Does the New Testament Say We Should Follow Torah?

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The Threshold Covenant 

Notice in Zechariah 12:2 it says:

Zechariah 12:2  Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 

The word "cup" in that verse is not as accurate as the Hebrew. The Hebrew word for "cup" in that verse is actually "saf" (Sawf).  From H5605 in the Strong’s, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine): - a bason, bowl, cup, door (as in doorpost), gate, post, or a THRESHOLD.

In ancient times, and even today in the Middle East, there is a custom called "The Threshold Covenant" which is where people make covenants with one another by putting the blood of an animal (kosher animal in our case) at the threshold of the door. 

For those who do not know what a threshold is, it is the bottom part of your doors that people step over to enter into your homes. In the eastern world, the threshold was the most sacred part of the entire house. It was where covenants were made with one another and also with deities (the gods or the god of the home). 

This was, and still is, a common practice. Do you all remember the Passover account? YHWH told Israel to put blood (of a lamb) on the doorposts and mantel. This was a sign of the covenant. 

We are used to seeing a basin as a bowl we hold in our hands. However in ancient times, the basin (the hole) was built into the threshold of the door so you could put the blood into the threshold, and then put it on the doorposts. 

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The Passover custom was nothing really new. Ancient cultures did these sorts of things all the time towards their gods and to each other. We are ignorant to these customs because we are westernized. The Bible was written in the Middle East, by eastern people, who lived a very Eastern lifestyle, not a western lifestyle.  Therefore, it would serve us well to understand the Bible through the lens of Eastern culture, and not western, Greco-Roman/American culture. 

The concept of Covenant was rather intense in the eastern culture. At times, people who were instituting covenants with one another would identify the best of their animals, and then take and kill the animals. They would then cut them in pieces so that there would be blood seen in order to show that a blood covenant was being made. 

They would then set the animal pieces on each side like two rows with a walkway in the middle.  They would then say the covenant with each other, then both walk through the walkway between two rows of dead animals. 

When they were done, they would say to each other, "If one of us breaks the covenant we just made with each other, may we be like the animals we just killed..." This is significant to understand, because YHWH, the Creator of the universe, made an everlasting covenant with Abraham. 

YHWH came to Abraham in a dream and showed him a bunch of animals already killed, and YHWH Himself passed between the pieces! 

Do you see the picture of the covenant YHWH is trying to show us?  We wouldn't realize this unless we understood the customs of covenant according to the eastern cultures.

Genesis 15:17-18  And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that PASSED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES (which was the pieces of the animals). In the same day the LORD (YHWH) made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ‘

Now with all that in mind, now you understand more fully the context of Zechariah 12:2 when YHWH says, "I will make Jerusalem a THRESHOLD of trembling." In other words, Jerusalem is the anointed place where Messiah will reign, and where YHWH has placed His Name. It is the threshold of His "house".  

So this means something; this is important.

Those who cross over it with evil intent in their hearts show that they despise His covenant, and they will become like the cut up pieces of the animals that were killed. This is heavy duty covenant language. 

You might ask, how can we really be sure that this is covenant language? Let’s examine the very next verse of Zechariah 12:3:

Zechariah 12:3 
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And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 

Here you have Zechariah 12:2-3 using ancient covenant language to express the heart of YHWH.  Those who cross over His threshold (which is Jerusalem, the place of covenant) with evil intent shall be cut to pieces like animals as if one broke covenant with another man right after walking through the animal pieces like the example in Genesis 15. 

If Jerusalem is the threshold of YHWH where the covenant is made with all nations, then what blood was shed at that "threshold" to regather us back to His covenant? Jesus, or His Hebrew name Yeshua, should have come to mind.

Yeshua was sent as the Lamb of YHWH whose blood was shed in Jerusalem (the threshold of YHWH) so that we can be renewed into His covenant and be Israel again. 

Yeshua was not sent to shed His blood so that we can reject the law, or Torah of YHWH. Yeshua was sent to shed his blood because we have all transgressed YHWH's Torah…because all have sinned and broke His Torah.

Incorporating pagan god worship days and ways, and dissolving such blessing-filled commandments such as the Sabbath, feast days, and dietary instructions was never part of what Yeshua intended to do.   Those things are still part of the covenant that Yeshua brought us back into.  

Here’s the final point. In Eastern culture, the way a person would show hatred toward someone who wants to be in covenant is by refusing to step over the threshold. Instead, the person showing hatred towards the covenant would trample and stomp on the threshold of a person's home. This was considered worse than cursing at your neighbor. 

Now with that in mind, please consider this verse prayerfully and carefully...

Hebrews 10:26-29 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled (stomped) the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 

So, do you see the connection? Do you see how covenant language was used in that verse concerning trampling or stomping on the blood? 

Hebrews 10:30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”says the Lord. And again, “The LORD (YHWH) will judge His people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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The reality is that someday YHWH is going to come and clean house. Everything we just read was prefaced in verse 25 in the context of when we see the “day” approaching:

Hebrews 10:25 “…and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”

This of course, is the “Day of the Lord”…which is a 1,000 year long day, which starts with judgment of the believers. The judgment for unbelievers does not happen till after the 1,000 years. Many do not really fully understand the “Day of the Lord.”

