Moses Ten Laws Are The True Hebrew Religion
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Moses Ten Laws (Commandments) is all the moral guide the believer will ever need. Besides, from their
original enumeration (Exodus chapter 20) it is clear that these laws don’t demand him to blindly follow any
particular prophet, religion, race, or land [in other words, they provide ample room for everybody; for every
race, every religion, every culture, and every nation]. In fact, the commandments are so inclusive that they
simply ask us to follow the moral lifestyle that pleases the Creator (“sowing and reaping”); doing unto our
fellow human beings the same goodness we would like to be done unto ourselves (which makes perfect
sense, as “what goes around, comes around”).
Therefore, it would not be far fetched to say that Moses ten Laws intimate that God’s true Israel is composed
of those who are committed with doing good, and thus have a pure heart (regardless of their ethnic
background, nationality, or their religious creed). And the Hebrew scripture bears witness of this, when it
goes on to say: “Depart from Evil, and do Good, and [no matter if you are a Jew, or a gentile, you will] dwell
for evermore [obtaining everlasting life]”- Psalm 37:27; And also in another place, “How good God is to
Israel [to which Israel?…], to those who are pure in heart!”- Psalm 73:1.
Curiously, from time immemorial huge swats of the Hebrew population had argued that Moses ten laws were
in fact the true Hebrew religion. But for many centuries the Jewish leaders had strongly opposed such a
notion, as they had made of the Talmud [and not of Moses Ten Laws], the true “separating wall” between the
Hebrew, Muslim and Christian traditions. And this wall is one which they were not willing to tear down, nor
replace.
And if you think about it, it makes perfect sense. In other words, Moses ten Laws were just too simple! Jews
could easily learn them, without the need of their learned leaders! Thus, the Rabbis insisted on keeping
Judaism complex and cumbersome, so that individual Jews had to depend on their Yeshiva’s [Jewish learning
institutions] as well as their expert Rabbis for it’s accurate interpretation [sort of like the fisherman who likes
to keep the water murky, in order to catch more fishes].
And it is in this sense that modern Judaism is closer to Christianity than what it is to the ancient Hebrew
religion. In other words, in Christianity you can’t know God without first coming to Jesus. While
in modern Judaism you can’t know God without first coming to a Jewish Rabbi [who will make you know
the mind of God]. And the latter begs the question, “is God playing hide and seek? Is He making Himself
difficult to find? Which Rabbi instructed Enoch, Noah, and Job?”). May God have mercy of Modern
Judaism!
Christianity is an awesome religion. But the holy gospel quotes Jesus [peace and blessings be upon him]
claiming that only he who is free from sins can condemn other people (“... he [Jesus] stood up and said to
them, The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her”- John 8:7, Christian
Standard Bible). So, as Christian theology claims only Jesus is free from sins, how do you explain the fact
that it is John the Baptist [and not Jesus] the one who “throws the stone” at King Herod, condemning the
latter for the sin of illegally marrying his brother's wife? («For Herod had arrested John, chained him, and
put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, since John had been telling him, “It’s not
lawful for you to have her”»- John 14:3-4)
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