This week we once again consider the 10
sayings Moshe received from YHVH on Mount Sinai. The first time these 10
sayings appear, they are found in parashat Yitro – Shemot 20. These 10 sayings are repeated by Moshe in
this parasha – “Ve et chanan.”
Almost 40 years separated the first and second
record of these 10 sayings. The second time the 10 sayings were given just
before Yisrael entered into the Promised Land.
The 10 sayings are and
always will be Yisrael’s “Freedom Charter.”
A “charter” is defined as
a “written grant by the
sovereign or legislative power of a country, in order to establish a people or
an organization. This written document contains the principles on which such a
people or organization will be established and maintain their freedom and
existence.”
Man has never been able
to produce a “Freedom Charter” that has provided peace and prosperity for its
entire people.
The tragic reality of
our time is that this world is probably under the power of the greatest demonic
strongholds that have existed in the history of man on this planet. There are
many who would debate this reality. We must however consider that the anti-
messiah can only come into power where spiritual darkness and deception
prevails.
We are told that during
the great tribulation demonic powers will have some form of dominance over
mankind on earth. Many Christians believe they will be raptured and so escape
this time of extreme darkness. There is however many believers who believe that
if they are still alive they will go through the great tribulation.
Rev 13:7 And it was given to him to fight with the
set-apart ones and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every
tribe and tongue and nation.
Rev 13:8 And all those dwelling on the earth, whose
names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the
foundation of the world shall worship him.
Rev 13:9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 He who brings into
captivity shall go into captivity, he who kills with the sword has to be killed
with the sword. Here is the endurance and the belief of the set-apart ones.
YHVH has given
us a “Freedom Charter” that will bring those whom He has chosen into freedom.
The very first and foundational principle of YHVH’s “Freedom Charter” is found
in Dev/Deut 5:6 ‘I am יהוה your Elohim
who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage.”
The remaining sayings
all support and elaborate on this foundational principle of YHVH’s “Freedom
Charter” for His people Yisrael.
The following explanation of the 10 sayings comes from a Jewish source:
“But what about the
so-called "Ten Commandments," the words recorded in Exodus 20, the
words that the Creator Himself wrote on the two stone tablets that Moses
brought down from Mount Sinai (Ex. 31:18), which Moses smashed upon seeing the
idolatry of the golden calf (Ex. 32:19)? In the Torah, these words are never
referred to as the Ten Commandments. In the Torah, they are called Aseret
ha-D'varim (Ex. 34:28, Deut. 4:13 and Deut. 10:4). In rabbinical texts, they
are referred to as Aseret ha-Dibrot. The words d'varim and dibrot come from the
Hebrew root Dalet-Beit-Reish, meaning “word, speak or thing;” thus, the phrase
is accurately translated as the “Ten Sayings, the Ten Statements, the Ten
Declarations, the Ten Words or even the Ten Things,” but not as the Ten
Commandments, which would be “Aseret ha-Mitzvot.”
The Aseret
ha-Dibrot are not understood as individual mitzvoth (commandments); rather,
they are categories or classifications of mitzvot. Each of the 613 mitzvot can
be subsumed under one of these ten categories, some in more obvious ways than
others.” End quote.
Deu 5:1 And Mosheh called all Yisra’ĕl, and said to
them, “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, the laws and right-rulings which I speak in your
hearing today. And you shall learn them, and guard to do them.
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א וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה, אֶל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם שְׁמַע
יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת-הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי דֹּבֵר
בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם; וּלְמַדְתֶּם אֹתָם, וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם לַעֲשֹׂתָם.
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Deu 5:2 “יהוה our Elohim
made a covenant with us in Ḥorĕḇ.
Deu 5:3 “יהוה did not make
this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of
us who are alive.
לֹא אֶת-אֲבֹתֵינוּ, כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת-הַבְּרִית הַזֹּאת
אִתָּנוּ, אֲנַחְנוּ אֵלֶּה פֹה הַיּוֹם כֻּלָּנוּ חַיִּים
This verse may be interpreted that the first time these sayings were given
– they did not include an entire generation who were older than 20 years.