My Note: Has a Church person ever told you that the "Day of the Lord" is Sunday, or, the Lord's Day?  Yes, me too. It is NOT and is not called that in Scripture!

Most understand, after reading 2 Thessalonians 2 for example, that the Day of the Lord is when Yeshua returns, and that the prophets in their many mentions of the “Day of the Lord” indicate that it begins with judgment. And judgment begins in the House of YHWH first.  

Remember, we just read this, in the context of the Day of the Lord, we are told by Peter that a “Day” is a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8) even revealing to us before Revelation was written that the Day of the Lord was to be 1,000 years.

We are told that our Lord Yeshua is going to reign for a thousand years in Revelation 20:4. Are you starting to see why this is called the “Day of the Lord?” It should start becoming clear now. It is because our Lord will be reigning for a full day, or 1,000 years. It is His day, the Lord’s day.

For more on this, we would recommend the following teachings:

• Hebrews 4: In His Rest Now or Later? • The 4th and 7th Day: Parts 1 & 2 • The Creation Prophecy

Interestingly enough, at the end of the 1,000 years, Yeshua hands the authority and Kingdom back to the Father (1 Corinthians 15:24). Why is this important to understand? Why does it even matter?

It matters because the last 1,000 years, the last day, is the end of the 7,000 year period. The 1,000 years in which Yeshua comes back to reign is the 7th day.

Perhaps you are now seeing why this is important, especially if you have Hebrews 3-4 in mind. The 1,000 year reign of Yeshua is our Sabbath rest. It is the rest that we are waiting to enter after judgment. 

Remember Yeshua said that He is Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:28) The weekly Sabbath is a prophetic foreshadowing of the last 1,000 years, the Day of the Lord: that we are still waiting to enter. Remember, the “Lord’s Day” has always been His Sabbath, the 7th day…The promise still remains of us entering His rest:

Hebrews 4:1
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Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

Then the author of Hebrews warns us about what happened to Israel in the desert.

Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 

Did you hear that? They had the same gospel preached to them as we did. They had the same Word of God. The same message.

How many have thought that we had a new gospel in the New Testament? They did not have the faith to carry out the Word of God, for if they really had faith, they would have done the Word of God. We do what we believe, right? But we who have faith, who have believed, then enter that rest….
 
Hebrews 4:3  For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:       “ So I swore in My wrath,       ‘ They shall not enter My rest,’”    although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 

Notice, just like verse 1 stated that we have not yet entered into that rest, verse 3 focuses on those who have “believed”, past tense. Verse 2 indicates that those who successfully walked out their faith, believed, or ran the race as Paul calls it, are those who can enter His rest. We believe, and we are believing, but until we reach the end, we have not yet fully believed, past tense. Then the author begins teaching on the Day of the Lord, the day of rest, as the 7th day.

Hebrews 4:4-10  For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.” Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: 

      “ Today, if you will hear His voice,       Do not harden your hearts.”

For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.  There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.  For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Did you notice what has been said here? It said that if there was another day spoken of, then they have not yet entered His rest.  We know that there is another day spoken of, the Day of the Lord. So we also know, that we have not yet entered His rest.  You see, there is another day that we look forward to, the
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day of rest. It is not until we enter the Sabbath rest, the last 1,000 years, the Day of the Lord, that we finally cease from our work.

Most of us agree that we are still working. We are still sharing the Word and teaching the nations. The rest still remains.

You still might ask, how does this relate to the threshold covenant? Well, remember…Israel in the desert trampled all over the covenant, and they did not enter into His rest. They continued to willfully sin. They continued in disobedience. They received the same gospel as us, but they did not walk it out in faith.

Remember what we also read in Hebrews chapter 10.  Chapter 4 obviously precedes chapter 10.   Chapter 10 listed the consequences of continuing in willful sin after we have received knowledge of the truth. It listed the judgment one would receive in trampling on the blood of the covenant and insulting the spirit of grace.  

So if we do not follow the Word of God, does that mean that we will not enter that still pending 1,000 year rest at the Day of the Lord? Let’s continue reading chapter 4

Hebrews 4:11-13  Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

We need to be diligent in order to enter that rest, which means being in sync with the Word of God, not against it.

There are so many reasons to not trample the blood of the covenant once you know the truth. If you say you believe and have faith in the Word of God, which is who Yeshua claims to be (John 1:14; Revelation 19:13) the same today, yesterday and forever (Hebrews 8:13), then I strongly encourage you to begin following all the Word of God, instead of select portions of it. Tribulation could be coming soon. 

Please repent to the covenant, surrender and learn His ways before the storm comes upon you as a thief in the night. Don’t fall into His judgment as Hebrews chapters 4 and 10 warn us.  Do not trample the blood of the covenant.  Look forward to the 7th day rest, the 1,000 years, the Day of the Lord.   We do not want you to be ashamed at his coming.

We hope that this teaching has blessed you, and remember, continue to test everything.     

