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How to know whether it’s the Word of the LORD or fake news (Deuteronomy 11–13)

Word of the LORD or fake news? A woman lit by the screen of a laptop in a dark room, looks at the screen skeptically. (Deuteronomy 11-13)

A sober warning amid the three tests for a prophet of God in Torah reading רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deut. 11:26–16:17) is that a false one may foretell something that actually happens. This helps us understand an equally jarring admonition from Yeshua haMashiakh (Jesus the Christ): “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter” (Matt. 7:21 NASB95).

In this study, we’ll look into Moshe’s explanations of three of the Ten Commandments: Follow no other gods, make no idols and respect the Name. A thread that runs through them is respect for the LORD’s reputation. Respect is earned, and the LORD has delivered mightily.

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Parashat Re’eh (ראה): Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17

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Common advice in this world is, “Follow your heart.” But in the Torah reading רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deut. 11:26–16:17), we learn that God wants to transform our way of thinking, so our desires will take us in a wiser direction. Discover through these studies how this Bible passage explains the reborn-heart approach to the Second, Third and Fourth commandments on blasphemy, idolatry and weekly stopping what we’re doing to remember the rest God gives us.

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‘Gods you have not known’: How the 3rd Commandment can save a world drowning in misinformation (Deuteronomy 12–13)

'Gods who you have not known': How the 3rd Commandment can save a world drowning in misinformation (Deuteronomy 12-13)

The Torah reading רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17) focuses on explaining the Second, Third and Fourth Commandments. Because of all the talk these days about misinformation, we’re going to focus on Heaven’s instructions for discerning truth from error and falsehood. And that’s drawn from Moshe’s elucidation on the Third Commandment, found in Deuteronomy 13:1–14:21.

And from that command we learn why it is so important to know Who the LORD is and why Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) came to “show us the Father.”

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LDS offshoot targets Jews and Hebrew Roots Messianics with Book of Mormon paraphrase

Screenshot of website for The Stick of Joseph in the Hand of Ephraim - offshoot LDS paraphrase of Book of Mormon

An offshoot Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) group, which calls itself the Restorative Scriptures Foundation, and incorporated under the name Restoration Archive LLC, published a Hebrew Roots paraphrase of Restorative Scriptures Foundation’s version of the Book of Mormon in 2019. The work targets Orthodox Jews and Messianic believers through social media with a Hebraicized, unorthodox spin on the faith of Yeshua. Learn more about this effort.

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Matthew 5:8–20: Does the Messiah’s path to true happiness include the Law?

Does the Messiah's path to true happiness include the Law?

Aren’t the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ two different “tunes,” the former about obedience and justice and the latter about grace and mercy? We find that Yeshua (Jesus) bridges both in the sermons on the mount and plain (Matthew 5–7; Luke 6:17–36).

In part 3 of this look inside these important messages from Yeshua on salvation, we explore a critical key to understanding the harmony between the Song of the Lamb and the Song of Moses, detailed in Torah reading הַאֲזִינוּ Ha’azinu (“listen,” Deuteronomy 32).

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Deuteronomy 11–15: Get to know the LORD better by Heaven’s statutes and judgments

Don't Chuck the Torah Getting to Know Yeshua through the Torah

Torah reading רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deut. 11:26–16:17) immediately starts out with Moses’s reminder that God wants to bless the legacy of Israel in the land He provided, but He expects them to act in a certain manner. As His representatives on earth, the descendants of Israel are to act like Him, not like people of the nations around them.

Yeshua (Jesus), the Word of God made flesh, gave His apostles and those who would follow them the same advice: If you want to know how Yeshua walked and how to imitate Him, then all these stories will help you understand Yeshua better.

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Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17: Learning to live a blessed life

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Blessing and cursing are very important Biblical principles. There are two ways of life, either under God’s blessing or under His curse. Emphasized in the Torah reading כי רְאֵה Re’eh (“see,” Deuteronomy 11:26–16:17) is we want to live under His blessing.

We live under God’s blessing when we read and apply Torah. When we screw up, we still apply Torah to deal with our screwups. We are under God’s curse when we refuse to follow Torah. We all have experienced how bad life is when we refuse to obey God and walk in Torah. God can’t bless us when we are walking in sin. He can only bless obedience. He teaches us like we teach our own children.