Deu 5:4 “יהוה spoke with you
face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
Deu 5:5 “I stood between יהוה and you at that time, to declare to you
the Word of יהוה – for you were
afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain – saying:
Deu 5:6 ‘I am יהוה your Elohim
who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage.
ו אָנֹכִי יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים:
לֹא-יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים, עַל-פָּנָי
The Hebrew for “I am” here in Deu 5:6 is “anochi”.
The following website describes the difference between
“anochi” and “ani” in Hebrew.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/eylevine/5762yisro.htm
‘Anochi” is used when the emphasis is on the “I.”
“Ani” is used where there is less emphasis on the “I” or
the subject of the sentence and more emphasis on the object of the sentence.
This is one of the most critical concepts in understanding
our emancipation from sin and rebellion – YHVH doesn’t, didn’t or ever will need
anyone’s help to bring us salvation. YHVH requires agreement not assistance.
Then what about Yahshua?
YAHSHUA WAS YHVH’S IDEA – HE WAS YHVH’S CREATION – YASHUA
WILLINGLY AND GLADLY SUBMITTED TO YHVH’S IDEA OF BRINGING REDEMPTION TO
MANKIND. REDEMPTION WAS NOT INITIATED BY YAHSHUA. REDEMPTION WAS INITIATED BY
YHVH AND BY YHVH ALONE. YAHSHUA IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE ONLY MEDIATOR OF
YHVH’S SALVATION BETWEEN MAN AND YHVH.
ONLY WHEN YHVH CALLS US AND ENABLES US TO RESPOND TO HIS
INITIATION AND PLAN FOR OUR REDEMPTION, ARE WE SAVED.
YHVH and Yahshua have been misrepresented by religion to
a desperately “seeking for truth” humanity.
Mat 24:11 “And many false prophets shall rise up and
lead many astray.
Mat 24:12 “And because of the increase in lawlessness, (Torahlessness)
the love of many shall become cold.
Mat 24:13 “But he who shall have endured to the end
shall be saved.1 Footnote:1See 10:22.
Mat 24:14 “And this Good News of the reign shall be
proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end
shall come.
Mat 10:22 “And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s
sake. But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.1
Footnote: 1See 24:13.
Mat 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
This is why the Trinitarian doctrine of the church
undermines YHVH’S Torah and YHVH’s Freedom Charter – the 10 Sayings.
If the foundational statement of our Freedom Charter is
undermined the entire Freedom Charter is undermined.
Man has always tried to assist YHVH in His redemption of
mankind, by establishing all kinds of doctrines and ideas about YHVH that are
not according to Torah. This is the reason why mankind will utterly and totally
be destroyed in this world – see Yesh/Is 24.
Maybe until humanity comes face to face with the fact
that all of humanity is in reality a LOST CAUSE WITHOUT YHVH’S INTERVENTION - then
and only then will man begin to acknowledge that YHVH AND YHVH alone can
deliver us from our desperate state and that YHVH has chosen His Messiah from
before the foundation of the earth to deliver us from our desperate state. (I Pet
1:19-21, Rev 13:8)
Deu 5:7 ‘You have no other mighty ones
against My face.
Deu 5:8 ‘You do not make for yourself a carved image,
any likeness of which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth
beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,
Deu 5:9 you do not bow down to them nor serve them.
For I, יהוה your Elohim, am a jealous Ěl, visiting the
crookedness of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth
generations of those who hate Me,
Deu 5:10 but showing kindness to thousands,
to those who love Me and guard My commands.
In other words DO NOT FASHION ANY IDEA OR DOCTRINE that
opposes the foundational principle of YHVH’s Freedom Charter. To do so is
idolatry.
Deu 5:11 ‘You do not bring1 the
Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave him unpunished who brings
His Name to naught. Footnote: 1Or lift up, or take.
Lit. “Do not make the name of YHVH worthless”
Eze 39:7 “And I shall make My set-apart Name known in
the midst of My people Yisra’ĕl, and not let My set-apart Name be profaned any
more. And the gentiles shall know that I am יהוה, the Set-apart
One in Yisra’ĕl.
