Jesus is Exalted!

Acts 5:31:  "God has exalted this man at his right hand [Psalm 110:1] as Ruler and Savior, in order to enable Israel to do t’shuvah [repent, turn from sin to God] and have her sins forgiven."

747 archgoß archegos  {ar-khay-gos'}
1) the chief leader, prince 1a) of Christ 2) one that takes the lead in any thing and thus affords an example, a predecessor in a matter,  pioneer 3) the author

4990 swthr soter {so-tare'}
1) saviour, deliverer, preserver
The name was given by the ancients to deities, esp. tutelary  deities, to princes, kings, and in general to men who had conferred signal benefits upon their country,  and in more degenerate days by the way of flattery to personages of  influence.

The Greek word ‘archegos’ is perfect to describe who Yeshua was. He was the model from whom all else would look to as their example much in the way of a ruler.

But the difference was He was the chief or head and all else descends from Him.

Psalm-Tehillim 25:18:   "See my afflictions and my toil, and forgive all my sins."

In the Psalm David is pleading with Yahweh to forgive his sins, something only God can do.

In this passage from Matthew-Mattityahu, Yeshua is demonstrating to the people that He has been given the power to forgive sins, again, He was doing something that only God can do.

Mark 2:7:   “How can this fellow say such a thing? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?”

This passage from Mark ties in directly with the passage from Matthew. It establishes that the Jews of the day knew that Yeshua claimed the right to forgive sins.  In doing this, he was equating Himself with  God and with God's authority.

Luke 5:21:   "The Torah-teachers and the P’rushim began thinking, “Who is this fellow that speaks such blasphemies? Who can forgive sin except God?”

You see, the crime that Yeshua was accused of before the Romans was one of claiming to be a king.

He was not accused by the Jewish leaders of being a false god because they knew that this would not carry any weight before the Romans because the Romans believed in many gods.

To the Jewish leaders Yeshua forgiving sins and claiming to be God was the real crime in their eyes, but they needed charges that would stand before Pilate and those charges would be that He had claimed to be a king.

In the Jewish mind God could not be before them since He was above them and supposed to be an invisible being.  In other words, they believe God is a spirit.

Colossians 2:13-14:  "You were dead because of your sins, that is, because of your “foreskin”’ your old nature. But God made you alive along with the Messiah by forgiving you all your sins. He wiped away the bill of charges against us. Because of the regulations, it stood as a testimony against us; but he removed it by nailing it to the execution-stake."

Verse 14 is one of the main passages that Christians use as a basis for claiming that the ‘law’ is no more. The interpretation of that is somewhat skewed and flawed.  The law, The Torah still stands.  To deny that is to call Jesus (Yeshua) a liar.  He said very plainly that He came to fulfill the Torah and until every jot and tittle is fulfilled and until heaven and earth pass away the Torah stands.

 It was the ‘law’ that was nailed to the tree along with the Messiah. The penalty that was in the Torah or ‘law’ for sin was death and it was this penalty that was nailed to the tree that day along with the Messiah. It was not the Torah or the law but the death penalty that comes from transgressing the Torah!

Even Rav Shaul-Paul said that the Torah was holy, just and good. Why do we seek to find a way to get around what God has declared to be His teachings to us?  Why do people try to eliminate the old and adopt something completely foreign?  There is no one today who could claim that the Commandments of Yahweh are passed away.  In fact, Christians today claim that we only obey the commandment of Jesus to Love our neighbor and then to Love God.  They claim that in doing this, you are keeping the law.  However, even in keeping these two, the commandments still stand!  We have a MORAL obligation to follow the commandments of God.

Psalm 32:1-2: By David.   "Praiseworthy is one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered over. Praiseworthy is the man to whom Yahweh does not ascribe iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit."

[Xp,  noun common masculine singular  absolute
1846.0 [Xp (p¹sha`) rebel,  transgress, revolt.
(1846a) [Xp (pesha`) rebellion

2401 hatx chata'ah {khat-aw-aw'}
1) sin, sin offering 1a) sin 1b) sin offering

The Hebrew word ‘pasha’ means to transgress, rebel or revolt. What are we transgressing, rebelling against or revolting against? The Torah!

So what is sin? Sin is the transgression of the Torah, plain and simple. Even Rav Shaul said this.  No needed explanations here. Sin is sin in the eyes of God and no one sin is more important or greater in His eyes because all sin is a transgression or rebellion again God and His word Yeshua.