Statute 316 was missing from our Torah binder! Thank you, Tracy for finding this and pointing it out. It's fixed! The missing Statute was in the Week 16 Statute worksheets, which are now re-uploaded with Statute 316 present.
Statute #316 is as follows: On the Day of Atonement, Atonement must be made for the Sanctuary (the Place where Atonement is being observed) and all the people gathering to worship there.
The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.
The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!
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Eden Torah - Part 2 - "When did Torah Originate?"
- · Torah is Hebrew (H8451) meaning “Law,
Commandment, Statute, Decalogue (10 Commandments) and Pentateuch (first five
Books of the Bible)”
- · First mention of Torah:
Genesis 26:5
- o Genesis 26:5 “Because that Abraham obeyed (Shema) My Voice, and kept My Charge, My Commandments (the Law, Commandments of Yahweh) My Statutes (hints at the appointed times, as well as the whole Law), and My Laws (Torah).”
- § Abraham was 430 years before Mount Sinai!
- Commonly held myth (90%? of Torah-keepers believe this) is that Torah originated at Mount Sinai
- The biblical texts indicate the period from the promise to Abraham to the Exodus was 430 years. This timeframe is found in Exodus 12:40 and Galatians 3:17, referencing the 430 years the Israelites lived in Egypt and Canaan from the time Abraham entered the land and received God's Covenant.
- Key point: When Abraham lived, Torah was
already in existence!
- It is interesting to note, that even though Judaism attributes Torah to starting at Sinai, their own writings show otherwise…
- “Jewish tradition holds that "Moses received the Torah from Sinai," yet there is also an ancient tradition that the Torah existed in heaven not only before God revealed it to Moses, but even before the world was created… Jewish sages, however, disregard the literal belief that the Torah existed before all else…” www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-written-law-torah
- · Joseph - in Psalm 81:3-5, keeps the Feast
of Trumpets with the Egyptians! He taught them to keep it (he kept it as a
testimony to them). This was before Mount Sinai.
- · Lot – In Genesis 19:3, we find that Sodom and Gomorrah
were destroyed during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (leaven is sin, during this
time, sinful leaven is removed… Yahweh
removed the sinful leaven in a shadow-picture of End-time Judgment in the story
of Lot and these cities)… When the
angels came to Lot’s house, he fed them “unleavened bread” (indicating the
time)
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The
hint is there that the Feast of Unleavened Bread is in existence.
- · Cain and Abel – Genesis 4:3-4, Cain presents an
offering (Torah Statute) to Yahweh of first fruits – but its misapplied, he
offers first fruits for the remission of sin… The lamb is offered for sin, not
first fruits.
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Obviously,
from the story, we see that Torah principles exist.
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The
hint of the presence of the Feast of First Fruits is in this story.
- · Genesis 1:14 – “And God said, Let there be lights (sun, moon, and stars) in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs (Ots – letters, constellations, and prophetic signs), and for seasons (mo’edim, which is the Feast Days), and for days, and years.”
- o The heavenly lights were ordained to indicate all time:
- § A day (24 hours, of light / dark times)
- § Prophetic time (the Ots)
- § Spiritual Time (Feasts – Leviticus 23)
- § A Year is determined by the heavens
- o Feasts, which are Statutes, exist at Creation!
- § Key point to address later… The fact that the Feasts existed at Creation indicates eras of Feast Keeping (the original pattern of Feast Keeping did not involve Jerusalem, nor did it involve animal sacrifices)
- Torah is the Foundation of Yahweh's Government on and off world - it's older than Earth and includes all created beings.
- o How
does the Bible define sin? 1 John 3:4 – “Sin is transgression of the Law (in
Hebrew, Torah)…
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Indicates
that when Adam and Eve sinned, they broke Torah! Thus, Torah applies to
humanity all the way back to Eden.
- o In
Ezekiel 28, we find Satan called “the King of Tyre”… He was the “covering cherub” in whom “iniquity
(sin) was found” (founded, originated).
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The
devil was the first to sin – 1 John 3:8
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Unrepentant
sinners are destroyed by burning (Torah requires sin to burn)
- o Notably, Satan is destroyed by burning (which means Torah Judgments apply to him as well.