{"id":6848,"date":"2017-10-04T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6848"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:34:32","slug":"bits-torah-truths-chol-hamoed-succot-faithfulness-required-eternal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-torah-truths-chol-hamoed-succot-faithfulness-required-eternal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths, Chol HaMoed Succot, \u05d7\u05d5\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d3 \u05e1\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea, Is Faithfulness Required for Eternal Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4GEtUjS3smA\"><iframe title=\"BTT, Chol HaMoed Succot, \u05d7\u05d5\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d3 \u05e1\u05bb\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea, Is Faithfulness Required for Eternal Life?\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4GEtUjS3smA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This week\u2019s Torah Portion states, \u05d9\u05d1\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dd-\u05de\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d2\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u05e2\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0-\u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4: \u05d9\u05d3\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b5\u05dc\u05b5\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">33:12 Then Moses said to the Lord, \u2018See, You say to me, \u2018Bring up this people!\u2019 But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, \u2018I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.\u2019 33:13 \u2018Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.\u2019 33:14 And He said, \u2018My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.\u2019(NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 After the tragedy of the sin of the golden calf, Moshe feared that the people would never be able to find favor in God\u2019s eyes again.\u00a0 In the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting) Moshe sought for assurance from the Lord that He would go with these people.\u00a0 In the context of the great sin of Israel, Moshe asked, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">33:13 \u2018Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor (\u05d7\u05b5\u05df, grace) in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor (\u05d7\u05b5\u05df, grace) in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.\u2019(NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Moshe speaks of finding favor, mercy, and grace in the eyes of the Lord.\u00a0 He speaks of knowing God in order to find grace (favor) in his sight.\u00a0 This knowing God by knowing His ways is the concept of <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cfaithfulness.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The question then is for us, \u201cIs faithfulness required for Eternal Life?\u201d\u00a0 Does this question stand contrary to what we are being taught in the church today?\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rashi on Exodus 33:13 part 2, states \u201c\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0-\u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8, that I may know by this (by Your letting me know Your way) the nature of the reward You bestow, what is this \u201cfinding of grace\u201d which You have granted to me (Hebrew: which I found in Your eyes). The explanation of \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0-\u05d7\u05b5\u05df accordingly is: that I may find out (\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0) how great is the reward attendant on this \u201cfinding of grace.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Grace (\u05d7\u05df or \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 in the Christian belief) is defined as the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.\u00a0 Mercy (\u05d7\u05df or \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3) is also defined as compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one\u2019s power to punish or harm.\u00a0 The rabbis understand the concept of grace as the favor of God and is something that is coupled to what we do as it is related to the Torah command.\u00a0 A statistical analysis of the Masoretic text reveals \u05d7\u05df chen is translated to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cgrace\u201d<\/span><\/em> 38 times in the King James Bible and is also translated with the meanings of <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cfavor,\u201d \u201cbeauty,\u201d and \u201cloveliness.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 In 40 of the 69 occurrences in the Tanach, the word \u05d7\u05df it is found in the phrase, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cfind grace\/favor in the eyes of &#8230;,\u201d<\/span><\/em> for example, its first use is in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 6:8, \u05d7\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b8\u05d4: 6:8 But Noah found favor (grace) in the eyes of the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed is interestingly connected in the Tanach to the Davidic promises, faithfulness, the covenant, and truth.\u00a0 The close connection between the covenant and this word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed suggests that this word may refer to the <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201ccovenantal grace\/mercy\u201d<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cCovenant of grace\/mercy\u201d<\/span><\/em> which may be why the Hebrew translation of the NT so often uses the word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed in its translation of Greek word \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 (grace).