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Our spiritual inheritance is bound up with the Torah: it is part of our story, our history, and our heritage as follows of Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah (see Deut. 33:4; Matt. 5:17-19; Gal. 3:7; Rom. 4:16; Luke 24:27). Indeed "disciples" of Yeshua are called talmidim (תַּלְמִידִים) -- a word that comes from lamad (לָמַד) meaning "to learn." Among other things, then, following the Messiah means becoming a student of the Scriptures He loved and fulfilled (Matt. 5:17-18; Luke 24:44-45). Only after learning from Yeshua as your Teacher will you be equipped to "go to all the nations and teach" others (Matt. 28:19).
Followers of Yeshua - from every tribe and tongue - are no longer "outsiders" to the covenants and blessings of Israel (see Eph. 2:19; Gal. 3:26). Being a Jew (i.e., יְהוּדִי, from יְהוּדָה "one who praises") is really not an ethnic distinction but a matter of genuine faith in the Lord God of Israel. A true Jew is one whose heart has been transformed by the Spirit of the Living God (Rom. 2:28-19). "For in Yeshua the Messiah neither being circumcised nor being uncircumcised matters; what matters is being briah chadashah (בְּרִיאָה חֲדָשָׁה), a new creation (Gal. 6:15). "Therefore, if anyone is in Messiah, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (2 Cor. 5:17). But understand that Yeshua clearly upheld the truth of Torah (Matt. 5:17-21), and therefore Torah is clearly part of your heritage as a follower of Yeshua, the "Christ," that is, the anointed King (i.e., Messiah) of the Jews... Indeed, the first thing Yeshua did after his resurrection was to teach his followers how the Torah, the writings, and the psalms all bore prophetic witness of Him (Luke 24:27, 44). Moreover Yeshua told his followers that the true prophets of Israel all bore witness of Him (see Matt. 5:11-12). If you love God's salvation -- his Yeshua -- then may you proclaim yigdal Elohim - "Let God be magnified" (Psalm 70:4).
Hebrew Lesson
Psalm 70:4 Hebrew reading (click):
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