Paul's Letter to the Romans

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In the previous chapter, Paul used numerous contrasts to make his point. In one example in particular, Paul contrasted those Judaizers who reject Messiah with those who embrace Messiah and His Ways: (Rom 6:14 NASB) For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. Most Christian preachers and theologians claim that this passage means the law has no “jurisdiction” over you. However, the first verse of this chapter states the very opposite. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Gen 16 Ten years have elapsed since Abram left his father's house. Sarai was getting impatient; her hopes were dwindling. The maidservant Hagar, she was to attend to the personal needs of Sarai, there's not a co-ownership between husband and wife, she's owned solely by the wife as a servant, it's only her property. It was common in that day to blame the infertility of a couple on the wife and also to you know I guess blamed Elohim too. She was losing hope in the promise of a child and so she's going to take matters into her own hands and going to handle it her way… You know it was not going to work out good, Sarai, she's trying to take Elohim’s promise in her own hands and Abram was wrong in allowing her to do this. Gen 16:7 Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. The angel of Yahweh spoken of here, it's apparently a manifestation of Yahweh. Elohim is showing His love and care to the slave as well as to the Masters in the world. Hagar fled in the direction of her native land which was Egypt. Gen 16:10 Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they shall be too many to count.” Look how this angel of Yahweh says “I will greatly multiply your descendants” well who does that? I’ll tell you who it is, that's a manifestation of the Father. Her son is going to be Ishmael and he too is going to be the father of twelve tribes and the fulfillment of this is recorded to Genesis 25, we have more genealogy here. The name Ishmael, it means Elohim hears. Arabs claim to be sons of Abraham through Ishmael, that is there claim and they claim Palestinians as their own land that Palestine due to this because they say it was given to them through Ishmael, that's why the Palestinians think they can at least claim that land. Gen 16:12 “And he will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone’s hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers.” What a prophecy, that's exactly what we have today, the sons of Ishmael they're against everyone that's just how it is. The Arabs, even among their brethren they fight continually, the descendants of Ishmael lived to the east of the descendants of Isaac today. Let's not overlook a big passage like this. This is rather powerful stuff; this is what it is going to be like, this is where he is going to live. Look, that’s what he's like and that's where he lives. Gen 16:13 Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?” The angel of Yahweh is declared to be a manifestation of Elohim by her comment. Because she says you are an Elohim who sees. This whole thing about Hagar and Ishmael plays such a big part in Scripture. The battle between Isaac and Ishmael, the battle between Jacob and Esau, it's one that rages today. It's one that is causing the biggest conflicts in the world today and it started here early on in Genesis. That's the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Gen 15 Abram (Later on, Elohim changes his name to Abraham), had just rescued Lot and his household from the kings of the East. He was probably fearful of retribution, Elohim tells him don't fear them, Elohim says that He is Abraham's shield. The enemy is powerless against Him, and Elohim says your reward is going to be very great and Abram is going to find out more about his reward in this chapter. Abram is confused concerning a provision of Elohim. He's thinking perhaps Elohim is not going to provide him in a direct and literal manner as he was told. Abram thought that Elohim was maybe speaking in a metaphorical sense, there is someone born in my household, he’s not mine, but maybe that's who that's supposed to be, my heir that He's speaking of. He didn't take Elohim at his literal word, but of course you know, Abraham's getting up there in age, there are no kids, doubt could creep in. I could see that happening, he should have understood though, Elohim literally meant what He said. Abram was counted as righteous for believing in Yahweh. Abram had been patient, his cry for help was going to be answered, he was declared righteous due to his faithfulness in Yahweh. The Hebrew word for believe is H539 aman, (aw-man’) it means to be faithful. It doesn't mean to have a strong emotion toward Jesus, it means to be faithful, he was faithful to Elohim and Elohim declared that as righteousness for him. Just along the same lines in the Hebrew the word faithfulness is a word that's built upon aman, aman is the root for it and it is H530 emunah, and it means faithfulness. Being faithful and faithfulness are two words from the root of the other. Paul talks about this too, he said you have faithfulness to me you are a hundred years old and you're still faithful that you're going to have a son, that's strong faithfulness. Paul talks about this a lot actually, he points out the fact that Abraham's faithfulness was reckoned to him as righteousness, Paul makes interesting, it was long before he was circumcised. Paul said you know what, before Abraham was circumcised, he was declared righteous through his faithfulness. Romans 4:3-22 Paul made a really big deal about this thing of Abraham being declared righteous before he was circumcised. He also will go a little bit of Galatians here too; he went into the same account in Galatians 3:6-14 There are some things in Galatians a little hard to understand but he is battling those that say you don't need Messiah, just be obedient