Shalom     

For more on this and other teachings, please visit us at www.testeverything.net 

Shalom, and may Yahweh bless you in walking in the whole Word of God.
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Video Link To Teaching  The Threshold Covenant
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So … you see folks?  We don't follow the teachings of Torah because it somehow qualifies us!  We do our best to follow the instructions because our FAITH has been tied to ACTION; the OBEDIENCE to what Yehovah-Yeshua has taught! Torah helps us to stay in COVENANT!

The Observer

Who's Birthday is it in December?

It is December again, the 10th month of the year.  Yes, I know we call it the 12th month, but "dece"/"deca" means 10, not 12.

- September is called the 9th month, but "septe"/"septa" means 7.

- October is called the 10th month, but "octo" means 8.

- November is called the 11th month, but "nove"/"nova" means 9.

- You know about December already.

Why have we corrupted the yearly dates and times?  Because the world doesn't want to accept that about 2 months after December is the start of a new year, the biblical new year. A few days later we celebrate Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits.

Jesus, whose real name is Yeshua, is celebrated by mainstream Christianity in December; December 25th to be exact.  They don't understand they are celebrating Sol Invictus Deo, the ultimate sun god, amongst other pagan gods of antiquity.  (Please view the short vid within the link - it's very eye opening!)

Deut. 12:30 : Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. Jeremiah 10:1 : Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The evergreen tree celebration was originally called; "The Penis of Ra", and the silver and gold balls are his testicles.  Do you really want your children bowing down to Ra's/Nimrod's phallus while reaching for presents?  (again - pls watch the vid)

Please consider what you are doing.  I once was a huge Christmas guy!  Now, it turns my stomach!  I celebrate the birth of Yeshua during Sukkot, because He was born then; and no, not with Christmas trees.

The Observer

P.S. - My wife of 38 years is of Polish decent. She says that back in Poland it used to be the custom to hang the Evergreen Tree in the corner of the house - upside down!  Yes, hanging from the ceiling just like a phallus.  The wreath is, of course, the female portion of the pagan celebration.

Is the Millennium the Time We Are Trained in His Ways?

Michael Rood answers a question from a "viewer" from back in 2012.  The answer is just as poignant today as back then and we need to be reminded.

Most folks in the "Church" are so woefully ignorant of what the Bible actually says concerning these things they are in peril and don't realize it.  Their Pastors, Priests, and Ministers refuse to tell them the truth and they don't want to read for themselves.

If you are lucky enough to have been to school and are literate then you have no excuse.  So many tools are available today that anyone can look up the Greek and Hebrew.

Please enjoy this 9.5 minute video. Michael shows his old fiery self in this one!

The Observer

Does the New Testament Mention and Support Torah? Is it for Christians?

Why yes! Of course it does, and is; in at least 218 supportive mentions! Read for yourself!  You be the judge, not your denomination or your Pastor/Priest.

The following is taken from a New2Torah link from September 10, 2016; http://www.new2torah.com/2011/04/torah-is-dead-not-according-to-208-new-testament-verses/

Thank you Zack!  Compiled with great love by Mike.  And thanks to Donna, my wife of 38 years, for finding this for me!

First, a nice prelude from the TANAHK.  Btw, "TANAHK" is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: Torah ("Teaching", also known as the Five Books of Moses), Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings")—hence TaNaKh. :

1.) Is.2 [The Torah will be taught in the Millennial Kingdom]
2.) Is.8:20 [Those who are against the Torah have no light in them]
3.) Is.42:4 [The coastlands will wait for YHWH’s Torah]
4.) Is.42:21 [YHWH will exalt the Torah and make it honorable]
5.) Is.51:7 [The Torah mentioned to be on people’s hearts before Jer.31:33]
6.) Jer.31:33 [The Torah will be on our hearts during the Millennial Kingdom]
7.) Micah 4:2 [Nations will come to learn the Torah in the Millennial Kingdom]
8.) Zech.14:16-19 [The Feast of Tabernacles will be kept in the Millennial Kingdom (Lev.23)]
9.) Lam 2:9 [Jeremiah lamented that the Torah is no more. Why lament if it will be done away with?]
10.) Psalm 119 [David exalted the Torah]

… now, the N.T.,

The 4 Gospels :

Matthew:

11.) Matt.4:4-10 [Yeshua used the Torah to rebuke the adversary (Deut 8:3; 6:16; 6:13)]
12.) Matt.5:17-19 [Those who teach against Torah will be least in the Kingdom of Heaven]
13.) Matt.7:12 [The Golden Rule (Midrash on Torah)]
14.) Matt.9:20 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]
15.) Matt.11:13 [Yeshua used the Torah & the Prophets to prove John the Baptist valid]
16.) Matt.12:5 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]
17.) Matt.14:36 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]
18.) Matt.22:36-40 [Yeshua taught the greatest commandments from the Torah USING the Torah]
19.) Matt.23:23 [Yeshua emphasized the weightier matters of the Torah USING the Torah]


Mark:

20.) Mark 3:4 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]
21.) Mark 6:18 [John the Baptist used Torah to rebuke Herod (Lev.20:21)]
22.) Mark 6:56 [Yeshua wore Tzitziot (Num.15:38)]
23.) Mark 10:5-12 [Yeshua taught on divorce using the creation account]


Luke:

