The holy faith of reformed samaritanism

The purpose of God’s Law 
The purpose of Torah (God’s Law) is to instruct the Hebrew believer, so that he may strive to be as wise and 
as holy (in other words, as humble, just, kind, loving, compassionate, and honest) as our master Moses, upon 
whom HaShem’s glory could be perceived. As is written: 
ם ֶכ ְת ַני sבוּ ם ֶכ ְת ַמ ְכ ָח או sה י sכֹּ
,
םי sמּ ַע ָה י ֵני ֵע ְל
:
ןוּע ְמ ְשׁיִ ר ֶשׁ ֲא
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ל ָכֹּ ת ֵא
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ה ֶלּ ֵא ָה םי sקּ ֻח ַה
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ם ַע ק ַר וּר ְמאָ ְו
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ןוֹב ָנ ְו ם ָכ ָח
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ה ֶזּ ַה לוֹד ָגּ ַה יוֹגּ ַה
“for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these 
statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people' ”- Deuteronomy 4:6 
ל ֶא ר ֵבּ ַדּ
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ל ָכֹּ
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י ֵנ ְבּ ת ַד ֲע
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ל ֵא ָר ְשׂיִ
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ם ֶה ֵל ֲא ָתּ ְר ַמאָ ְו
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וּי ְה sתּ םי sשׁeד ְק
: 
שׁוֹד ָק י sכֹּ
,
ם ֶכי ֵהלֹ ֱא ה ָוהְי י sנ ֲא
“Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them: Ye shall be holy; for I the 
LORD your God am holy”- Leviticus 19:2 
In all things man must seek the healthy balanced position, trying to avoid all radical extremes. As it is
written: “do not give me poverty, nor riches; (but) keep me of the necessary bread; lest I be satisfied,
and deny you, and say: who is Adonai? Or that, being poor, steal, and blaspheme the name of my
God”- Prov. 30: 8-9. And also says in another place: “Do not be too honest, nor become too wise; why
cause your own ruin?” - Ecclesiastes 7:16 
Adam and Eve were originally created with a mortal human nature 
Hebrew Scripture says that, right after finishing His work of creation, the Lord said: “And God seeth all that 
He hath done, and lo, VERY GOOD; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth”- 
Genesis 1:31 (Young’s literal Translation). In the former verse, the Hebrew words translated as “VERY 
GOOD”, are “tov meod” ( דeא ְמ בוֹט ). But the original Hebrew language had no written vowels, so the former 
words sounded eerily similar to the Hebrew words for “TOV MOT”, meaning “DEATH IS GOOD”. 
Thus, the verse could also be read as saying, “And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, DEATH IS 
GOOD….”. In other words, God foresaw men would turn so wicked, that only the fear of death could bring 
them back unto the path of righteousness. So Scripture hints men do not die due to any allegedly inherited 
(spiritual) sin, but rather because death was part of God's original Creation. And that could explain why from 
the very start God had to provide Adam with food and drink, as the latter would perished without them (why 
would an immortal being have any need to be sustained with food and water?). 
The fact is that, the reason why God commanded his people to get married and beget children is for Israel not
to diminish. Why? Because these children would replace those men who would eventually die. As is written: 
"Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters 
husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters, that ye may be increased there, and not diminished"- 
Jeremiah 29:6 (1599 Geneva Bible). 
So, if the Israelites were immortals, they would've had no need to marry and beget children. And the fact that 
immortal people don't get maried [nor beget any children] was also attested by the gospel, when it went on to
quote Jesus saying the following: "... The children of this world marry wives, and are married. But they 
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which shall be counted worthy to enjoy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wives, 
neither are married. For they can die no more..."- Luke 20:34-36 (1599 Geneva Bible). 
Thus, since God himself married Adam and Eve, and commanded then to beget children ("And God blessed 
them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruit, and multiply, and fill the earth"- Genesis 1:28), it is obvious 
that they were both created with a mortal nature. 
In short, although Adam and Eve were created with a mortal nature, the tree of life could have prevented 
them from eventually dying from old age. But, regardless of any sin committed, had they both eaten from the
tree of life, they would have lived forever. As is written: “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know 
good and evil: and now, LEST HE PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TAKE ALSO OF THE TREE OF LIFE, 
AND EAT, AND LIVE FOR EVER”- Genesis 3:22