to our laws. Paul says, there's death there, there's nothing but death there, we do need Messiah. So, Abraham's faithfulness in following Torah is why he was declared righteous. Genesis 26:3-5 (He's talking to Isaac here) You see, it's one thing to say we're being faithful to the Father and to His Torah, it's another thing to say through the blood of Messiah, because that's where it flowed from, it's another thing to say I don't need Messiah. All I need to do is follow the rules, that's not faithfulness, that's just following rules. Faithfulness implies a love and a covenant between the two people. The consummation of the Covenant takes place, Abram sleeps through it. Abram had nothing to offer for this, he might as well be asleep. Elohim, as a smoking oven and a flaming torch, passed through the pieces of animals cut up by Abram. Here's the thing, there's a covenant being made but Abram’s not placed on the same plane as Elohim is, not at all. Abram, as far as men go, he may be the greatest man that ever lived. But he's not on any plane with Elohim or even close. As a matter of fact, Elohim must condescend in grace to come to man in His graciousness. Abram was just a recipient of a gift from Yahweh his sole qualification was the willingness to receive Elohim’s gift of mercy, that's it. Even that willingness, was a gift from Elohim also. The parallels between this covenant and the sacrifice of Yeshua are numerous and they are profound. Neither covenant involve traditional Levitical sacrifices that include an altar or include the Levites. Neither sacrifice did, both sacrifices involved the cutting of the sacrifices. So, they all involve the land of inheritance both covenants did. The covenant with Abram is that land, it's much larger than the Land of Israel we see today. Inheriting that land for all eternity in resurrected bodies through the grace of Elohim, will be for those whom He chose to have faithfulness and Torah and in Messiah Yeshua. This covenant is very, very, important, this covenant has nothing to do with bloodline, this covenant has nothing to do with circumcision. It has to do with whether or not we are truly sons of Abraham and as Paul points out, that's their faithfulness. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

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Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). We go through the Scriptures and analyze the places where this highest of holy days is described and mentioned. Leviticus 16 is a great chapter in particular when studying this Appointed Time. This first half of our study focuses on this chapter. Just how important is it for His people to celebrate this day in the way He instructs? We are told to "afflict" ourselves on this day. What does that mean? You might be surprised to see James bring up this Holy Day! It appears that the parable of two men praying in the Temple in Luke 18 are doing so on Yom Kippur also. Join us and learn about "THE Sabbath" of the Father. Also, in this session, we study Isaiah 58 which is pertaining to Yom Kippur in particular. Many mistake this chapter to be pertaining to the weekly Sabbath, but they are sorely mistaken. The weekly Sabbath is a day of rest and pleasure for His people. Yom Kippur is a day of fasting, affliction, and not doing as one pleases. Join us as we conclude our study on this highest of Holy Days on Elohim's calendar! Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

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Paul told us in chapter 5 that death reigned over all mankind through the disobedience of Adam and righteousness and justification reigns over all who are faithful through the obedience of Yeshua Messiah (Romans 5:16-17). Paul makes it clear the contrast between the disobedience of Adam and the obedience of Messiah led to the justification of His people (Romans 5:18-19). It is by Elohim that all of Israel is justified through Messiah (Isa. 45:25). The term "justified" in the Hebrew means "made righteous." Up to this chapter, Paul has not discussed the set-apart life His people should lead (except for "do not judge if you are engaging in that same sin" in chapter 2). He has been talking only about salvation and that it is not achieved by the works or words of the individual. From chapter 6 on, Paul is not going to discuss the salvation of the chosen, but the life that the child of Elohim should be leading. This falls in line with the discussion of justification and sanctification. Up to chapter 6, Paul has been discussing justification, or salvation by the graciousness of Elohim through His faithfulness which we receive as a gift from the Father. From chapter 6 on, Paul is going to discuss the process of sanctification, or the Spirit of Elohim at work in our lives to give us a new nature and desire in our lives. A true union with Messiah as our Master means that we are no longer slaves to sin and we will break free from that bondage. Sanctification gives us freedom, but that freedom is not a license, as we shall soon see. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

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Paul is going to show that salvation by faithfulness does not eradicate Torah and the Tanakh. He says, "on the contrary, we establish Torah through our faithfulness. Faithfulness is established in our hearts and minds by Elohim, when writes His Torah in our hearts and minds. Paul is going to use two characters from the Tanakh, Abraham and David, to illustrate this. He is going to show how these two men were declared righteous by Elohim and not by their own efforts Abraham lived and died four hundred years before Torah was given to Israel at Mt. Sinai. Although Abraham knew Torah and followed it, he was declared righteous before he was even circumcised. David lived after Torah was given, but Scripture makes it very clear he had tremendous sin in his life. Elohim declared these men righteous by their faithfulness. Elohim made this declaration on them aside from what they did. Elohim is not asking us to live by some laws in order to come to Him. We are declared righteous by His choosing. And since He has awarded us that salvation through the faithfulness He gave us, how then ought we to live? Paul told us in chapter 5 that death reigned over all mankind through the disobedience of Adam and righteousness and justification reigns over all who are faithful through the obedience of Yeshua Messiah. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