24.) Luke 2:21 [Yeshua circumcised on the eighth day (Lev.12:2-3)]
25.) Luke 2:22-39 [Yeshua was presented before YHWH as the first born (Ex.34:19)]
26.) Luke 2:24 [An offering was made for Yeshua being the first born (Lev.12:6)]
27.) Luke 4:16 [Yeshua’s custom was to attend Synagogue on the Sabbath day not Sunday]
28.) Luke 6:3-9 [Yeshua is Master of the Sabbath]
29.) Luke 10:26-28 [Yeshua encouraged Torah observance by elevating the weightier commandments]
30.) Luke 10:30-37 [Yeshua gave a parable of the good Samaritan/love your neighbor]
31.) Luke 14:5 [Yeshua preserved life on the Sabbath]
32.) Luke 16:16 [Yeshua used Torah and the Prophets to prove John the Baptist is valid]
33.) Luke 16:17 [It is easier for heaven & earth to pass away than for Torah to do so]
34.) Luke 24:44 [Suffering Servant Prophecy fulfilled]


John:

35.) John 1:17 [Through the Torah, Messiah’s Grace was manifested] *
36.) John 1:45 [Phillip used the Torah & the Prophets to convince Nathaniel about Yeshua being Messiah]
37.) John 5:8 [Yeshua healed a lame man on the Sabbath]
38.) John 7:19 [Yeshua used the Torah to defend Himself]
39.) John 7:22-23 [Yeshua interpreted the Sabbath]
40.) John 7:24 [Yeshua taught to judge righteously (Lev.19:15)]
41.) John 7:49 [Yeshua said those who do not know Torah are accursed]
42.) John 7:51 [Nicodemus used the Torah to prove Yeshua innocent]
43.) John 8:5-12 [Yeshua won the challenge concerning the woman in “adultery” (Lev.20:10)]

… then,

Acts:

44.) Acts 2 [The disciples celebrated Shavuot (Pentecost)]
45.) Acts 6:13 [False witnesses accused the disciples of teaching against the Torah]
46.) Acts 13:14 [Paul went to Synagogue on Sabbath]
47.) Acts 13:15 [Paul attended Synagogue on Sabbath]
48.) Acts 13:39 [Paul taught the Torah and the Prophets in Synagogue]
49.) Acts 13:42 [Gentiles wanted to hear more about Torah and Messiah next Sabbath]
50.) Acts 13:44 [Almost the whole city came the next Sabbath and wanted to learn]
51.) Acts 13:46 [Paul and Barnabas decided to teach Torah/Prophets to the Gentiles (Is.49:6)]
52.) Acts 13:48 [Gentiles were filled with gladness because they get to learn about Yeshua & Torah]
53.) Acts 13:49 [Torah and the Prophets were spread throughout all the region of Antioch]
54.) Acts 15:21 [Moses was taught in all the cities in Synagogues on the Sabbath Day]
55.) Acts 15:28-29
[New gentile converts were to keep the kosher laws of Torah before learning the rest of it]
[Foods offered to idols/eating blood/eating things strangled/sexual immorality]
[(Ex.20:3/Lev.7:26;17:12; 22:8/Deut.14:21)]
56.) Acts 16:13 [Prayer was customarily made on the Sabbath Day]
57.) Acts 17:2-4 [Paul taught Yeshua and Torah for THREE Sabbaths not three Sundays!]
58.) Acts 18:4 [Paul persuaded Jews and Greeks about Yeshua EVERY Sabbath!]
59.) Acts 18:13 [False witness accused Paul of teaching against Torah]
60.) Acts 18:18 [Paul takes a Nazirite vow and shaves his head (Num.6)]
61.) Acts 20:6 [Paul sails to Philippi AFTER Unleavened Bread. Why mention this if it’s done away with?] 62.) Acts 20:7-12 [Paul kept the Sabbath and taught for Havdallah until midnight]
63.) Acts 20:16 [Paul wanted to arrive in time at Jerusalem to keep Shavuot (Ex.34:22/Lev.23:15-22)]
64.) Acts 21:20 [New converts were ZEALOUS for the Torah!]
65.) Acts 21:24 [Paul showed that he keeps the Torah]
66.) Acts 21:28 [More false accusations saying that Paul taught against the Torah]
67.) Acts 22:12 [Paul used the Torah to say Ananias was a devout man]
68.) Acts 23:3 [Paul used the Torah to defend his position]
69.) Acts 23:4 [Paul quoted the Torah (Ex.22:28)]
70.) Acts 24:14 [Paul believed all things in the Torah and the Prophets]
71.) Acts 28:23 [Paul taught people the Torah and the Prophets]


Romans:

72.) Rom.2:13 [Those who do the Torah and not just hear it are considered justified]
73.) Rom.3:31 [Faith does not make void Torah]
74.) Rom.6:15 [Grace is not permission to sin]
75.) Rom.7:2 [Paul taught the laws of marriage & divorce (Deut.24)]
76.) Rom.7:7 [The Torah is not sin]
77.) Rom.7:12 [The Torah is holy, just, and good]
78.) Rom.7:26 [The Torah is good]
79.) Rom.7:22 [Paul delighted in the Torah of YHWH]
80.) Rom.13:18 [Love fulfills the Torah]
81.) Rom.13:10 [Love fulfills the Torah]


