BUT THEY SAID!!!!!
Earl Walters
March 2017
After fifty years of faithful church work and ministry, the
day finally came when it was time for Joe to meet the Master.
All his life he had served faithfully in the church, as a
teacher of the children and as an Elder. As death had approached he felt at
peace. He had done all he could for the kingdom. As a Believer he had
encouraged people to come to the Master and those that joined him in his walk,
he was faithful to teach them the Scriptures that he so faithfully followed.
Now after passing through the veil, he finds himself facing
his Messiah. But wait, something is wrong. Where are the pearly gates and the
beautiful streets of gold? This looks like a courtroom, and what are those big
books all about? And why does He have those Jewish Torah Scrolls? I am not
Jewish.
As he looks into the eyes of Messiah, he sees sadness rather
than joy. Oh my, what is going on here?
The Messiah gently opens one of the books and begins to ask
him some questions:
Messiah : Did
you not love me?
Joe: Yes Lord, I
love you with all my heart. I would do nothing to cause you any hurt.
Messiah : But, you taught the children that
My Torah had been done away with and that they did not have to pay any
attention to it. These are My personal instructions, My very Word showing you
how to have a close and loving relationship with me.
Joe: But they
said that Jesus fulfilled the Law and nailed it to the cross.
Messiah quietly looked Joe in the eyes -- “But I said, ‘Not one jot or tittle of the
Torah would pass away until all is completed.’”
Messiah: Why
did you not keep my seventh day Sabbath?
Joe: But they
said “The Sabbath was changed to be the day of your resurrection.”
Messiah: The Sabbath is a covenant between
me and all who choose to walk with me. It is my first appointed time for us to
fellowship together. Does anyone have the authority to change our appointment?
Then Messiah asked
Joe “Why did you not keep My holy feasts?
Joe: We established special holidays to
celebrate your resurrection and your birth. We all came together and celebrated
these special days to honor you.
Messiah: But I asked you to keep my feasts
forever. I did not give anyone authority to change that or establish holidays
to celebrate my resurrection or birth. Passover and First fruits are
celebrations of My resurrection and I was not born in December but during the
time of My fall feasts.
Joe: But the preacher said the church fathers
had the right to establish which day was the Sabbath and what holidays we
should keep. They said that our holidays replaced the “Old Feasts”.
Messiah: But I said that I do not change
and the Shabbat and My feasts were to be a sign between us forever.
I
asked you to love me and show that love by keeping My Torah.
You see, the basis of your eternal
judgment is this Book of the Torah and your obedience or disobedience to its
instructions. I have no other criteria to use in your judgment. Since My Word
established that “sin” is violation of these instructions in Torah, I must
declare you guilty and condemned.
My precious blood that I shed to
cover sin is only available for those sins that are brought to the alter and repented
of. You have never repented for breaking My Torah Instructions.
Because you have given Me no
choice, I can only say: “Depart from
Me for I never knew you.”