\u00a0 The most significant aspect of these Scriptures is how Moshe seeks to know God, and to know His ways.\u00a0 Moshe is asking the Lord to help him in faithfulness to Him and His word and in doing so finding grace (favor) in the eyes of God.\u00a0 The reward that Rashi speaks of is answered in this verse that the presence of God in the lives of His people gives rest to His people.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sforno on Exodus 33:13 part 4<\/span><\/em>, states <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201c\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0-\u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8, by possessing such knowledge and an appreciation of Your mode of operation I will myself attain favor in Your eyes. A similar thought has been expressed in Jeremiah 9:23 let the one who wants to boast, boast about the degree of knowledge about Me that he has acquired for I, the Lord, am fond of those who make knowing Me better their principal objective.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The significance of these rabbinic commentaries is our principle action should be to know the Lord at greater and greater levels for the purpose of applying God\u2019s word to our lives as we grow in our relationship with Him.\u00a0 Does the church today emphasize this aspect of knowing God in and through the application of His word to our lives?\u00a0 If so how?\u00a0 If not, why not?\u00a0 The Bible describes the Lord as having revealed Himself in the commands.\u00a0 Do you understand the significance of God revealing Himself in the commands?\u00a0 This is how the Lord knows us, if we love Him and obey His commands.\u00a0 In addition to this, the Lord God Himself is Grace\/Mercy incarnate just as the Scriptures say <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cthe Lord is \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed (grace) in all His works\u201d<\/span> <\/em>(see <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 4:3, 86:2, and 145:17<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 In order to fully appreciate the concept of the mitzvah and the idea that the Lord God of Israel chose to reveal Himself in the form of the mitzvot (commandments, Laws) we have to consider the context of our lives as His people is to be defined according to God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 This is the very definition of what it means to be a faithful people and to walk in the Spirit of God as Paul describes in his epistles.\u00a0 The most appropriate word that describes what this means is the word shema meaning <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cto listen,\u201d \u201cto do,\u201d and \u201cto obey.\u201d<\/span><\/em> From this word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed we derive the meaning of chasidim, which is the orthodox Judaism understanding of the one who walks in the grace\/mercy\/favor of God as a righteous and holy person.\u00a0 These words in the Torah which describe the favor, mercy, and grace of God are rich in meaning.\u00a0 The basic conclusion is, we are called to seek the favor, mercy, and grace of God in faith and faithfulness.\u00a0 Moshe described this as knowing God in a more intimate way.\u00a0 All of these things, grace, mercy, and the Lord dwelling in our midst is the context of the festival of Succot.\u00a0 The Lord desires to come and dwell in our midst, to draw near to us.\u00a0 The Torah descriptions of obedience to the mitzvot (commands) define the Lord God in heaven, and His people who bear his testimony both today and on into eternity.<\/p>\n<p>week we are looking at the Scriptures for Succot from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Shemot \/ Exodus 33:12-34:10<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Shemot \/ Exodus 33:12-34:10<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">33:12 Then Moses said to the Lord, \u2018See, You say to me, \u2018Bring up this people!\u2019 But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, \u2018I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.\u2019 33:13 \u2018Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.\u2019 33:14 And He said, \u2018My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.\u2019 33:15 Then he said to Him, \u2018If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. 33:16 \u2018For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?\u2019 33:17 The Lord said to Moses, \u2018I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.\u2019 33:18 Then Moses said, \u2018I pray You, show me Your glory!\u2019 33:19 And He said, \u2018I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.\u2019 33:20 But He said, \u2018You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!\u2019 33:21 Then the Lord said, \u2018Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; 33:22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 33:23 \u2018Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.\u2019 34:1 Now the Lord said to Moses, \u2018Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. 34:2 \u2018So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. 34:3 \u2018No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.\u2019 34:4 So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. 34:5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord. 34:6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, \u2018The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 34:7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.\u2019 34:8 Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. 34:9 He said, \u2018If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.