018Show us the Father\u2019? 14:10 \u2018Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. 14:11 \u2018Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. 14:12 \u2018Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 14:13 \u2018Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14:14 \u2018If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.\u00a0 14:15 \u2018If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 14:16 \u2018I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. 14:18 \u2018I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (NASB)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThe term \u201cbreak\u201d<\/span><\/em> refers to a violation of a mitzvah that results in a transgression of the covenant.\u00a0 From the Talmudic perspective, the apostate, or the heathen, is still responsible before God for living in either righteousness or in unrighteousness on this earth.\u00a0 Dispensationalism<\/span> <\/em>has done a great disservice to the Christian understanding of the covenant presupposing that the Torah was for a former time, whereby in this age of grace, we do not have to be concerned with breaking the covenant.\u00a0 The Scriptures actually teach a different message.\u00a0 God\u2019s covenant in the Messiah, based upon Yeshua\u2019s words in John 10 and 14<\/span><\/em>, suggest we are held to the same requirements as detailed in the Torah.\u00a0 Nothing has changed.\u00a0 This is why a large percentage of the Scripture speaks so often of the breaking of the covenant on the part of Israel in the Tanach, and our needing to remain or abide in the Messiah in the NT.\u00a0 The sad fact of the matter is greater Christianity believes and teaches that it was only under the covenant of Moshe that one could break the covenant of God by not observing or keeping Torah, whereas today, we are under grace and consequentially breaking the Mosaic covenant is a non-sequitur issue.<\/p>\n