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Restitution means to
return it to the way it was, but as beings who are
limited by time and space this is sometimes impossible
to do, but with YHWH it is possible. YHWH has the
power to make restitution for all things, and it is
through Him that we are able to make restitution for
ourselves, there is no other way possible.
Restitution is judged by YHWH, the amount, when it is
made and even how effective it will be. As
imperfect being we make mistakes, we don't understand
how far reaching the consequences of our actions really
are, but we must learn to apply the Torah in this life
and not lessen the requirements needed to make
restitution. If we lessen the requirements we
cheat the offender from understanding the consequences
of his action and the disciplines of making full and
proper restoration. Yeshua taught,
"Whosoever shall exalt
himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble
himself shall be exalted."
WOE unto you who shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: you don't enter
yourself, neither do you allow others to enter.
WOE unto you who take
widows' houses, and make a show of your religion with
your long prayers.
WOE unto you hypocrites
who compass sea and land to make one proselyte into a
twofold more child of hell than yourselves.
WOE unto you blind
guides, which teach men to shall swear by their
religious denominations, instead of obeying the Torah of
YHWH as your Authority.
WOE unto you hypocrites
who pay tithes but have made void the TORAH, MISHPATIM,
CHESED, and EMUNAH: all are required, but you blind
leaders, strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
WOE unto you who put on a
show on the outside, but inside are full of extortion,
gossip and excess. First cleanse your heart and
mind, then the outside of will be clean as well.
WOE unto you who are like
white washed tombs, you look clean on the outside, but
inside you are full of rotten bones, outwardly you
appear righteous, but inside you are full of hypocrisy
and Torahlessness.
WOE unto you hypocrites
who tell others that you are like the righteous prophets
of YHWH, I send out prophets, and wise men, and scribes:
and you kill and crucify them; you scourge them in your
synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Mashiyach is the author of Justice, His Teaching is
centered on repentance and entering into the Kingdom of
Elohim. Many false leaders have used the beauty of
the Salvation message to fill their pockets with mammon,
it is the responsibility of each one in Yeshua to uphold
the values and teachings of Yeshua as Holy. It is
each one of our responsibilities to make a clear
distinction between paganism and Truth. The false
leaders glory in the flesh of those who uphold their
authority, they are the first to condemn others who
expose the lawlessness within their churches,
synagogues, temples or mosques. Those who would
protect their religious icons are the first to crucify
the messengers of Freedom in Torah and Mashiyach.
The greatest loss to the household of Faith is never
monetary, or even the value YHWH places in the good
character of His children who are in Mashiyach, the
greatest loss is dividing out the Children of Israel so
they cannot find their way to enter into the Joy of
YHWH.
The Beit Din of YHWH requires the guilty
to make restitution to the innocent, the
innocent party must give consent to the Beit Din before
the guilty part has discharged his obligation to the
innocent. All petitions to the
Beit Din are made public only after the injured party
has sought reconciliation with their accuser and
attempted to establish Torah standards. Before
one enters into any congregation or covenant with
another, it is wise
to determine if there will be a Beit Din of men who are
Mighty in Scriptures and the Ruach HaKodesh of YHWH, who
will be able to bring Righteous Counsel to make
restitution in the Name of YHWH, and uphold the Torah of
YHWH. Without a Beit Din there is no
accountability, no counsel and no reconciliation
allowing the wicked to abuse others and wreak havoc in
the community.
Yeshua says that in the last days, "because Torah-lessness
shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." Matthew
24:12. The love of many certainly has "waxed cold"
in these last days as Torah has become a curse word for
many people, but YHWH is also raising up a people unto
Himself who are having His Torah written upon their
hearts. Our hearts and souls are being enlarged as
we apply Torah and walk in Mashiyach by the authority of
the Word of YHWH.
Yeshua says, "You have heard it said, you shall love
your neighbour, and hate your enemy. But I say
unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you; That you
may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the
good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if you love them which love you, what reward have
ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if you
salute your brethren only, what do you more than others?
do not even the publicans so? Be you therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect." Our calling requires us to expect
all souls we meet will want to enter into the Kingdom of
Elohim, although this is not the case many times only
YHWH knows who will enter into Life and who will not.
Love requires that we respect others, we must not lower
the standards of Torah because no one will be saved in
their sins, we have a Saviour who came to save us FROM
our sins. Loving our enemies and blessing them
that hate us means that we apply the Torah to the
fullest extent we can in Yeshua. It means we
uphold Torah, we give witness to others about YHWH and
His Torah and the righteous requirements for Salvation.
Yeshua said, "And I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will
be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will
be loosed in heaven". Matthew 16:19. The word
Hebrew meaning of bind means to forbid, loose means to
permit. Yeshua gave his Talmidim the authority to
establish halacha (authoritative decisions) within the
community, but these decisions require a Beit Din, where
two or three are gathered in His Name. The Ruach
HaKodesh is given to guide the Beit Din to make
decisions according to what HaMashiyach counsels His
people. The Torah requires that we not have
unequal balances when establishing restitution with
those who are either within or outside of our community,
each one must be treated as equal before YHWH.
"Beloved, let us love one
another: for love is of Elohim; and every one that loves
is born of YHWH, and knows YHWH."
"For this is the love of
Elohim, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous."
"Now I request of you not
as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that
which we had from the beginning, that we love one
another. And this is love, that we walk after his
commandments. This is the commandment, That, as
you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in
it."
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