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The Lost Part of Yeshua’s Message

What happens if a three legged stool loses a leg? Yeshua’s movement and message were built on Three Foundational Values -- TESHUVAH (repentance), MISHPAT (justice) and TZEDAQAH (righteousness).  Knowing what these meant to Yeshua and his first century Jewish audience is essential for Christians today – who base their beliefs on Jesus.

One fact is very clear, one cannot believe in the Jesus who lived and taught in Galilee and Judea without clearly understanding what he taught. Today, the Christian message alludes to his teachings on TESHUVAH and TZEDAQAH, but the cornerstone of his message – MISHPAT -- is completely missing. This would be incomprehensible to him, his apostles, members of his movement and the rest of the Jewish nation of that time.

Below are overviews of those three foundational Values.

(1) TESHUVAH (repentance) -- The root word, SHUV, simply means “turn around” -- if someone is going the wrong way they must turn around and go the right way. TESHUVAH is prerequisite for divine forgiveness; God does not pardon man unconditionally – God waits for the man to do TESHUVAH first. The act of “turning around” requires the sinner to do the following steps:

● experience genuine remorse for the wrong committed

● stop doing the wrong

● repair the damage that has been done

● seek forgiveness from the person wronged

● do TZEDAQAH and stay on the right path

This reveals a very important power God has given to all humans -- by the effort of turning the sinner has the power to redirect his or her destiny. (Encyclopedia Judaica © Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Ltd. Israel; vol. 14, col.73.)

(2) MISHPAT (justice) – a primary attribute of God.

● The commandments are essentially for the purpose of the establishment of justice in the world.

● Humans do justice by acting in accordance with God’s commandments and by imitating the divine quality of justice.

● History begins and ends with justice. (Encyclopedia Judaica © Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Ltd. Israel; vol. 10, col. 476.)

● Justice is not contrasted with love; it is correlated with love. (Encyclopedia Judaica © Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Ltd. Israel; vol. 10, col. 477)

(3) TZEDAQAH (righteousness) -- The fulfillment of all legal and moral obligations by doing what is right in all relationships.

● concrete acts not abstract notions

● a constant pursuit of MISHPAT (justice)

● performance of positive deeds not merely abstention from evil actions

● a learned trait resulting from the sustained performance of obligations (not an inherent human characteristic)

● results in social stability and SHALOM (totality, completeness & wholeness)

● failure to perform TZEDAQAH leads indirectly to the upsetting of social stability and ultimately to the deliberate undermining of the social structure. (Encyclopedia Judaica © Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Ltd. Israel; vol. 14, col. 180)

Two very important scrolls for Yeshua were Isaiah and Ezekiel. You will find the foundational principles of his teachings in them. Ezekiel contains a very famous prophesy about the roles of TESHUVAH, MISHPAT and TZEDAQAH.

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Shalom,
Jim Myers


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