The Hebrew word Torah is commonly translated as “law,” but its meaning is broader and richer. Torah carries the sense of instruction, teaching, guidance, and direction. It describes what God gives His people so they may know Him, live faithfully, pursue justice, order their community, and walk in His ways.
Joseph Shulam I want to discuss some New Testament passages that are easier to understand, given their background in the Jewish world of the first century. The whole New Testament is only possible to understand with the backgrounds of the Greek and Jewish worlds from which Yeshua and the apostles came. Most Christians belong to movements that started in the 19th century, aiming primarily to restore the first-century church. Restoring the first-century church is necessary in