1 Corinthians:

82.) 1Cor.1:18 [Paul quoted Isaiah 29:14 for his doctrine]
83.) 1Cor.1:31 [Paul quoted Jeremiah 9:24]
84.) 1Cor.2:9 [Paul quoted Isaiah 64:4]
85.) 1Cor.2:16 [Paul quoted Isaiah 40:13]
86.) 1Cor.3:19 [Paul quoted Job 5:13]
87.) 1Cor.3:20 [Paul quoted Psalm 94:11]
88.) 1Cor.5:1 [Paul used Torah to rebuke sin (Lev.20:11)
89.) 1Cor.5:6-8 [Paul encouraged believers to keep Passover (Lev.23)]
90.) 1Cor.5:9-11 [Paul taught to not be yoked with the sexually immoral (Lev.20)]
91.) 1Cor.5:12-13 [Paul quoted Deut.17:7; 19:19; 22:21; 24:7]
92.) 1Cor.6:9-10 [Paul listed immoral actions defined by Torah (Lev.20)]
93.) 1Cor.6:16 [Paul quotes Gen.2:24]
94.) 1Cor.7:10-11 [Paul taught on marriage and divorce (Deut.24)]
95.) 1Cor.7:19 [Paul taught that keeping the Torah is more important than IMMEDIATE circumcision]*
96.) 1Cor.7:39 [Paul taught the laws of marriage and re-marriage]
97.) 1Cor.9:9-12 [Paul did a midrash on Deut.25:4]
98.) 1Cor.9:21 [Paul kept YHWH’s Torah when ministering to those who didn’t have the Torah]
99.) 1Cor.10:1-22 [Paul did a midrash on Ex.32:6]
100.) 1Cor.10:26 [Paul quoted Psalm 24:1]
101.) 1Cor.14:21 [Paul quoted Isaiah 28:11-12]
102.) 1Cor.15:27 [Paul quoted Psalm 8:6]
103.) 1Cor.15:32 [Paul quoted Isaiah 22:13]
104.) 1Cor.15:45 [Paul quoted Gen.2:7]
105.) 1Cor.15:54 [Paul quoted Isaiah 25:8]
106.) 1Cor.15:55 [Paul quoted Hosea 13:14]


2 Corinthians:

107.) 2Cor.3:12-17 [Paul did a midrash on the veil of Moses (Ex.34:33-35)]
108.) 2Cor.4:13 [Paul quoted Psalm 116:10]
109.) 2Cor.6:2 [Paul quoted Isaiah 49:8]
110.) 2Cor.6:16 [Paul quoted Lev.26:12/Jeremiah 32:38/Ezekiel 37:27]
111.) 2Cor.6:17 [Paul quoted Isaiah 52:11/Ezekiel 20:34; 41]
112.) 2Cor.6:18 [Paul quoted 2 Samuel 7:14]
113.) 2Cor.8:15 [Paul quoted Ex.16:18]
114.) 2Cor.9:9 [Paul quoted Psalm 112:9]
115.) 2Cor.10:17 [Paul quoted Jeremiah 9:24]
116.) 2Cor.13:1 [Paul quotes Deut.19:15]


Galatians:

117.) Gal.3:6 [Paul quoted Gen.15:6]
118.) Gal.3:8 [Paul quoted Gen.12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14]
119.) Gal.3:10 [Paul quoted Deut.27:26]
120.) Gal.3:11 [Paul quoted Habakkuk 2:4]
121.) Gal 3:12 [Paul quoted Lev.18:5]
122.) Gal.3:13 [Paul quoted Deut 11:26-28; 27:15-26]
123.) Gal.3:16 [Paul quoted Gen.12:7; 13:15; 24:7]
124.) Gal.4:27 [Paul quoted Isaiah 54:1]
125.) Gal.4:30 [Paul quoted Gen.21:10]
126.) Gal.5:14 [Paul quoted Lev.19:18]


Ephesians:

127.) Eph.4:8 [Paul quoted Psalm 68:18]
128.) Eph.4:25 [Paul quoted Zechariah 8:16]
129.) Eph.4:26 [Paul quoted Psalm 4:4]
130.) Eph.5:31 [Paul quoted Gen.2:24]
131.) Eph.6:2 [Paul quoted Deut.5:16]


Philippians:

132.) Philipp.2:17 [Paul related himself to a drink offering (Lev.23:13)]


1 Thessalonians:

133.) 1Thess.4:2 [Paul taught to walk in the Commandments of YHWH]
134.) 1Thess.4:3 [Paul taught to avoid sexual immorality (Lev.20)]
135.) 1Thess.5:1-11 [Paul taught that those who don’t know the Feast Days are in darkness/blind]


2 Thessalonians:

136.) 2Thess.1:8 [Paul quoted Isaiah 24:23]


1 Timothy:

137.) 1Tim.1:8 [Paul taught that the Torah is good if one uses it right]
138.) 1Tim.5:18 [Paul quoted Deut.25:4]
139.) 1Tim.5:19 [Paul taught the concept of two witnesses (Deut.19:15)]