We're past creation, we're past the flood, and we're past the dispersion at the Tower of Babel. We are going to begin with the Hebrew people. Wherever they go, Abram builds an altar, Isaac digs a well, Jacob pitches a tent, those are their calling cards. Keep in mind, Abram did not choose Elohim, Elohim chose Abram. Elohim is going to bless Abram and Abram responds to Elohim in faithfulness and obedience. Abram is described as a friend of Elohim. 2 Chronicles 20:7 “Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? This is big, this covenant with Abraham is huge. Elohim also promises that Abram would be protected by Elohim and Abraham's blessing would extend to his descendants, and we'll see in verse 7, it talks about that. It talks about his seed and it's going to be a spiritual blessing to all the families of the earth. This seed is Yeshua Messiah, who provides salvation for all His chosen people. Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ. This covenant with Abraham is very very important, it's crucial, that's why Messiah was called son of Abraham and son of David. That's why they went through the genealogies and retraced them both in Matthew and Luke. He had to be a son of Abraham and the son of David in order for these covenants to be made full. Now the thing about these covenants, they are unconditional, generations of Abraham's descendants from time to time would default and they would fail but immediately Elohim is committed and ultimately committed to achieving those goals, and He will do it, we are the ones that fail, but He doesn't. Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. I don't think we need any more proof really; the Torah has been in effect already. It's the law of the land, it's the instructions to the people, they already had that. Seth apparently was following Torah as was Noah. Noah had, actually, probably just died, a few years previous to this. The land is given to Abram and his heirs. Galatians 3:28-29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. Galatians 4:28 And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. They split up with Lot taking the plain of Jordan and Abram dwelling in the land of Canaan. Lot picked a bad place to pitch his tent, not a good idea. It would appear he was dazzled by the affluence of the people, and I think he turned a blind eye to their immorality. It says the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked against Elohim. Whether or not they knew of the Torah of Elohim is essentially irrelevant, it did exist at this time because they were called sinners okay. The men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinner against Yahweh. How can you be a sinner against Yahweh if there are no rules to break? How's that possible? You can't, if there are no rules, there are no sinners. Paul writes in Romans 4:15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there violation. Well that just makes sense, if there are no instructions how do you violate the instructions? Romans 5:13 for until the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. I'm positive he's talking about Adam and Eve in their original condition, they weren't perfect, but sin was not imputed upon them, because there was no Torah. What tree did they eat of? Knowledge of good and evil. Well, they got their knowledge all right, and that knowledge condemned them. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Abraham had the same upbringing we had, he also was an idol worshiper before Elohim called to him. Josh 24:2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. Josh 24:3 ‘Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and let him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. Are we better than Abraham to not answer the call? Is our pride more important? Do we not care? Break free from the lies, Abraham (like Yeshua) showed us how. We see the genealogy of Abraham in Gen 11:25-27 and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters. 26And Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. 27Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. Then in... Josh 24:2 we see that they served other gods. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. The Catholic church admits to everything in the Catholic Encyclopedia. They act like they are greater than our Heavenly Father and His Word. They use their authority to take the word of Elohim and mold it to their advantage. The Catholic church is THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS ; all the other churches are the daughters. Rev 17:5 and upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Eastern Roman Empire Rev 18, that’s the Byzantine Empire, that was governed by Catholicism. It’s the final warning to the people, Yeshua warns those in the Babylonian Roman church to get out. Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; You can find out a lot about the pagan origins by reading the Catholic Encyclopedia. They admit it and do not deny it, they verify it and they will give you sources to where it came from. Mithra was the invincible sun god. Mithraism was the Mithraic Sunday before it was the Christian. Dec. 25th was Mithra's birthday. Constantine decreed the venerable day of the sun to be the weekly rest day of the Empire. Mithraism and Christianism tend to meld. Roman Mithraism was immerged with Mithraism and Christianity. Mithraism was originally Persian. It also infiltrated into Christianity through paganism and idolatry. Pagan worship is almost always shared with all cultures and the source for all religions. Isn't it interesting that the whole world has a 7 day week? Why not 8 or 10? Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Israel was sacrificing their children to Moloch into other gods which is strictly forbidden in Torah. We read in Leviticus 20:2-6 Lev 20:2-6 “You shall also say to the sons of Israel, ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3‘I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. 4‘If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death, 5then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech. 6‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. The cultic ritual was practiced by the evil King Ahaz years later in 2 Kings 16:2-4 2 Kings 16:2-4 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done. 3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel. It's a common practice in Islam today to sacrifice your children to Moloch they do it quite often. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Some people have said they've come here and quit coming because we create too much Christian bashing. I don't bash individuals; it's teaching as a whole. A trade as a whole; which is being a preacher, is what I'm against. To get up and build money out of people, for what? What does a preacher do? They're greedy. What do they do to earn their money? They go and visit at the hospital. Well, you know what, that's what we're all supposed to be doing, he gets paid to do it. The message of His word, that is His Torah; be obedient to it, embrace it, that's how much reminding we need of that. If you look through scripture and you look at the Tanakh, how many people in there that we read about could you say they were chosen, one that will be in the Kingdom, how many people have you read about that you're that comfortable with saying that? 50? It would be a tough time getting 100. He says He shows lovingkindness to the thousands; to those who love Him and keep His Commandments. It doesn't say the millions and billions. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Christians - All of that time, effort and money worshiping the "Churches way"; it's all for naught, a total waste of time. Learn how to worship HIS way. Isaiah 55:1 “Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. Elohim tells everyone who thirsts to drink from His Waters and to eat and drink His wine and milk without cost. What does water represent in Scripture? The spirit of the Father; He gives freely of His breath. The wine and milk; that speaks of the sustenance that He provides and the joy that we have through Him. Yeshua told us the same thing in John 4:10-14. John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12“You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?” 13Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again; 14but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” He's talking about the spirit of the Father. John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast (He's talking about Sukkot), Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink He's just quoting what Isaiah said. John 7:38-39 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.’” 39But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Many think because He hid his face from us, it was forever. No, it was for a moment - a short time. Isaiah 54:8 “In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,” Says the LORD your Redeemer. Watch and we will explain. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

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Watch and see which nations attack Israel in the last days; all Scriptural. All three of Noah's sons had children of their own and they were all born after the flood. There are 16 recorded grandsons of Noah, and there were probably more than that. These 16 grandsons listed, would be the ancestors of major people, groups and nations in various parts of the world. The Tower of Babel resulted in the different language families we have today. We have thousands of different languages today, but only a few language groups that are separate and distinct from one another. The dispersion from Babel would cause separated and isolated groups to scatter to different parts of the world. It's likely that family members could communicate with one another, but the vastly different languages spoken by other families it caused separation and isolation from one another, so they went in different directions. That's what Elohim told them to do, He didn't tell him to gather in cities He told them to go out and take possession of the earth. They didn’t listen, they weren't doing that, this caused them to do that. This caused isolation and separation from one another into groups; and like I said, apparently families could communicate, a husband and wife could communicate with one another, but they couldn't communicate with the neighbors anymore, so they went out and dispersed. When they repopulated, there was a lot of apparent, well you could say, incestual type relationships going on because they didn't associate with one another, and they also went to different parts of the world. When this happened, it led to variations to be fixed in different populations. Variations like head shape and skin color and certain facial features would be fixed among certain populations due to that early incestual repopulation. That's where we get the idea of races okay, there is no such thing as races, we're all one blood. We can all trace our genes back to a same ancestor, we all look different we're all different shades and sizes and different shapes. We can all get blood transfusions from one another, organs can be transplanted, we're all the same, we're all the same people. It's sad to see the divisions that we have so often, but that's