03 Lech Lecha 2025 Torah Teaching

God planned that the Messiah would give Himself. Isaiah 53:6 NKJV says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Yeshua did not stay dead but rose from the dead. Psalms 16 talks about the Messiah not having to have bodily decomposition.

Psalms 16:8-10 NKJV
I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 

This cannot be talking about an ordinary person because to this point everyone who died has had their body decompose. Yeshua did not kill Himself. He was put to death by the Romans. King Herod and the High Priest for Israel at the time were appointed by Rome and they put to death anyone who they thought could cause them trouble. Rome changed the narrative and blamed the Jews. The Jews were not allowed to put anyone to death under Roman law.

Yeshua is that Holy One who rose from the dead some 2,000 years ago. His body did not decompose. Some 500 people saw Him at the same time after He rose from the dead (see 1 Corinthians 15:3-6). Yeshua is now waiting in the heavens for the end of time when He will return and reign as King as it says in Jeremiah 23. 

We are to repent, accept Yeshua as the Messiah and receive the helper, the Holy Spirit that the Messiah has provided for us. Acts 2:38 says, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." We are to repent of sin, namely, not keeping God's Old Testament commandments. There was no New Testament portion at the time. The New Testament portion is an inspired commentary on the commandments of the Old Testament portion. The Old Testament commandments, also called the Law, are doctrine to help us in life. Proverbs 4:2 NKJV says, "For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law." 

Also, the Holy Spirit is a witness to us that Yeshua is who He said that He is. We actually can experience this gift which is partial picture of the "powers of the age to come." Hebrews 6:5 NKJV says, "And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come." John 14:12 NKJV says, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father." Yeshua proved who He was and healed many people supernaturally. Matthew 8:16-17 NKJV says, "When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 'He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.'"

God gave us "good doctrine", and He pleads with us to accept His good law; it is good forever. Deuteronomy 5:29 NKJV says, "Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!" The Hebrew word law means instruction. God created all that is and did not leave us to figure out life on our own. He gave us good instructions for living; they are for our good. Deuteronomy 10:12-13 NKJV says, "Walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good."