2 Timothy:

140.) 2Tim.3:15 [Paul said Timothy had known the “Holy Scriptures” (Torah/Prophets) since his youth]
141.) 2Tim.3:16 [Paul referred to the Torah/Prophets when he said “Scripture, Doctrine, Instruction”]
142.) 2Tim.4:6 [Paul related himself as a drink offering (Lev.23:13)]


Titus:

143.) Titus 2:9 [Paul taught obedience to the Torah concerning bondservants & masters (Deut.15:12-18)]
144.) Titus 2:14 [Paul taught that Yeshua died so we will have zeal for good works (Torah)]


Hebrews:

145.) Heb.1:5 [quoted Ps.2:7/2Sam.7:14]
146.) Heb.1:6 [quoted Deut.32:43/Psalm 97:7]
147.) Heb.1:7 [quoted Ps.104:4]
148.) Heb.1:9 [quoted Ps.45:6-7]
149.) Heb.1:12 [quoted Ps.102:25-27]
150.) Heb.1:13 [quoted Ps.110:1]
151.) Heb.2:8 [quoted Ps.8:4-6]
152.) Heb.2:12 [quoted Ps.22:22]
153.) Heb.2:13 [quoted 2Sam.22:3/Isaiah 8:17-18]
154.) Heb.3:11 [quoted Ps. 5:7-11]
155.) Heb.3:15 [quoted Ps.95:7-8]
156.) Heb.4:3 [quoted Ps.95:11]
157.) Heb.4:4 [quoted Gen.2:2]
158.) Heb.4:5 [quoted Ps.95:11]
159.) Heb.4:7 [quoted Ps.95:7-8]
160.) Heb.5:5 [quoted Ps.2:7]
161.) Heb.5:6 [quoted Ps.110:4]
162.) Heb.6:14 [quoted Gen.22:17]
163.) Heb.7:17 [quoted Ps.110:4]
164.) Heb.7:21 [quoted Ps.110:4]
165.) Heb.8:5 [quoted Ex.25:40]
166.) Heb.8:12 [quoted Jer.31:31-34]
167.) Heb.9:20 [quoted Ex. 24:8]
168.) Heb.10:7 [quoted Ps.40:6-8]
169.) Heb.10:16 [quoted Jer.31:33]
170.) Heb.10:17 [quoted Jer.31:34]
171.) Heb.10:30 [quoted Deut.32:35-36]
172.) Heb.10:37 [quoted Hab.2:3-4]
173.) Heb.11:5 [quoted Gen.5:24]
174.) Heb.11:18 [quoted Gen.21:2]
175.) Heb.12:6 [quoted Prov.3:11-12]
176.) Heb.12:20 [quoted Ex.19:12-13]
177.) Heb.12:21 [quoted Deut.9:19]
178.) Heb.12:26 [quoted Hag.2:6]
179.) Heb.13:5 [quoted Deut.31:6-8/Josh.1:5]
180.) Heb.13:6 [quoted Ps.118:6]


James:

181.) Jam.1:22-24 [James taught to be a doer of the Word]
182.) Jam.1:25 [The Torah is liberating]
183.) Jam.2:8 [James quoted Lev.19:18]
184.) Jam.2:11 [James quoted Ex.20:13-14/Deut.5:17-18]
185.) Jam.2:23 [James quoted Gen.15:6]
186.) Jam.3:2-12 [James did a midrash on the evil tongue (Lev.14)]
187.) Jam.4:6 [James quoted Prov.3:34]
188.) Jam.4:12 [James said YHWH is our Lawgiver. Why need a Lawgiver if the Law is done away with?]


1 Peter:

189.) 1Pet.1:16 [Peter quoted Lev.11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7]
190.) 1Pet.1:25 [Peter quoted Isaiah.40:6-8]
191.) 1Pet.2:6 [Peter quoted Isaiah 28:16]
192.) 1Pet.2:7 [Peter quoted Ps.118:22]
193.) 1Pet.2:8 [Peter quoted Isaiah 8:14]
194.) 1Pet.2:22 [Peter quoted Isaiah 53:9]
195.) 1Pet.3:12 [Peter quoted Ps.34:12-16
196.) 1Pet.3:14 [Peter quoted Isaiah 8:12]
197.) 1Pet.4:8 [Peter quoted Prov.10:12]
198.) 1Pet.4:11 [Peter taught to speak as the Oracles of YHWH (Heb.5:12; Acts 7:38; Rom.3:2)]
199.) 1Pet.4:18 [Peter quoted Prov.11:31]
200.) 1Pet.5:5 [Peter quoted Prov.3:34]


2 Peter:

201.) 2Pet.2:22 [Peter quoted Prov.26:11]


1 John:

202.) 1Jo.2:3-5 [We are YHWH’s children if we keep His commandments]
203.) 1Jo.2:6 [We are to walk as Yeshua Messiah walked (Torah)]
204.) 1Jo.3:4 [Sin is violating the Torah]
205.) 1Jo.3:22 [We are to do YHWH’s commandments and do things that are pleasing to Him]
206.) 1Jo.3:23 [To believe in Yeshua as Messiah is a Torah based faith]
207.) 1Jo.3:24 [Those who keep YHWH’s commandments abide in Him, and He in them]
208.) 1Jo.5:2 [We are YHWH’s children if we keep His commandments]
209.) 1Jo.53 [It is the love of YHWH to keep His commandments and they aren’t a burden]