\u2019 34:10 Then God said, \u2018Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you. 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style=\"text-align: left;\">This week\u2019s Torah Portion states, \u05d9\u05d1\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 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\u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4: \u05d9\u05d3\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b5\u05dc\u05b5\u05db\u05d5\u05bc \u05d5\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d7\u05b9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">33:12 Then Moses said to the Lord, \u2018See, You say to me, \u2018Bring up this people!\u2019 But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, \u2018I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.\u2019 33:13 \u2018Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.\u2019 33:14 And He said, \u2018My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.\u2019(NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 What we learn from these Scriptures is Moshe\u2019s defining the meaning of \u201cfaithfulness,\u201d to seek to draw near to the Lord God of Israel at a greater level, to know Him by walking in His ways, and in doing so finding His grace.\u00a0 This is the biblical context of the word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed that is connected with the Davidic promises, faithfulness, the covenant, and truth.\u00a0 The word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed draws in the concept of \u201ccovenantal grace\/mercy\u201d or \u201cCovenant of grace\/mercy\u201d and is why the Hebrew translation of the NT so often uses the word \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 chesed in its translation of Greek word \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2 (grace).\u00a0 This is also why Paul writes of the obedience of the faith in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Romans 15:17-18 and 16:26-27,<\/span><\/em> because faith creates faithfulness in our lives.\u00a0 There is no salvation without faith and faithfulness to the Lord God in heaven and His Messiah Yeshua!\u00a0 The gospel message is connected to obeying God.\u00a0 This is why Paul has been hindered from coming to the Romans, because the obedience of the gospel is vitally important.\u00a0 Examining the epistles of Paul, he always taught obedience that comes from the faith is the fruit of the Spirit which demonstrates our faithfulness in our Father in heaven and in His Messiah Yeshua.\u00a0 If we consider all of Scripture and the truthfulness of these things we have been discussing, this stands against the faith alone teachings we find in the church today!\u00a0 If these things are true, what are the implications for us today? (see <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 7<\/span><\/em>)\u00a0 Based upon <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 7<\/span><\/em>, there is a doctrine that is being taught that is sending millions of Christians to hell!\u00a0\u00a0 The rabbis understand chesed (grace) from the Torah in the following way.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chizkuni, Exodus 33:13 Part 1<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d3\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05da, \u201cplease instruct me in Your ways.\u201d Moses wished G-d to instruct Him of His attributes. Once he had been instructed in those, he would be able to determine if he wished for the Jewish people to be led by one or more of G-d\u2019 attributes or by His essence. (B\u2019chor Shor)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Part 2<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u05d5\u05d0\u05d3\u05e2\u05da, \u201cso that I will know You more intimately and be able to cleave to You more closely;\u201d As result, I will be able to find favor in Your eyes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Moshe uses the word \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 to describe the intent of his words, to know the Lord God at a more intimate level.\u00a0 This is the point of the mitzvot (commands).\u00a0 Our short comings and failures in keeping perfectly His Torah, we learn about ourselves, and we learn about the Lord in heaven, and most importantly, about His mercy and grace which draws us back to repentance again and again in our lives.\u00a0 Note how the commentary Chizkuni says <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cto be led by one or more of God\u2019s attributes or by His essence.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The attributes of God are His commands, the essence of God is his mercy\/grace.\u00a0 This is a question that is opened for discussion by the rabbis here in the commentary.\u00a0 The Apostolic Writings says we are led by God\u2019s grace, which is what leads us to repentance, and turning from our ways of sin to His ways of righteousness in the commands.\u00a0 The rabbinic commentary is very consistent with the writings of the New Testament!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rashi interprets Moshe\u2019s words in the following way:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Rashi on Exodus 33:13 Part 2<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d5\u05d0\u05d3\u05e2\u05da \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05df \u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d7\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05da means, that I may know by this (by Your letting me know Your way) the nature of the reward You bestow \u2014 what is this \u201cfinding of grace\u201d which You have granted to me (Hebrew: which I found in Your eyes). The explanation of \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05df \u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d7\u05df accordingly is: that I may find out (\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0) how great is the reward attendant on this \u201cfinding of grace\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rashi speaks of knowing the way of God, the reward for knowing God\u2019s ways is the finding of the grace of God.