The Jews, the Torah and Jesus Christ

In this blog I will be talking about the Torah, the purpose of it, who it was for and why.

The Torah was given to the children of Israel for a specific reason and for a specific time only. God chose the Israelites to show the world who He is. God wanted the nation of Israel to stand out from all the other nations. The Israelites were commanded things like to wash there hands with running water, to bury there waste and not to eat certain foods. Is all of this common sense? Not for the time. It is known that human waste can can spread disease. It wasn't up until the industrial revolution I think when people stopped dumping there waste out in the streets and in public. However, God commanded them to go outside of town and to bury your waste long ago. He also commanded that they should not eat certain foods such as pork because today we know that you can get seriously sick if you eat un-cooked pork. At the time this would of not been known, however, they were clearly commanded not to even touch it. You see, God wanted his people to be healthy too. This is why the nation of Israel stood out from the others with more order, as if a God was ruling there nation. God also commanded them not to have sex outside of marriage for many reasons. Sexual immorality was not something they needed to worry about. Sexually transmitted diseases were not common back then. Like I said, God wanted his people to be good, moral and healthy people. He built up the nation of Israel and kept it pure to deliver the messiah.


Yes, the Torah is part of the Bible and Gods word. But it is called "The law of Moses" or the Mosaic law for a reason. God chose Moses to give the Ten Commandments and the law at that time for the Israelites. This was all part of the covenant to the Israelites and them only. Christians do not have have to follow the old law, we are under the new covenant that Jesus established. Jesus fulfilled the old laws.

Question: But didn’t Jesus keep the Torah?

Response: Yes, he did. He preached from the Torah and was a Jew. Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but he came to fulfill it. As for the Ten commandments, Jesus only emphasized on it more. He said things like "those who lust after a woman have already committed adultery in there hearts" and "if you hate a man you have committed murder in your heart".


Question: Should we keep the Torah just like Jesus did?

Response: God wrote His law in our hearts. Of course we keep Torah, but keeping Torah does not mean to follow the old laws. The Torah was fulfilled by Jesus. He is our Torah now. There is no more Jew or gentile in Christ. We are not under law for salvation, but under Jesus Christ's grace for salvation.

Question: So where did the people before Jesus go when they died? How did they get saved?

Response: The answer is, Jesus. Jesus gave his blood for all of us, to wash away our sins. So when the Jews use to sacrifice animals a long time ago, Jesus was giving his blood. God made it clear, at the beginning of creation (!) that in order for man to atone for his/her sin, that blood needed to be shed. When Adam and Eve sinned, God killed a goat and spread its blood all over Adam and Eve. When Cain and Abel gave sacrifices to God, God only took one. Cain presented fruits and all kinds of other stuff to God when Abel gave a blood sacrifice. God took Abel’s sacrifice because it had blood. No this is not sick or evil, blood is important. So when the Jews sacrificed animals after laying there sins on that animal, they were atoning through Jesus. They use to sacrifice goats or lambs. Did you know Jesus is called the lamb of God? Jesus was a sacrifice to the Father, and when John saw a vision of God’s throne, he saw a lamb on an alter in front of God’s throne. Jesus gave his blood for us now and back then.

Conclusion: The law of Moses is not to be followed by Christians. Jesus did indeed fulfill the Torah, not destroy it. But he brought a new covenant, we are under his grace and mercy, not law anymore.

God bless.