2 John:

210.) 2Jo.1:6 [It is love to walk in His commandments]
211.) 2Jo.1:9 [Violators of Torah do not abide in the teaching of Yeshua which is to follow Torah]
[Those who abide in the teaching of Messiah has both YHWH and Yeshua]
212.) 2Jo.1:10 [John said to have nothing to do with those who teach against the teaching of Messiah]


Jude:

213.) Jude 1:12 [“love feasts” were the Feast Days (Lev.23)]

Revelation (the 5th Gospel):

214.) Rev.1:6 [The Torah comes forth from Yeshua’s mouth]
215.) Rev.12:17 [The adversary is enraged mainly with those who keep Torah & believe in Yeshua]
216.) Rev.14:12 [Those who endure are they that keep the Torah and believe in Yeshua]
217.) Rev.19:15 [Yeshua judges and strikes the nations with the Torah (Word of YHWH/His Sword)]
218.) Rev.22:14


In the end, it makes me wonder exactly what folks are learning in Seminary.  The answer is simple, actually.  THEY ARE LEARNING MAN'S TRADITION - NOT THE WORD !

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What Does Torah Have To Do With Salvation? - Why Should We Do It?

An exceptional teaching from 119 Ministries:

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Life After Death - Part 10

Continuing with the study ...

A Sabbath breaker is executed: (no appreciable differences with the other translation/versions)

(ESV)

Num 15:32  While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
Num 15:33  And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation.
Num 15:34  They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.
Num 15:35  And the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."
Num 15:36  And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.

[Note: Many people misunderstand this passage.  The simple act of gathering sticks is not necessarily the issue here.  Have you ever made a primitive fire?  A primitive fire involves lots of hard work and effort, sometimes 2 or 3 hours worth.  Today, the orthodox Rabbis make it a rule not to even turn on your stove or switch on a light.  This rule is man-made, of course, and silly.  In my house my wife cooks on Friday so we may eat leftovers for Shabbat, and yes, we do heat them up! And no, we don't work on a primitive fire to heat our food!  We simply flip a switch on a stove or a microwave oven.]

... btw, no mention of an afterlife here.

Korah's Rebellion: (no appreciable differences with the other translation/versions)

(ESV)

Num 16:1  Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
Num 16:2  And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.
Num 16:3  They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?"
Num 16:4  When Moses heard it, he fell on his face,
Num 16:5  and he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the LORD will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.
Num 16:6  Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
Num 16:7  put fire in them and put incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!"
Num 16:8  And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:
Num 16:9  is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them,
Num 16:10  and that he has brought you near him, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also?
Num 16:11  Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"
Num 16:12  And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not come up.
Num 16:13  Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?
Num 16:14  Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up."
Num 16:15  And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them."
Num 16:16  And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, before the LORD, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.
Num 16:17  And let every one of you take his censer and put incense on it, and every one of you bring before the LORD his censer, 250 censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer."
Num 16:18  So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
Num 16:19  Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
Num 16:20  And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num 16:21  "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
Num 16:22  And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"
Num 16:23  And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:24  "Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
Num 16:25  Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
Num 16:26  And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins."
Num 16:27  So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.
Num 16:28  And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
Num 16:29  If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the LORD has not sent me.
Num 16:30  But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD."
Num 16:31  And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
Num 16:32  And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
Num 16:33  So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
Num 16:34  And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"
Num 16:35  And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
Num 16:36  Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:37  "Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy.
Num 16:38  As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel."
Num 16:39  So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,
Num 16:40  to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the LORD said to him through Moses.
Num 16:41  But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the LORD."
Num 16:42  And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Num 16:43  And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,
Num 16:44  and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Num 16:45  "Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces.
Num 16:46  And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD; the plague has begun."
Num 16:47  So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.
Num 16:48  And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
Num 16:49  Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
Num 16:50  And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

[Note: The word "Sheol" is defined as "the grave"; "the pit", as in under the earth; "hell", as in the place for the dead, not as in an afterlife existence of tortuous burning.  "Hades" is used in one translation, but still means buried in the ground.  The usage is made clear by the context.  The context here is of burying the people as in an earthquake.

Those who disagree will say, no, and that all of these people went to a burning Hades/Hell.  Please realize what these folks are saying.  They are saying that the women and children of Korah's Rebellion and all those killed by the plague (including the children) are BURNING IN HELL - RIGHT NOW!  Please notice the verse says, "all" of them!  They are saying that Yehovah/Yeshua is causing these women and children to suffer everlasting torment because of guilt by association.

No, the "innocent" that were caught up in this event will be resurrected (at the proper time) and given a wonderful eternal life as Scripture states.  Also, the rest of Scripture does not support a vengeful "GOD" as some people assume.  Adding to the narrative of Korah's Rebellion is adding something to Scripture which is not there.  This is going against Torah! (see Deut. 4, Deut. 12, Rev. 22)]

... I hope everyone is having a wonderful Shabbat and are looking forward to the Fall Feasts coming up shortly!

