18 Mishpatim 2026 Torah (Audio)

Forgiveness.

I want to digress to the subject of forgiveness because God will forgive us our sins if we repent, are sorry for our sin, stop sinning, and confess that sin to God. Often, people do not understand what is means to repent of their sin. Also, the Bible says that we need to make a sacrifice for the things we did in ignorance at the Temple. So, how do we do that in this special Messianic age before the coming of the final Messianic kingdom? What are some of the details we need to understand? Historically, we know the Sanhedrin took over the Temple and threw Ya'akov (also known as James, the ½ brother of Yeshua) off the Temple and killed him. It was at this time that it is believed that the Messianic believers were prevented from making sacrifices for their sins done in ignorance. They were also prevented from giving thank offerings. We know that the Temple still wasn't destroyed yet when this all happened because the book of Hebrews was written before the Temple was destroyed. Sin done in ignorance is still sin and it required a sacrifice at the Temple before this present temporary Messianic age. 

Leviticus 5:17-19 NKJV says, If a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him. It is a trespass offering; he has certainly trespassed against the LORD. 

There was always a sacrificial system in place. We see Job making sacrifices for his children before the Temple was built. It is thought that the book of Job predated the Torah. As we have talked about many times, the ancient believers passed down God's commandments verbally. For example, Abraham kept all of God's commandments. They were written down for the first time at Mount Sinai. Both Christianity and Judaism hides this fact with their made-up theology. Genesis 26:5 NKJV says, "Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." The word laws is the word Torah which stands for all of God's commandments. We see this verse emphatically tells us that Abraham kept the Torah. The theology that Abraham did not keep the Torah is wrong.

Sins done in ignorance are still sins, so when we realize we have broken any of God's commandments we must repent, be sorry for our sin, stop sinning, and confess that sin to God and we will be forgiven through the Messiah Yeshua. I should note that confessing to another person is not confessing your sin to God. God made a way for us through the Messiah to be forgiven. The book of Hebrews was written and then translated into Greek by Luke to help the Messianic believers understand that Yeshua gave Himself for our sins done in ignorance. Because the Temple still stood, God prepared a way prophetically for us to be forgiven through the Messiah Yeshua. Hebrews 10:9-10 NKJV says, "He takes away the first that He may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."