📜 **THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: GIVEN TO ISRAEL — TO SHINE YHWH’S TRUTH TO ALL NATIONS**
*(From the Paleo-Hebrew, Aramaic Scrolls, and Early Square Script — No Greek influence)*
✨ **THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO HEBREW SCRIPTURE ONLY**
The Torah (Instruction) was given by Yhwh to *Israel alone*—a sacred covenant written in fire and smoke at Mount Sinai. It was not for the nations—it was for the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But through Israel, the light of Yhwh would shine to the rest of the world.
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👑 **WHO WAS THE TORAH GIVEN TO?**
**1️⃣ Israel — The Covenant People**
📖 *Exodus 19–24* — Yhwh gave the commandments directly to the sons of Jacob.
🕎 *Deuteronomy 7:6* — “You are a holy people to Yhwh your Elohim... chosen to be His treasured possession.”
⚠️ No other nation received this covenant.
**2️⃣ The Priests and Levites**
🕍 *Leviticus 10:11, Deut. 17:18* — Commanded to guard the holy, teach Torah, and maintain order.
They held the written scrolls, preserved the words, and served before Yhwh.
**3️⃣ The Kings of Israel**
📖 *Deut. 17:18–20* — Required to *hand-copy* the Torah and *read it daily*, ruling with justice under Yhwh’s Law.
📢 When kings turned away, prophets rebuked them in Yhwh’s name.
**4️⃣ The Common People**
📚 *Deut. 6:6–9, Deut. 31:10–13, Neh. 8:1–8* — All were to *hear*, *learn*, and *speak* Torah daily.
👨👩👧 Families were to *write it on the doorposts*, talk of it while walking, rising, and resting.
**5️⃣ The Prophets and the Righteous Remnant**
📣 Sent to *call Israel back to Torah*, not to start a new religion.
🌿 They pointed to a future Redeemer from David's line who would restore the broken covenant—**not abolish it**.
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🌍 **WHAT ABOUT THE NATIONS (GENTILES)?**
🛑 Torah was **not given to the Gentiles**.
But the Hebrew Bible does reveal:
🔹 *Isaiah 2:2–4* — In the last days, **nations will seek Torah from Zion**.
🔹 *Isaiah 56:6–8* — **Foreigners who keep Shabbat and hold to the covenant** will be accepted.
🔹 *Zechariah 14:16* — **All nations will come to Jerusalem to worship Yhwh**.
Ruth the Moabitess was grafted in **because she chose Yhwh** and *His people*. No new covenant was made for the nations apart from Israel.
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📖 **WHY WAS THE TORAH GIVEN?**
✅ *To reveal Yhwh’s identity* — “Hear O Israel: Yhwh is One.” (*Deut. 6:4*)
✅ *To create a just and holy nation* — *Exodus 20, Leviticus 19*
✅ *To warn of sin, judgment, and exile* — *Deut. 28*
✅ *To give hope of return and redemption* — *Isaiah 11, Ezekiel 37*
✅ *To point to the Priest-King who would restore the Covenant* — *Genesis 3:15, Micah 5:2*
This was never about religion—it was about a living covenant of obedience between Yhwh and Israel.
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🌟 **THE BIGGER PICTURE — BUT THE SAME COVENANT**
Yhwh chose Abraham’s seed to be a **light**, not to become like the nations.
📖 *Genesis 12:3* — “Through you, all families of the earth will be blessed.”
📖 *Isaiah 42:6* — Israel is “a light to the nations,” not to become the nations.
But **only those who join Israel and follow the same Torah** can be grafted in (Isaiah 56).
No new law. No Roman church. No Greek gospel.
Only the **ancient path** — obedience, mercy, and truth from Yhwh through Israel to the world.
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📛 **REMOVE THE LIE**:
Torah was not universal law for Gentiles. It was **a sacred covenant with Israel**, meant to shine Yhwh’s truth like a lamp in the darkness.
Those who wish to follow the Way must walk as Israel was told to walk — not by creating new religions, but by returning to **Yhwh’s original covenant**.