The Observer

Life After Death - Part 9

Continuing with the study ...

BTW, it is a good idea to go through these passages and read for yourselves what it says. Church folk especially don't understand the context and meaning behind the instructions written in the Torah.  They think it's simply something that does not apply to them anymore, or has been completely done away with.

Some things don't apply because their is no longer an Aaronic Priesthood, or Tabernacle (and/or Temple), or because we don't live in a Theocratic system.  However, there are many personal instructions that still apply to us today!

Also, please keep in mind; the Temple, the Theocratic System, and the Aaronic Priesthood will all return at the beginning of the Millennium.  And this will be worldwide!

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In Exodus 32 about 3,000 people were killed after siding with the golden calf instead of with Yehovah; bad mistake!  No mention is made of an afterlife.

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The Death of Nadab and Abihu:

In Leviticus two sons of Aaron made an unauthorized "sacrifice" to Yehovah and were killed.  No mention of an afterlife.

(ESV)

Lev 10:1  Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.
Lev 10:2  And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

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Punishment for Blasphemy:

In Leviticus a man blasphemed Yehovah's name, that is, cursed His name with speech.  He was stoned to death.  No mention of an afterlife.

(ESV)

Lev 24:10  Now an Israelite woman's son, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the people of Israel. And the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel fought in the camp,
Lev 24:11  and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Lev 24:12  And they put him in custody, till the will of the LORD should be clear to them.
Lev 24:13  Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev 24:14  "Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Lev 24:15  And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
Lev 24:16  Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

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Did Samuel's "Ghost" Speak With Saul?

Hi Folks!  In continuing with my study on the afterlife, as found in the Scriptures, I came across this nice video from Lex Meyer of  UNLEARN THE LIES.

Lex gives a wonderful explanation of the Witch of Endor occurrence in the book of Samuel.

Hint: It's not a ghost!  : )

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The Truth is Coming Out! Listen To It!

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Understanding the Difficult Words of Yeshua, Nehemia Gordon talks with Dr. Roy Blizzard, a pioneer in understanding the Jewish roots of the New Testament. Dr. Blizzard explains how one momentous trip to Israel in 1966, turned his outlook on Christianity upside down and started him on a new path of discovery. Dr. Blizzard also shares what it was like to be one of the first excavators of the Temple Mount, how we know Yeshua spoke Hebrew, and confirms the name of God is Yehovah.  (Nehemia's words)

Thank you, Nehemia!

Dr. Blizzard's book can be found here and other places.

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Life After Death - Part 8

Hello!  Yes, I'm still kicking!  I have been away for awhile. My wife and I finally retired and we needed some well-earned down time.  People don't believe me but I have been working since the age of 5 - I'm in my 60s now.  Perhaps like some of you, I grew up in the country and worked in the fields starting at a very early age.  Most people around the world don't think of Americans as growing up poor and living in remote areas but it is still true, even in America!  America is that large! However, the U.S. is still a country where, given effort, one can succeed greatly. And I owe any success I've had to Yehovah-Yeshua!

Before getting to the next set of verses, we have some interesting news! There has always been an argument concerning the correct pronunciation of the Father's name. The Gentile groups have almost always used, "Yahweh", which is really an educated guess and most likely a phonetic attempt at saying "YHWH" in English. No manuscripts exist using Yahweh that I know of. Also, scholars argue over whether the Vav letter is pronounced as a "V" sound or a "W" sound.

Nehemia Gordon, a Karaite Jew and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, has been saying for the last few years the Holy name is pronounced, "Yehovah", which is what I use. Nehemia and his team have now found over 1,000 Hebrew manuscripts which show the vowel points expressing the name as "Yehovah"! This is huge!

What it means is that, at least in modern Hebrew, the most likely pronunciation is Yehovah. This lines up well with the English use of Jehovah also.

People get upset with such news because they have invested so much time and energy into their own opinions and study on the subject. There is also the realization that Hebrew can be spoken and written in modern, ancient, and paleo-Hebrew expressions which cause some differences of opinion, as well.

At least we now know that the Hebrew Scribes in the last 1500 years or so wrote Yehovah in many of their manuscripts. You may hear Nehemiah's announcement of this here.

... continuing with the study ...

There have been a few instances where Yehovah Himself killed someone because of great transgression. No mention of what happened after these individual's deaths.  Just so you know, as I work through the Scripture and I get repeats of study I've done before, I will not lay it out bit by bit as I've been doing because it's really a waste of time. But, I will mention the verses.

For example, in Gen 49:28 - 33 Jacob died and was, "gathered to his people". That is, buried like the ones before him. And later, in Exodus, Moses kills an Egyptian (with no mention of an afterlife).

Exodus 12 - The Passover :  The first-born of the Egyptians and all who did not place the blood on the doorposts and lintel of their house died. No mention is made of an afterlife.

Exodus 14 - The Red Sea :  Pharaoh and all of his chariot forces drown in the Red Sea (with no mention of an afterlife).

I will stop here, for this entry, and leave you with a thought provoking video on the "Soul".

The Observer