just how man is in his sinful condition. After the flood we had this drop in life spans and it was drastic, the loss is exponential, the loss in life spans. It's likely due to genetic deterioration over time. They say that our genes just come to an end at a certain time and you're not going to live past that. I’m sure that at one time when man was initially created, his lifespan was intended to be much greater but right after the flood, everything dropped off. Within just a few generations lifespans went from 900 some-odd years to under 100. The early patriarchs of these nations, now keep in mind, right after the flood the Tower of Babel happened, there's a huge dispersion, and the early patriarchs ended up living longer than their sons and grandsons and they would live over many generations and they're succeeding generations didn't live near as long. What happened was, apparently, these early patriarchs that lived so long were revered and may have even been recalled as gods due to oral tradition, just due to their due to their long lifespan. The people groups often named their lands and these mythological gods they had, after these ancestors and it makes complete sense. They were living hundreds of years and their sons and grandsons were not. We’ll go over a very interesting article that explains why Russia is not the one that attacks Israel in the Last Days; more confirmation will be presented on who will be the ones. We will also go over this map; https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ds3W2tr2HMyx5eloNlvXvgAAAA?w=239&h=183&c=7&r=0&o=5&dpr=2.5&pid=1.7 Did you know that Nimrod was a descendant of Ham? Cush was his father; we will explain in detail. So many find this chapter to be a “yawner” but really, it is packed with so much explosive information! Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

Paul had a tough time separating Talmudic lessons from the Torah. The written Torah from the oral Torah. It was taught as one and that is a problem. Teachings of man is the Talmudic teachings, those are what he separated out. This powerful message from the Apostle Paul (Sha-ul) reinforces the laws of the Torah (such as homosexuality being a sin), the importance of keeping the Torah in everything we do, and how we have no hope in our lives without the Messiah. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/

The first 17 verses in this chapter are Elohim’s response to Noah's faithful sacrifice that he made initially upon leaving the Ark. Elohim is going to reiterate instructions for man's government. These instructions, those of which that Noah was probably aware, but they're being reiterated in a covenant form. This is a covenant between Elohim and Noah. Much of Christianity teaches “dispensationalism.” This school of thought teaches biblical history as a number of successive, but different, economies or administrations under Elohim, and each different administration is called a "dispensation." According to Christian dispensationalism, the original dispensation was one of perfection that was at creation until sin became known. The next era is where man allegedly is governed by his own conscience. They claim that man was governed by his own conscience because there allegedly there wasn't a law to go by. The next era is between the time of the flood and the time of Mount Sinai which is called the era of "Human Government. The time from Mount Sinai until the time of Jesus is called the dispensation of the law. Then after Jesus, we're now in the dispensation of "Grace." They claim that Elohim changed his methods of dealing with man as time went on. He has to keep trying "stuff" until He gets it right. The problems with this viewpoint are numerous. It essentially says that Elohim changes His mind. No, He doesn’t. Dispensationalism essentially claims that Elohim is trying the trial-and-error method in dealing with mankind. How do I deal with these people I made? Well, let's try conscience. Let’s try law. Let’s try Grace. Why didn't He think of grace to begin with? Elohim does not change. Malachi 3:6 “For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. 1 Samuel 15:29 “And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.” Elohim never changes His mind! While He doesn't change His mind, there are times when He changed His actions to reflect His grace and mercy. For instance, when He said He was going to destroy all of Israel, Moses prayed, and Elohim did not destroy them. He changed His actions to display His grace and mercy. But did He change His mind and think the sins of Israel were okay? Of course not! Psalms 102:26-27 “Even they will perish, but You do endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them, and they will be changed.” But You are the same, and Your years will not come to an end. And His word does not change either, His word does not change. Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away. Psalms 89:34 “My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. Psalm 119:89 Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. That's why we are obedient to His Torah. The Torah is the direct communication of Elohim to us. He doesn't ask much out of us: don't murder each other, don't steal, rest every Saturday, a few times a year get together and honor the Feast Days with a party, avoid worshiping other gods and anything that resembles that, don’t eat unclean things like scavengers or predators that weren’t created for food. What's so hard about obedience? Those things are not difficult. His Torah is such a blessing to His people! It is a tremendous honor to have a realization of obedience to His word! We will also go over drinking, the Ancestors of Ham (that’s a big one) and how Noah continued living well past the Tower of Babble incident. He lived well past that and as a matter of fact, if there's no gaps in the genealogy, he lived until Abraham was 58 years old. Beit Yeshua Torah Assembly http://beityeshua.com/