\u00a0 Note how Rashi understands faith and faithfulness go hand in hand which is why the gospel message is connected to the obedience of the faith (obeying God).\u00a0 Notice how it is the Lord God Almighty who makes His ways known to us, just as Rabbeinu Bahya comments saying in the following commentary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Rabbeinu Bahya, Shemot 33:13:1-9<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d3\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05da, \u201cmake Your ways known to me.\u201d According to the plain meaning of the text the word \u05d3\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05da means \u201cYour attributes.\u201d The \u201cways\u201d of the Lord are His attributes, His virtues. This is the way David used the expression in Psalms 103,7 where he wrote \u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d3\u05e8\u05db\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d4, \u201cHe would make Moses conversant with His attributes.\u201d The fact is that in that psalm David immediately proceeds to list these attributes of the Lord, such as \u05e8\u05d7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05e8\u05da \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3, \u201cthe Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger abounding in steadfast love.\u201d Moses attempted to gain an understanding of G\u2019d\u2019s essence by means of being told His attributes. G\u2019d\u2019s activities were to be the clue to understanding His essence.\u00a0 G\u2019d responded to him in the following way: \u201cI will allow all My goodness to pass before you\u201d (verse 19). Moses\u2019 second request, i.e. \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d0 \u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3\u05da, \u201clet me see Your glory\u201d (verse 19), was denied. In response to this second request G\u2019d told Moses that it is not given to mortal man to have a vision of G\u2019d\u2019s glory while alive.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rabbeinu Bahya parallels the ways of God to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 103<\/span><\/em> speaking of the way David expresses the psalm by recognizing the attributes of God in mercy, compassion, grace, and abounding love for His people.\u00a0 The mercy, compassion, grace, and abounding love of God are called the activities of God, this is what He does for us and is how we understand his essence.\u00a0 The festival of Succot speaks of the Lord dwelling in our midst and going with us.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t us but Him who lives in us that enables us to live and to bear His testimony in the midst of an evil world.\u00a0\u00a0 As we study the Scriptures and ponder the significance of Succot and the Lord dwelling in our midst, we must access our lives, our faith, and our faithfulness before God.\u00a0 The rabbis consider these things in the Midrash Tehillim 125 Part 5 which opens saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cBut as for those who note a turning aside unto crooked ways, the Lord will lead them away with the workers of iniquity (Tehillim \/ Psalms 125:5).\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The midrash continues saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cRabbi Joshua son of Levi taught, Any man who gossips about a lapse of disciples of the wise will fall into Gehenna, for it is said, But as for those who note a turning aside unto crooked ways, the Lord will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em> The midrash speaks of the possibility of turning from God\u2019s ways to the ways of wickedness and of the one who does so the Lord will lead him away with the workers of iniquity.\u00a0 Note how they say such a person will fall into Gehenna (hell), and such a person is the one who gossips.\u00a0 This is related to whether our faith will produce faithfulness in our lives.\u00a0 So the question is, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cOur salvation, is it dependent upon our faithfulness to God?\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This is a very important question because of the nature of \u201cfaithfulness\u201d before God which is related to how we live our lives, our seeking the Lord and His kingdom each day.\u00a0 The <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Talmud Bavli Sota 14a-36a<\/span><\/em> states the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Talmud Bavli Sota 14a-36a<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u00a0\u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05de\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d2, \u05d4) \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05db\u05dd \u05ea\u05dc\u05db\u05d5 \u05d5\u05db\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05dc\u05d4\u05dc\u05da \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05e9\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3, \u05db\u05d3) \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05d0\u05e9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05db\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0And Rabbi \u1e24ama, son of Rabbi \u1e24anina, says: What is the meaning of that which is written: \u201cAfter the Lord your God shall you walk, and Him shall you fear, and His commandments shall you keep, and unto His voice shall you hearken, and Him shall you serve, and unto Him shall you cleave\u201d (Deuteronomy 13:5)? But is it actually possible for a person to follow the Divine Presence? But hasn\u2019t it already been stated: \u201cFor the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:24), and one cannot approach fire.