Back to Our Roots

I believe one of the most crucial reforms that the Church must take on is a move back to the Hebrew roots of Christianity. We have become like a house that has been moved off of its foundation. Once in a while, as we examine our "home" we trip over parts of the foundation sticking out of the ground, totally oblivious to the danger we have put ourselves into. We have bought into the lie that the Hebrew Foundation is no longer important. (See Jeremiah 16:19). Because the building we now occupy is beautiful to look at and it fits well into the neighborhood, we gladly overlook the fact that this building may collapse, because after all, "we're gonna be outta here when the trouble starts."

I would like to pose one question that will hopefully get us on track to at least examine this precarious building situation. This question was alluded to by the Messiah himself in the Sermon on the Mount. He challenged, "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:17-20)" The question is this: What commands was our Messiah referring to?

Shalom Alechem