Yahshua came to fulfill this prophecy.
Joh 17:25 “O righteous Father, indeed the world did not
know You, but I knew You, and these knew that You sent Me.
Joh 17:26 “And I have made Your Name known to them, and
shall make it known,1 so that the love with which You loved Me might
be in them, and I in them.” Footnote: 1See v. 6, Ps. 22:22, Heb.
2:12.
Deu 5:12 ‘Guard the Sabbath day, to set it
apart, as יהוה your Elohim
commanded you.
Deu 5:13 ‘Six days you labour, and shall do
all your work,
Deu 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1
of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you,
nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female
servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your
stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female
servant rest as you do. Footnote: 1See footnote at Ex. 20:10.
Deu 5:15 ‘And you shall remember that you
were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim
brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm.
Therefore יהוה your Elohim
commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
It is possible to keep and guard the commandments of YHVH
in a way that does not benefit us in any way. We can keep the Sabbath in such a
way that it actually offends the Mighty One – see Hebrews chapters 3 & 4.
Heb 4:2 For indeed the Good News was brought to us as
well as to them, but the word which they heard did not profit them, not having
been mixed with belief(“the faith” – Gk dative noun – see Eph 4:4-6) in those
who heard it.
Heb 4:3 For we who have believed(believing – aorist
verb) do enter into that rest, as He has said, “As I swore in My wrath, if they
shall enter into My rest...” And yet His works have come into being from the
foundation of the world.
Heb 4:4 For somewhere He has said thus about the
seventh day, “And Elohim rested on the seventh day from all His works,”
Heb 4:5 and in this again, “If they shall enter into
My rest...” (Ps 95:11)
Heb 4:6 Since then it remains for some to enter into
it, and those who formerly received the Good News did not enter in because of
disobedience,1 Footnote: 1See 3:18.
Heb 4:7 He again defines a certain day, “Today,”
saying through Dawiḏ so much later, as it
has been said, “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
Heb 4:8 For
if Yehoshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after
that.
Heb 4:9 So
there remains a Sabbath-keeping for the people of Elohim.
Heb 4:10 For
the one, having entered into His rest, has himself also rested from his works,
as Elohim rested from His own.
Heb 4:11 Let
us therefore do our utmost to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the
same example of disobedience.1 Footnote: 1See 3:18.
Heb 4:12 For
the Word of Elohim is living, and working, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, cutting through even to the dividing of being and spirit, and of joints
and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Heb 4:13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all are naked and laid bare
before the eyes of Him with whom is our account.
Maybe the scripture is
teaching us that we can enter into a physical Shabbat/Sabbath …… but that
doesn’t mean we will enter into YHVH’s eternal or millennial Shabbat.
Mat 19:25 And when His taught ones heard it, they were
very astonished, saying, “Who then is able to be saved?”
Mat 19:26 And looking intently יהושע said to them,
“With men this is impossible, but with Elohim all is possible.”
Deu 5:16 ‘Respect your father and your
mother, as יהוה your Elohim
has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged, and so that it is well with
you on the soil which יהוה your Elohim is
giving you.
Note, “respect” your parents as YHVH has commanded – NOT
MAN. People often promote an honour for
parents that brings dishonor on YHVH. We cannot obey and honour parents more
than we obey and honour YHVH.
Jer 16:19 O יהוה, my strength
and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles shall come
to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only
falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.”1 Footnote: 1See
Ps. 147:19, Isa. 2:3, Isa. 60:2-3, John 4:22, Rom. 2:20, Rom. 3:2, Rom. 9:4.
If we respect and honour the traditions of our fathers
more than the Torah of YHVH – we are heading for disaster.
Now follows some of the practical issues of the first five sayings. It is helpful if we
imagine two tablets of stone with five sayings on one and five sayings on the other. The
foundational spiritual sayings which relate directly to our love and obedience
to the Father are found on the right hand five sayings and our loving our neighbor
as ourselves is found on the left hand side of the five sayings. In Hebrew
thinking the right hand represents that which is spiritual and the left that
which is the physical manifestation on earth of the spiritual.