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our walk before God is not an easy task which is described as the presence of God being a devouring fire.\u00a0 The easy thing to do is to sin and disregard the ways of God.\u00a0 The more difficult path is to walk in His ways in righteousness, holiness, and truth.\u00a0 Without His help and the help of His Messiah Yeshua, this would be near impossible to do.\u00a0\u00a0 In the midrash, the rabbis speak of the wisdom of the wise saying the application of God\u2019s word is wisdom, and use the example, of the application of Torah to stealing, where one must return what was stolen in order to be reconciled before God.\u00a0 Eternal life is God\u2019s gift to us.\u00a0 It is not something any of us deserve but the Lord does set certain conditions for us to receive this gift.\u00a0 Because of this, it is vitally important to our relationship with God and to our future that we understand this!\u00a0 There are verses in the Bible that tell us those who endure to the end will be saved (Matthew 10:22, 24:13) and that if you hold fast to the word which is preached, then you\u2019ll be saved (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 Corinthians 15:1-2<\/span><\/em>) which is a repetition of the Torah command to hold fast to the Lord, to the Word of God, and to the commands.\u00a0 In addition to this, the Apostolic Writings teach us that the unbeliever cannot receive spiritual things (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 Corinthians 2:14<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 This means that he cannot believe them of his own sinful nature which is enslaved to sin (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Romans 6:14-20<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Once we are created new (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2 Corinthians 5:17<\/span><\/em>), we are able to exercise our faith in God.\u00a0 This is important because it suggests that our believing is the work of God, at least at the beginning of our faith walk before God.\u00a0 Our believing is also dependent upon our remaining in God\u2019s Word and seeking the Lord God in heaven.\u00a0 The question though is whether a persons faithfulness is a by-product of the Lord working in our lives or something we must work at?\u00a0 As we continue to live our lives for the Lord each day, we choose to continue to believe, but are we going to automatically be faithful and live our lives for Him simply because we have faith?\u00a0 The midrash suggests that it is possible for a person of faith, which is called a wise man, to turn aside unto crooked ways.\u00a0\u00a0 We have heard it taught, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201csalvation, eternal life, is God\u2019s gift by grace, His loving disposition of favor and acceptance toward us, as it says in Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Now salvation is God\u2019s gift, unearned and undeserved.\u00a0 Just as the Scriptures state, no one will ever be able to boast that he or she has earned or deserves the gift of eternal life.\u00a0 Salvation however does not stop at simple belief and grace.\u00a0 The question is whether we can we do things, or not do things, that disqualify us from receiving this gift of eternal life from God?\u00a0 The answer to this question is crucial to our relationship with God and to our future!\u00a0 Both the Torah (and all of the Tanach) and the Apostolic Writings reveal to us that God sets certain conditions for receiving salvation.\u00a0 Meeting these conditions will enable us to receive that gift, while disregarding and failing to meet them will disqualify us from receiving it.\u00a0 This is what the midrash is speaking of here.\u00a0 The Apostolic Writings speak of the authority for receiving eternal life is God\u2019s Word and His Messiah Yeshua, and repentance.\u00a0 Hebrews 5:8-9, speaks of Yeshua as the author of our salvation, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cThough He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This is amplified by Yeshua\u2019s statements in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 7:21<\/span><\/em> where he says, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cNot everyone who says to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em> Yeshua makes it clear that merely acknowledging Him as Lord and Master, saying <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cLord, Lord,\u201d<\/span><\/em> is not sufficient.\u00a0 In order to inherit the Kingdom of God, we must do something.\u00a0 He says we must do the will of the Father.\u00a0 Yeshua wants us to understand that there is more to receiving eternal life than just a belief system or a mental acceptance.\u00a0 False teachers of the gospel message promote that sort of apostasy!\u00a0 Our conviction that He is our Savior must be more than just a warm, comforting thought or intellectual concept.\u00a0 Yeshua warns that simply calling on His name or recognizing Him as \u201cLord\u201d is NOT enough.\u00a0 Even the demons believe but yet are not saved!\u00a0 We see this illustrated in the story of the wealthy young ruler who asked what he must do to receive eternal life (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 19:16<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0 Yeshua\u2019s response was obedience to the Torah and to give up his wealth because it had become an idol. (Yeshua responded saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cIf you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.