Can you pass the Torah Math Test?
THE TORAH MATH QUESTION
YHVH has given His people a TORAH MATH equation. It is found in Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:2.
KJV Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
DIMINISH means to DON'T SUBTRACT. So ....
KEEP COMMANDMENTS = DON'T ADD or DON'T SUBTRACT from what is WRITTEN
So, how have the people of YHVH done in YHVH's math class? BOTH Judaism and Christianity have FLUNKED the Torah math test. But how?
HOW JUDAISM VIEWS THE TORAH MATH QUESTION
To traditional Judaism (Rabbinic Judaism) when they see the math equation of:
KJV Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Rabbinic Judaism thinks that "don't add" and "don't subtract" means that you take a Torah commandment and ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD.
How does Rabbinic Judaism do all this ADDING? They have a religious explanation of why:
Don't add and Don't subtract means: ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD and ADD
It is called the "Oral Law". First, they explain that when YHVH gave the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai that Moses was given a WRITTEN Torah and an ORAL TORAH. The teach that the ORAL TORAH was given to EXPLAIN the WRITTEN TORAH.
So, when the WRITTEN TORAH says that you are to:
#1) Remember the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8)
#2) Observe the Sabbath (Exodus 31:16)
#3) Don't do any work on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10
#4) Call the Sabbath a delight (Isaiah 58:13)
Rabbinic Judaism through the ORAL LAW says that Sabbath observance falls into 39 categories which ultimately means that we:
#1) Can't write on the Sabbath
#2) Can't turn on a light switch on the Sabbath
#3) Can't drive your car on the Sabbath
#4) Can't answer your phone on the Sabbath
etc, etc.
It goes on and on and on and on.
HOW CHRISTIANITY VIEWS THE TORAH MATH EQUATION
When Christianity looks at Torah math which says:
KJV Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Christianity thinks that "don't add" and "don't subtract" means that you take a Torah commandment and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT.
How does Christianity do all this SUBTRACTION? They have a religious explanation of why:
Don't add and Don't subtract = SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT and SUBTRACT
It is called "age of law" and "age of grace". For Christianity, they explain that:
KJV Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
YHVH only gave this math equation for about 1,500 years. So for about 1,500 years YHVH means:
Don't add or Don't subtract from what is WRITTEN.
Christianity views that YHVH gave this Torah math equation to somebody else. For them, Christianity says that YHVH gave them another Torah math book that contains ALOT more LESSONS on understanding SUBTRACTION.
After about 1,500 years (until the death of Yeshua on the tree) Christianity thinks that the Torah math equation was CHANGED to:
Don't add and don't subtract means: Throw it away except the underwear (the main essentials)
Therefore, Christianity thinks that if you wear only underwear (the main essentials of Torah ... LOVE) that you are fully clothed and YHVH and other Christians will think that you are fully clothed.
So, traditional Christianity thinks that:
Don't add and don't subtract means: SUBTRACT from the Temple ordinances
Don't add and don't subtract means: SUBTRACT from how to eat
Don't add and don't subtract means: SUBTRACT from keeping the Torah Sabbath
Don't add and don't subtract means: SUBTRACT from keeping the annual Festivals
Don't add and don't subtract means: KEEP LOVE and SUBTRACT from everything else
So, when the WRITTEN TORAH says that you are to:
#1) Remember the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8)
#2) Observe the Sabbath (Exodus 31:16)
#3) Don't do any work on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10
#4) Call the Sabbath a delight (Isaiah 58:13)
To Christianity to remember the Sabbath, observe the Sabbath, don't do work on the Sabbath and delight on the Sabbath means that you SUBTRACT and DON' T KEEP the Torah Sabbath at all. To Christianity when YHVH says that you are to REST on the Sabbath and DON'T WORK that this means that RESTING is a BURDEN and we can't rest because it is TOO HARD to REST.
So, can you pass the Torah math test of Deuteronomy 4:2 ???
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