RESTITUTION

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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