\u201d<\/span><\/em>)\u00a0 Note that Yeshua did not answer that nothing is required other than believing in God or in Him.\u00a0 He told the young man he must obey the commandments of God to receive the gift of eternal life.\u00a0 This is plain and simple.\u00a0 The Christian argument would be <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cbut nobody can keep the commands.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Was Yeshua speaking of perfect obedience?\u00a0 Yeshua believed and taught on the importance of repentance that is coupled to applying God\u2019s Torah to our lives!\u00a0 The apostle James points out, belief is pointless unless it is backed up by action and obedience saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cYou believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble\u201d (James 2:19)<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 If we think that belief is all we need for salvation, we are sorely mistaken.\u00a0 As James tells us, the demonic spirits fully believe in the existence of the one true God and they believe in the power of name of Yeshua God\u2019s Messiah.\u00a0 They further know that Yeshua is the Son of God raised from the dead.\u00a0 The demons belief in this regard doesn\u2019t mean they are saved!\u00a0 Why does modern Christianity today teach that it does mean they are saved who just believe?\u00a0 James goes on to explain that faith, belief, and trust in God, and obedience (faithfulness) go hand in hand saying, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cBut do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?\u201d (James 2:20-22)<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 James thus explained that works of obedience as a result of our faithfulness our relationship with God and which leads to greater faith and obedience, as God requires.\u00a0 Without works as evidence of our faith, that faith is dead, worthless, and useless. How these things relate to the Torah command, is in the humbling of our lives before God.\u00a0 The Lord God of Israel expects us to surrender our lives in return for His mercy and grace, as Yeshua stated in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Luke 14:26-27 \u201cIf you want to be my follower you must love me more than your own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters\u2014yes, more than your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. And you cannot be my disciple if you do not carry your own cross and follow me.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 This concept of carrying the cross is dying to self, and having a commitment to the Messiah and to the living God and Father in heaven.\u00a0 Our commitment to the Messiah and to God is to be our principle action.\u00a0 This is coupled to knowing the Lord at greater and greater levels by the application of God\u2019s word to our lives as we grow in our relationship with Him.\u00a0 This is very similar to what Sforno wrote in his commentary.\u00a0 The idea of being willing to bear the cross is the willingness to be faithful in following in the footsteps of Yeshua.\u00a0 Note in <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Luke 14:28-33<\/span><\/em>, Yeshua warned us to be careful that accepting the gift of eternal life comes at the highest cost, saying<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u201cno one can become my disciple without giving up everything for me.\u201d (NLT)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Yeshua willingly gave his life for us, and so we too must be willing to give our lives to follow Him.\u00a0 So returning to the title of this article, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cIs Faithfulness Required for Eternal Life?\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The answer is clearly is yes.\u00a0 God\u2019s Word spells out certain conditions for us, as the author of Hebrews wrote, <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hebrews 2:3<\/span><\/em> that we not to <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cneglect so great a salvation.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 These words in the Torah which describe the favor, mercy, and grace of God are rich in meaning.\u00a0 The basic conclusion is, we are called to seek the Lord and His favor, mercy, and grace for our lives.\u00a0 Moshe described this as knowing God in a more intimate way that is coupled to our applying God\u2019s Word to our lives.\u00a0 If we are not actively determining our hearts and lives to do so (to apply God\u2019s word to our lives), what kind of faith does one have?\u00a0 All of these things, grace, mercy, and the Lord dwelling in our midst is the context of the festival of Succot.\u00a0 As we celebrate Succot this year, let us think upon these things because of the promise of God and His presence dwelling in our midst and going before us.\u00a0 The Torah descriptions of obedience to the mitzvot (commands) define the Lord God in heaven, and His people who bear his testimony both today and on into eternity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/BTT_Parashat-Chol-HaMo\u2019ed-Sukkot-2017.pdf\">BTT_Parashat Chol HaMo\u2019ed Sukkot-2017<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Torah Portion states, \u05d9\u05d1\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dd-\u05de\u05b8\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 \u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d9\u05d2\u00a0 \u00a0\u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0 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