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Yes, Yeshua (His given, Hebrew Name which means "Yahweh is Salvation") was Yahweh-come-in-the-Flesh....only because He had a divine Qnoma (Nature). But He was "born" and He "died"! Can GOD be born and die? Can someone who was born and died (human) proclaim to have the power to be able to change THE CREATOR's Divine Instructions in Righteousness? Please think about this!
Yeshua was the promised Messiah who martyred Himself on our behalf. He did not come as a new God to offer a new religion; He came to proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven and to do everything His Father said:
Luke 4: 43 "But he (Yeshua/Jesus) said, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."
Luke 8: 1. And it happened after these things that Y'shua was going around in the cities and in the villages and was preaching and declaring the Kingdom of Elohim.
Note He was NOT preaching about Himself; He was preaching the Kingdom of Elohim! And so did His Apostles:
Acts 28: 23 "From morning till evening the Apostle Paul explained and declared the Kingdom of God and tried to convince people about Yeshua from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets."
Acts 24: 14. But this indeed I (Paul) acknowledge, that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the Elohim of my fathers, believing all the things written in Torah and in the prophets.
While His death, burial, and resurrection are an important part of the Good News, it's not the whole story! God isn't just in the business of "saving" people; as Creator and law giver, He is in the business of teaching us how to be good subjects in His Kingdom to come! If "Jesus abolished Torah at the cross" then why was EVERY believer completely Torah observant for one hundred years after Yeshua's death, including the Apostle Paul who was "caught" being Torah observant 29 years after Yeshua's death (Acts 21:23-24)! Was Paul a hypocrite, saying one thing and doing another; or were his teachings, perhaps, misunderstood?
Now, please check out the following which tells us how we can "know" the Father:
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1 John 2: 3. And by this we will be sensible that we know him, if we keep his Commandments. 4. For he that says I know him, and does not keep his Commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him. 5. But he that keeps his Word, in him is the Love of Elohim truly completed: for by this we know that we are in him. 6. He that says I am in him, is bound to walk according to his halacha.
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Matthew 8: 19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut and thrown in the fire. 20. Therefore, by their fruits you will know them. 21. It will not be that just anyone who says to me "My master, my master" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10: 32. Whoever, therefore, that confesses me before the sons of men, he also I (will confess) before my Father who is in heaven. 33. But whoever denies me before the sons of men, he will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34. Do not think that I have come to bring calm on earth. I have not come to bring calm, rather a sword. 35. For I have come to divide a man from his father, and a girl from her mother. And a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law. 36. And the adversaries of a man will be his household.[1] 37. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38. And anyone that does not take up his staff[2] and come and follow me is not worthy of me. 39. Whoever finds his soul will lose it, and whoever loses his soul for my sake will find it. 40. Whoever accepts you, accepts me, and whoever that accepts me, whom I send accepts him.
Matthew 11: 25. At that moment, Y'shua answered and said, I give thanks to You my Father, Master of heaven and of earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent, and You have revealed them to the children. 26. Yes my Father for such was the desire in front of You. 27. Every thing has been delivered to me from my Father, and no man knows the son except the Father. Also, no man knows the Father except the son and to whom the son desires to reveal him. 28. Come to me all who labor and bear burdens, and I will give you rest. 29. Bear my yoke[3] upon you and learn from me. That I am tranquil and I am meek, and in my heart you will find tranquility in your souls.[4] 30. For my yoke is pleasant and my burden[5] is light.
Matthew 12: 50. For anyone who does the will of my Father[6] who is in heaven, is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.
Mark 14: 36. And he said, Father! My Father! Anything is possible for You. Make pass from me this cup - yet, not my will but Yours.
John 6: 35. Y'shua said to them, I am the Bread of Life. Whoever comes to me will not hunger. And whoever believes in me will not ever thirst. 36. But I have said to you that you have seen me, and you do not believe. 37. All who my Father has given to me will come, and whoever comes not to me I will cast outside! 38. For I came down from heaven,[7] not to do my will, but to do the will of Him who sent me. 39. And this is His will, that of Him who sent me, that all that He has given to me I do not lose even one. 40. For this is the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in Him, will have life that is eternal. And I will raise him up on the last day.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Micah 7:6
[2] Take up your staff and follow means to exercise your personal authority. A staff is a symbol of authority that is used for mobility and protection (see B'midbar/Numbers 17:16-25. Christian versions insert "cross" here which does not appear in either Aramaic or Greek texts.
[3] A "yoke" that also brings "suffering" for righteousness sake. Mashiyach did not come as a "sugar daddy" to heap all manner of materialism upon his followers. This "yoke" of Mashiyach pertains to righteous judgment, mercy and faith in YHWH, that nurtures peace on earth and good will.
[4] Jeremiah 6:16
[5] Psalm 55:22
[6] Fifty one (51) times Y'shua speaks of His "Father" YHWH, leaving no doubt as to Who is in charge, and that What is required is Torah (instructions in Righteousness) of YHWH to be upheld and observed by all who follow him.
[7] As in the context of Miltha (the Word) or the "Manifestation" or the "Will of" YHWH coming down from heaven to do the Will of YHWH upon earth; his Spirit is of YHWH but his nephesh (soul) and body are human and temporal.
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