Torah and the Sabbath of Jesus
(Hebrew word study)
By MPBSTB
Saturday, 23 June, 2018
Sabbath
The word “Torah” is found 219 times in the TaNaCH (Old Testament). In English it is most commonly translated as “law” and relegated to a lower meaning by virtue of not being a proper noun with a capital “L”. Even God’s ownership has been rendered in lowercase as we see in phrases where He declares “my law”. As much as the KJV is revered and loved, this crime has taken place all throughout the Word of God. Profaning God comes in many different ways.
When we look at the actual Hebrew word “Torah” we find it is made up of 4 Hebrew letters:
H8451
תּרה תּורה
tôrâh tôrâh
to-raw', to-raw'
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: - law.
We have:
Tau Waw Reysh Hey
Tau (400)
Waw (6)
Reysh (200)
Hey (5)
We add the Gemtratia up to 611. Those numbers added = 8. This is the number of Jesus Christ.
When we look at the meaning of each letter we find a message:
Tau – sign, cross T
Waw – hook, nail, tent peg, secure, nailed U
Reysh – head, man (the first supreme, the highest) R
Hey – behold, to show, reveal, what comes from H
Taking these definitions, these meanings, here is the message:
The sign of the cross, He is secured with nail, the supreme highest man. Behold! Revealing what comes!
In reverse, we see proof of who is the author of the Torah:
Behold! What comes from the man nailed to the cross!
Many Christian denominations teach that Jesus is our rest, supporting their teaching of the law done away with.
We know that the 7th day was sanctified by God as Sabbath. We find in the languages of the other nations of the earth, the 7th day of the week is known either as a Sabbath or Seven.
Breaking down this word we find something remarkable. Something much more than just a day of rest:
H7676
שׁבּת
shabbâth
shab-bawth'
Intensive from H7673; intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath: - (+ every) sabbath.
While the meanings all point to rest, we must look to the Hebrew letters to unearth a hidden gem:
H7725
שׁוּב
shûb
shoob
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again: - ([break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep]) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call [to mind], carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back) X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get [oneself] (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), [go] out, hinder, let, [see] more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), X repent, requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
In English, we call it Sabbath. In Hebrew it is called Shabbat. Please note the “S” vs. “SH” and also “TH” vs. “T” (or Tau).
Taking the root word Shoob as it means to return, then taking the Tau or “T” as the sign of the covnenant, we find a message:
“Return to the covenant”.
How do we know this is what it means? Ask those who have been called out of mainstream religions, who have been convicted to keep the Sabbath day. Ask them if they came under heavy and severe attacks from the enemy through events, family, friends or others. The enemy knows the power of the keeping of the Covenant. God declared it His Day to keep it Holy and for Israel to do so also if they desired to be His people.
It is not enough just to keep the Sabbath by itself. It is not enough to just have Jesus as your Saviour. If we have both we are truly blessed.
If one has been a Christian and then comes to that heartfelt conviction to keep God’s sanctified Sabbath, the rest will follow. The desire to keep His commandments will follow.
Many have mistakenly believed that you cannot have both Jesus and His Torah, yet the Scriptures and the words of Jesus Himself tell us otherwise:
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
(Joh 8:24 KJV) I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM he, ye shall die in your sins.
(Joh 8:28 KJV) Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I AM he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
(Joh 13:19 KJV) Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I AM he.
(Joh 18:5 KJV) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I AM he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
(Joh 18:6 KJV) As soon then as he had said unto them, I AM he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
(Joh 18:8 KJV) Jesus answered, I have told you that I AM he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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