Deu 5:17 ‘You do not murder.
Deu 5:18 ‘You do not commit adultery.
Deu 5:19 ‘You do not steal.
Deu 5:20 ‘You do not bear false witness
against your neighbour.
Deu 5:21 ‘You do not covet your neighbour’s
wife, nor do you desire your neighbour’s house, his field, nor his male
servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to
your neighbour.’
As the first five sayings are established in our lives
they enable us to walk in victory and freedom in the last five sayings of
YHVH’s “Freedom Charter.”
For example if we compare the first saying to the sixth
saying – we realize that if we do not teach people that YHVH and YHVH alone is
YHVH and He alone has delivered us from bondage; it’s just as good as giving
someone a spiritual death sentence. In the physical realm you will not treat
another human being with such contempt – see Matt 5:22.
If we take the second saying and compare it with the
seventh saying – we see that attempting to misrepresent the Image of YHVH
with another version of who He is, is like committing spiritual
adultery. In the physical realm such a misrepresentation could result in
uncontrollable lust problems and unfaithfulness to your spouse. This kind of
sexual deviation is also found in spiritual leaders – RCC.
If we take the third saying and compare it with the
eighth saying – we see that taking the name of YHVH lightly is like stealing.
This manifests when people try to take credit for things others have said and
done. It will also manifest in disrespect and insensitivity towards others.
If we take the fourth saying and compare it with the
ninth saying – we see that guarding the Shabbat with the right heart and mind
will cause us to become true witnesses.
Finally if we compare the fifth saying to the tenth
saying – we will find that honoring a life source (parents) in a way that
pleases YHVH will bring increase in our lives and we will not covet what
belongs to someone else.
Deu 5:22 “These Words יהוה spoke to all your assembly, in the
mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,
with a loud voice, and He added no more. And
He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Deu 5:23 “And it came to be, when you heard
the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with
fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,
Deu 5:24 and said, ‘See, יהוה our Elohim has shown us His esteem and His
greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. Today we
have seen that Elohim speaks with man – and he lives!
Deu 5:25 ‘And now why should we die? For
this great fire is consuming us. If we hear the voice of יהוה our Elohim any more, then we shall die.
Deu 5:26 ‘For who is there of all flesh who
has heard the voice of the living Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire,
as we have, and does live?
Deu 5:27 ‘You go
near and hear all that יהוה our Elohim
says, and speak to us all that יהוה our Elohim
says to you, and we shall hear and do it.’
If we apply the “Remez” principle of Torah interpretation,
we recongnize that Yisrael is declaring their need for an intermediary – which
we know points or hints at the work of Messiah. In reality it was only the
Messiah who will be able to lead us and establish us in this Freedom Charter.
Deu 5:28 “And יהוה heard the
voice of your words when you spoke to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘I
have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you.
They have done well in all that they have spoken.
Deu 5:29 ‘Oh, (mi
yiten) that they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and to guard all My
commands always, so that it might be well with them and with their children
forever!
Deu 5:30 ‘Go, say to them, “Return to your
tents.”
Deu 5:31 ‘But you, stand here by Me, and let
Me speak to you all the commands, and the laws, and the right-rulings which you
are to teach them. And they shall do them in the land which I am giving them to
possess.’
Deu 5:32 “And you shall guard to do as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you – do not
turn aside, to the right or to the left.
Deu 5:33 “Walk in all the way which יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that you
live and it be well with you. And you shall prolong your days in the land which
you possess.
Deu 6:1 “And this is the command, the laws and
right-rulings which יהוה your Elohim
has commanded, to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over to
possess,
Deu 6:2 so that you fear יהוה your Elohim, to guard all His laws and His
commands which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days
of your life, and that your days be prolonged.
Deu 6:3 “And you shall hear, O Yisra’ĕl, and shall guard to do, that it might be
well with you, and that you increase greatly as יהוה Elohim of your
fathers has spoken to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Please
note these notes are under construction and are subject to correction and are in no way a final authority on any subject
