If the first century Ribi [his title] Yehoshua [aram. Yeshua] from Nazareth was ha-Masiakh (”the Messiah”) he must have fulfilled the Messianic prophecies of the Tan”kh -the Jewish Bible (containing the Torah [“books of Moses”] and the Jewish prophets).

One of them is Yeshayahu [”Isaiah”] 9:6 in Hebrew according to etymology – the science of the origins of words and their meaning. The prophecy describes in Hebrew that both Ribi Yehoshua ha-Mashiakh – the Messiah – and his followers will keep the directives of Torah and teach others that they must do likewise. One keyword in that verse is the word mishpat. [see note 1]. This includes that his teachings about forgiveness must be in accordance with the Torah.

So lets’ find out what the Tana”kh teach about forgiveness!

Beautiful world created by Orderly and Lovingly Creator.

As stipulated in Devarim ["Deuteronomy"] 6:4-9,11:13-21 one is required to keep all of the directives of Torâh′ to one’s utmost—viz., “with all one’s heart, psyche and might [lit. "very"]“—”for the purpose of extending your days and the days of your children… like the days of the heavens above the earth” (i.e., eternal life). According to the Tan’’kh -Yekhezeqeil ["Ezekiel"] chapter 18 et.al –  the Creator confer His atonement in His loving kindness to those turning away from their Torah-transgressions and (re)turning to non-selectively Torah-observance.

According to Tan”kh He does not confer His atonement to persons whom wilfully reject any directive of the Torah, e.g. a person who eats pork or shellfish.

It is possible to be forgiven by the Creator in His loving kindness when one does his/her utmost to live as the Creator desires! This is great news!!

Clearly, the teachings of the Torah are not the same as the teachings of the “NT” about forgiveness. Neither the Mashiakh, nor his followers, will teach such a contradiction according to the above prophecy from Tan’’kh. So, according to the Tan’’kh you have to choose between preaching the “NT” and following the Mashiakh.

I would recommend you to follow the Mashiakh. Following the teachings of the human Messiah called Ribi Yehoshua leads oneself into non-selectively Torah-observance to ones utmost, including an immensely meaningful relationship with the Creator.

[Read more about forgiveness in this post on this blog: Link]

If you are interested in following the historical Ribi Yehoshua ha-Mashiakh [the Messiah] you will need to take this course [click on this link], which will teach you of how to observe the directives of Torah non-selectively, which the Creator requires of you and me in His Torah.

1. Look up the definition in www.netzarim.co.il ; Glossaries; “Mishpat”. The Christian rendering of the term as ‘judgement’ conceals the real meaning of the term according to the Torah, which is related to non-selective Torah-observance [based on Shem•ot′ [Exodus] 15:39; Devâriim′ [”Deuteronmy”] 17:9-13 and many more verses).

Anders Branderud